Presidential pardon recipients must report large payments to the President.
S. 5212 — No Payoffs for Pardons Act · Filed by Chuck Schumer (D-NY) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill requires pardon recipients to report large payments. If they gave $10,000 or more to the President or his family, they must report it. Reports go to the Attorney General within 90 days. Then reports must be filed once a year for four years. The bill makes it a federal crime to trade money for a pardon. Prosecutors get 10 years instead of 5 to bring charges. Violations can result in fines up to $50,000. Violations can also result in prison time up to 5 years.
Who it affects
Pardon recipients must file reports if they gave large sums to the President or his family. The Attorney General must keep a public list of these reports. Citizens and prosecutors can use the reports to look for corrupt deals.
One thing to notice
The bill requires reports of payments. It does not ban the President from pardoning donors.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.
- Aug 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4409-4410; Sponsor introductory remarks…”
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 forgiveness that erases a crime and its punishment.
- Attorney General — The top law officer of the United States government.
- federal crime — A crime that breaks a law made by Congress.
- prosecutors — Lawyers who bring charges against people accused of crimes.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (14,518 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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