Bill sets up rules for presidential pardons and requires payment disclosure.
S. 5687 — Presidential Pardon Integrity Act · Filed by Cory Booker (D-NJ) · Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill creates an Office of the Pardon Attorney in the Department of Justice. People who get a pardon must tell the public within 62 days. They must report if they paid anyone $5,000 or more to help them. This covers payments to government officials and their families. People paid to help someone get a pardon must sign up and report their work. Crime victims can know about pardon cases. They can sue if someone who got a pardon does not pay court-ordered money.
Who it affects
The bill affects people who ask for pardons and people paid to help them. It affects crime victims and the public.
One thing to notice
The bill requires reports of payments as small as $5,000, which could cover normal legal fees. People who get a pardon have only 62 days to report payments or face fines.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 15, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Oct 15, 2026 — Referred to committee · Congress.gov: “Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- pardon — A pardon or reduction of a sentence given by the President.
- Department of Justice — The federal agency that handles legal matters for the government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (21,328 characters) on Oct 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,388 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 2026-10-21.
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