No Settlements for January 6 Law Enforcement Assaulters Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3581

To prohibit the payment of certain legal settlements to any individual 
 convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer in connection with 
               breaching the Capitol on January 6, 2021.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2026

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Blumenthal, 
Mr. Welch, Mr. Kim, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Peters, Mr. Durbin, 
Mr. Markey, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez 
  Masto, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
  Reed, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the payment of certain legal settlements to any individual 
 convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer in connection with 
               breaching the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

    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 ``No Settlements for January 6 Law 
Enforcement Assaulters Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LEGAL SETTLEMENTS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF 
              ASSAULTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN CONNECTION WITH 
              BREACHING THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered individual'' 
means an individual who has been convicted of an offense involving 
assaulting a law enforcement officer, including a violation of section 
111 of title 18, United States Code, or a violation of section 432 of 
the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia (sec. 22-405, D.C. 
Official Code), in connection with the events that occurred at or near 
the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
    (b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds, including amounts appropriated under section 1304 of 
title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Judgment Fund''), 
may be obligated or expended for any legal settlement to a covered 
individual if the claims giving rise to such settlement are based on 
alleged harm suffered by the covered individual--
            (1) during the events that occurred at or near the Capitol 
        on January 6, 2021; or
            (2) from prosecution for an offense relating to such 
        events.
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