Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025

This bill says only the President can personally sign certain high‑level papers: final copies of bills from Congress, Executive orders, and pardons or commutations. No one else can sign these for the President, and no machine or automatic signing device (like an autopen) can be used for them.

It also says that any of these items that were signed by someone else or by a machine—now or in the past—do not count and have no legal effect.

Key points

• Who is affected: The President, White House staff, and people or groups relying on Executive orders, pardons, commutations, or the signing of final bills from Congress.
• What changes: Only the President can sign these documents; no delegation and no autopen or other automated device is allowed.
• When: It applies going forward and also reaches back, saying past items signed the wrong way have no force or effect.