Bill requires disclosure of pardons and limits gifts from pardoned people.
H.R. 10290 — No Pardon Paydays Act of 2026 · Filed by Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The President's Pardon Attorney must send Congress a written report. Reports must arrive within 30 days of any pardon. The report must detail the person's past crimes. It must say whether they might break the law again. The bill caps gifts from pardoned people at $1,000. The cap applies to the President's campaign or groups supporting the President. The Federal Election Commission can refer rule breaks to prosecutors.
Who it affects
Citizens learn more about why the President grants pardons. Pardoned people face limits on gifts to the President's campaign. The Federal Election Commission gains power to refer rule breaks.
One thing to notice
The bill limits gifts from pardoned people to $1,000. It does not limit gifts from other people. The bill does not define which types of pardons trigger the rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on House Administration and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- pardon — An official act by the President that forgives a crime.
- Pardon Attorney — A government official who advises the President on pardon requests.
- Federal Election Commission — The agency that enforces rules about campaign money and gifts.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,317 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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