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Introduced July 16, 2025 by Elizabeth Warren · Last progress July 16, 2025
The bill increases transparency and reduces the risk that foreign or large private donors unduly influence Presidential libraries and centers, but it imposes new compliance burdens, potential fundraising shifts onto 501(c)(3)s, and legal risks for nonprofits and donors.
Taxpayers and the public are better protected because donations from foreign nationals, federal contractors, foreign agents, and lobbyists to Presidential Libraries/Centers are limited or banned, reducing the risk of undue foreign or special‑interest influence on institutions tied to Presidents.
Nonprofits (Presidential Libraries/Centers), donors, and taxpayers gain greater transparency because institutions must publicly report quarterly donors who give over $200, making funding sources more visible.
Nonprofits, donors, and the public face reduced potential for outsized donor influence because aggregate donations are capped (currently $10,000 indexed) from election through one year after a President's term.
Presidential Libraries/Centers and their affiliated nonprofits will incur new reporting, compliance, and legal costs from quarterly disclosures and donation limits, which could divert staff time and funds from programmatic work.
501(c)(3) nonprofits may face increased fundraising pressure because individuals and many entities are restricted from donating, shifting a larger share of giving to tax‑exempt organizations.
Donors, organizations, and taxpayers face heightened litigation and chilling risks because the bill creates broad civil and criminal penalties (including up to 5 years' imprisonment for major violations), increasing legal exposure and uncertainty.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Restricts which donors may give to Presidential Libraries/Centers while the associated President is serving or has been elected, allowing donations from 501(c)(3)s and excluding other defined categories.
Prohibits Presidential Libraries and Centers, their officers/employees, and the Archivist from soliciting or accepting donations from certain non-501(c)(3) sources while the associated President is serving or has been elected, and defines key terms (e.g., foreign national, federal contractor, registered lobbyist) to clarify who is covered. The text creates a new subsection in federal law to narrow which institutions and donors are subject to these restrictions. The draft cross-references existing definitions in federal law for terms such as foreign national, federal contractor, 501(c)(3), registered lobbyist, and registered agent of a foreign principal; the provided text is partly unfinished, so some prohibitions and penalties are not fully specified in the excerpt supplied.