Federal Bar Association Foundation updates its charter rules.

What it does

This bill updates the charter for the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association. It is a nonprofit group that helps lawyers. It clarifies rules about how the board runs the group and what bylaws say. It makes clear the group cannot do political work or lobbying. It stops members and leaders from making money off the group. It explains what happens to money and property if the group closes down.

Who it affects

The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association is affected. Citizens benefit because the rules make clear the group cannot use tax money for politics. The rules also stop leaders from getting rich off the group.

One thing to notice

The bill says the group cannot do political work or lobbying. The board can pick where the main office is with no other rules. The board can decide how to split up money and property if the group closes.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.

• Feb 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Feb 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
• Apr 30, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent”
• Apr 30, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2709-2710; text: CR S2709-2710)”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4928)”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. McClintock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
• Dec 10, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
• Dec 12, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-57”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Dec 2025 to Mar 2026.

Those reports show $60,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 1 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.

John Kennedy, who sponsored the bill, received $113,800 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Federal Bar Association — $60,000 in 1 report
• Bowen Lodge — $0 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• charter — A written set of rules that says how a group can work and what it can do.
• bylaws — Rules that a group makes for itself about how to run meetings and make choices.
• lobbying — Trying to get lawmakers to pass or stop laws.
• nonprofit — A group that does not try to make money for owners, but uses money to help its cause.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.