FAIR Justice Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7072 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7072

To prohibit politically motivated prosecutions and investigations, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

 Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit politically motivated prosecutions and investigations, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Anti-Interference in 
Referrals for Justice Act'' or the ``FAIR Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PROSECUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of Part I of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 227 the following:
``Sec. 227A. Politically motivated prosecutions and investigations
    ``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any covered person 
knowingly to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee 
of the Department of Justice to conduct a criminal prosecution or other 
investigation of any particular individual, if the request is 
selectively made solely for a political purpose.
    ``(b) Reporting.--It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee 
of the Department of Justice knowingly to fail to report the receipt of 
any request prohibited, or reasonably believed to be prohibited, by 
subsection (a) to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
within 45 days of such request being made.
    ``(c) Penalty.--Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) shall be 
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
    ``(d) Covered Person Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
person' means--
            ``(1) the President, the Vice President, any employee of 
        the executive office of the President, and any employee of the 
        executive office of the Vice President; and
            ``(2) any individual (other than the Attorney General) 
        serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, 
        United States Code.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 11 of 
part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 227:

``227A. Politically motivated prosecutions.''.
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