This House resolution says the Department of Justice and other federal agencies must refuse to administratively settle the multi-billion dollar legal claims that President Donald Trump has filed against the United States. The resolution cites the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the Constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7) and federal pay law (3 U.S.C. 102) as the basis for that position. It notes a January 29, 2026 lawsuit against the IRS seeking at least $10,000,000,000 and two Federal Tort Claims Act administrative claims seeking $230,000,000, and it says agency settlements that directly pay the President would violate the Constitution and risk self-dealing.
The resolution expresses the House's view that agencies should not make administrative payments to the President for these claims. It is a sense of the House resolution and states the sponsors' position; it does not itself change statutes or create new legal procedures. The text also acknowledges that the President may bring lawsuits in federal or state courts like other citizens.
The resolution cites specific dollar amounts in claims filed by the President: at least $10,000,000,000 in the IRS lawsuit and $230,000,000 in two Federal Tort Claims Act claims. The resolution does not include an official budget estimate or state that any payment has been approved. No publicly available information on net fiscal effects or changes to federal spending is included in the resolution text.
Sponsors argue that the Domestic Emoluments Clause and basic principles against a person "being a judge in his own cause" require DOJ and other agencies to refuse any administrative settlement that would pay the President money outside his official salary. The resolution says such settlements would present a conflict of interest, a risk of corrupt self-dealing, and an unconstitutional transfer of public funds.
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