- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5980. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. . RULES RELATED TO AGREEMENTS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
(a) Conduct of Litigation Reserved to DOJ.—Section 516 of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following: “The authority of the Attorney General and
the Department of Justice to conduct litigation pursuant to
this section shall not apply to any offer of compromise or
settlement agreement in the case of any return of tax of the
President or any member of the immediate family of the
President which was filed during the President's term in
office. In the case of any return of tax of the President or
any member of the immediate family of the President, the
period for assessment, or for bringing a proceeding in court
for collection of such tax, may be begun at any time before
the date that is 3 years after the conclusion of the term in
office as President.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section
shall apply with respect to any case or cause of action
arising on or after January 20, 2025.