A resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name of the United States Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause contained in clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 219

Directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name 
 of the United States Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause 
contained in clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
                           the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schiff, 
   Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
  Ossoff, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name 
 of the United States Senate to enforce the Foreign Emoluments Clause 
contained in clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
                           the United States.

Whereas the Foreign Emoluments Clause contained in clause 8 of section 9 of 
        article I of the Constitution of the United States (in this preamble 
        referred to as the ``Foreign Emoluments Clause'') states that no 
        present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind, may be accepted by 
        the President of the United States from a king, prince, or foreign state 
        without the consent of Congress;
Whereas the Founders included the Foreign Emoluments Clause in the 
        Constitution--by unanimous agreement of the State delegations--to ensure 
        the President would remain loyal to the Nation and the public interest;
Whereas the Foreign Emoluments Clause has long been understood to be ```directed 
        against every kind of influence by foreign governments upon officers of 
        the United States,' in the absence of consent by Congress'';
Whereas President Donald J. Trump reportedly plans to--

    (1) accept a plane from the government of Qatar for United States 
Government use as Air Force One during the Trump Administration; and

    (2) transfer that plane nominally to the Donald J. Trump Presidential 
Library shortly before the expiration of his term of office but continue 
personal use of the plane after his Presidency;

Whereas MGX Fund Management Limited is an investment firm established and backed 
        by the government of the United Arab Emirates;
Whereas, on May 1, 2025, MGX Fund Management Limited announced an agreement to 
        use a stablecoin from the cryptocurrency business World Liberty 
        Financial, which is owned in part by President Trump and members of his 
        family, to complete a $2,000,000,000 deal with Binance Holdings Ltd. (in 
        this preamble referred to as the ``MGX Fund-Binance deal'');
Whereas, as a result of the MGX Fund-Binance deal, President Trump and the 
        family of President Trump stand to receive hundreds of millions of 
        dollars from a foreign state;
Whereas, since the election of President Trump, businesses owned in whole or in 
        part by President Trump have announced other deals involving the 
        governments of Saudi Arabia, Serbia, and Oman;
Whereas the President of the United States has a constitutional and statutory 
        obligation to uphold the public trust; and
Whereas the violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause undermines public trust 
        and the integrity of public office in the United States: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel shall bring a civil action 
in the name of the United States Senate to enforce the Foreign 
Emoluments Clause contained in clause 8 of section 9 of article I of 
the Constitution of the United States with respect to the emoluments 
described in the fourth, sixth, and eighth whereas clauses of the 
preamble by enjoining President Donald J. Trump from accepting any 
present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from a 
foreign state without obtaining the consent of Congress.
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