U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB8831: Protecting Our Democracy Act
Status: In committee, May 14, 2026
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
An Act to provide retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges to former Presidents of the United States, and for other purposes , approved August 25, 1958 (commonly known as the Former Presidents Act of 1958 ; 3 U.S.C. 102 note), is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking Each former President and inserting Subject to subsection (h), each former President ; (2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) and and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) (1) If a former President is finally convicted of a felony for which every act or omission that.
From the introduced text, May 14, 2026:
An Act to provide retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges to former Presidents of the United States, and for other purposes , approved August 25, 1958 (commonly known as the Former Presidents Act of 1958 ; 3 U.S.C. 102 note), is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking Each former President and inserting Subject to subsection (h), each former President ; (2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) and and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) (1) If a former President is finally convicted of a felony for which every act or omission that is needed to satisfy the elements of the felony is committed during or after the period such former President holds the office of President, or was finally convicted of such a felony while holding such office-- (A) no monetary allowance under subsection (a) may be provided to such former President; (B) no funds may be obligated or expended under subsection (g) with respect to such former President except to the extent necessary to maintain the security of such former President, as determined by the Director of the Secret Service; and (C) such former President shall repay any amounts received under subsection (a) during the period beginning on the date on which such former President is initially convicted …