Sponsors (23)
The bill strengthens transparency and limits potential pay‑to‑play influence through donor bans, reporting, and enforcement, but does so at the cost of reduced private funding flexibility, greater privacy and legal risks for donors and nonprofits, and increased administrative burdens for libraries and NARA.
Taxpayers and the public: bans donations from foreign nationals, federal contractors, registered lobbyists, and FARA agents to a President (and for 2 years after), reducing pay‑to‑play influence and foreign/contractor access.
Donors, researchers, and the public: requires searchable, quarterly public reports of donors giving $200 or more during a five‑year covered period (published by NARA within 30 days), increasing transparency around private funding of Presidential libraries/centers.
Taxpayers and the public: establishes civil and criminal enforcement (DOJ and state AG authority) and penalties for violations, creating accountability and deterrence against unlawful or corrupt funding practices.
Nonprofits, historians, and the public: fundraising limits and donor restrictions may reduce funds available for Presidential libraries’ preservation, exhibitions, and public programs, risking diminished public access to records and programs.
Federal employees and the public: the detailed reporting, compliance, and rulemaking requirements will increase administrative costs for NARA and libraries and could divert staff time from preservation and public programs.
Donors (including small contributors) and nonprofits: mandatory donor disclosures (names, addresses, employers, occupations) for gifts ≥ $200 raise privacy concerns and could deter some donors.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced July 16, 2025 by Jared Moskowitz · Last progress July 16, 2025
Creates new limits and reporting rules for donations to Presidential Libraries and Centers. It bans certain donors while an individual is President, adds a two‑year post‑presidency cooling‑off period for specified donors, caps aggregate donations, requires public quarterly disclosures for a 5‑year period after leaving office, forbids converting donations to personal use, and establishes civil and criminal penalties and enforcement by federal and state attorneys general. Defines covered donors (including Federal contractors, foreign nationals, registered lobbyists, FARA agents, and persons seeking pardons), defines eligible recipients (501(c)(3) organizations), requires the Archivist to issue implementing regulations, and indexes monetary limits and penalties for inflation.