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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6085 
To prevent corruption by appropriately limiting donations for any public 
property, building, or fixture at the White House, the Naval Observatory, 
or certain other public property, for events on such property, or for 
monuments to living current or former Presidents, current or former 
Vice Presidents, or current or former employees or officers appointed 
by the President. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. GARCIA of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infra-
structure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent corruption by appropriately limiting donations 
for any public property, building, or fixture at the White 
House, the Naval Observatory, or certain other public 
property, for events on such property, or for monuments 
to living current or former Presidents, current or former 
Vice Presidents, or current or former employees or offi-
cers appointed by the President. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Ballroom Bribery 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DONATION RESTRICTIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC 
PROPERTY LINKED TO PRESIDENT OR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means— 
(A) the maintenance, acquisition, enhance-
ment, improvement, alteration, demolition, or 
construction of any public property (including 
real property), building, or fixture located on or 
immediately adjacent to the grounds of the 
White House, the grounds of Number One Ob-
servatory Circle, or other public property in-
tended for or dedicated to the use of the sitting 
President, the sitting Vice President, or a 
spouse or child of the sitting President or the 
sitting Vice President; 
(B) the maintenance, acquisition, enhance-
ment, improvement, alteration, demolition, or 
construction of a Federal monument or other 
structure on public property that names or hon-
ors a living current or former President, Vice 
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President, or employee or officer appointed by 
the President; or 
(C) an event hosted on the grounds of the 
White House, the grounds of Number One Ob-
servatory Circle, or on any other public prop-
erty intended for or dedicated to the use of the 
sitting President, the sitting Vice President, or 
a spouse or child of the sitting President or the 
sitting Vice President. 
(2) DONATION.—The term ‘‘donation’’ means a 
gift, donation, bequest, or devise of anything of 
value, including services, whether made directly to 
the Federal Government or indirectly via another en-
tity or person. 
(3) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘for-
eign government’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 7342 of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘lob-
bying activities’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1602). 
(5) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 
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501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON ACCEPTING DONATIONS.— 
(1) NPS AND OGE APPROVAL BEFORE ACCEPT-
ANCE
OR
USE
OF
A
DONATION
FOR
A
COVERED 
PROJECT.—A donation for a covered project may be 
accepted or used by the Federal Government only— 
(A) in accordance with an authority to ac-
cept gifts or reimbursements under existing 
law; and 
(B) if the individual who is serving in the 
position of Director of the National Park Serv-
ice, and who has been appointed to such posi-
tion by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate— 
(i) makes a written determination, 
with the concurrence of the individual who 
is serving in the position of Director of the 
Office of Government Ethics, and who has 
been appointed to such position by the 
President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, that the donation com-
plies with the restrictions under paragraph 
(2); 
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(ii) submits to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives the determina-
tion described in clause (i); and 
(iii) publishes the determination de-
scribed in clause (i) in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS; REQUIREMENTS
FOR
DO-
NORS.— 
(A) PROHIBITED DONATIONS.—A donation 
for a covered project may not be accepted or 
used by an officer or employee of the United 
States, including the President and Vice Presi-
dent, or a non-Governmental agent operating on 
behalf of such an officer or employee, if the ul-
timate source of the donation, in part or in 
whole, is a person who— 
(i) at the time the donation is made 
is, or at any time on or after the date on 
which the sitting President assumed the 
office of President was, involved in litiga-
tion with the Federal Government; 
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(ii) at the time the donation is made 
is, or at any time on or after the date on 
which the sitting President assumed the 
office of President was, the subject or tar-
get of an administrative investigation or 
other enforcement action by the Federal 
Government; 
(iii) at the time the donation is made 
is seeking or has in effect a contract or 
other business relationship with the Fed-
eral Government; 
(iv) at the time the donation is made 
is seeking a grant from the Federal Gov-
ernment or has received such grant for 
which the funds have not been fully ex-
pended, revoked, or depleted; 
(v) at the time the donation is made 
is, or at any time on or after the date on 
which the sitting President assumed the 
office of President was, involved in lob-
bying activities targeting any part of the 
executive branch; 
(vi) at the time the donation is made 
is seeking or requesting, or at any time on 
or after the date on which the sitting 
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President assumed the office of President 
sought, requested, or received, a pardon 
from the President; or 
(vii) at the time the donation is made 
is seeking, or at any time on or after the 
date on which the sitting President as-
sumed the office of President sought, to be 
appointed to a position in the Federal Gov-
ernment by the President. 
(B) INTEGRITY
OF
DONATION.—A dona-
tion for a covered project may not be accepted 
or used if the donation— 
(i) includes as an actual or implied 
condition of receipt of the donation any 
benefit derived from the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(ii) has been coerced through the use 
of the authority or position of any officer 
or employee of the United States, including 
the President or the Vice President; or 
(iii) would influence or appear to in-
fluence the performance of the responsibil-
ities by any officer or employee of the exec-
utive branch of the Federal Government, 
including the President or Vice President, 
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or would otherwise compromise the integ-
rity or appearance of integrity of any part 
of the executive branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(C) PROHIBITED SOLICITATION.—An offi-
cer or employee of the Executive Office of the 
President, including the President and Vice 
President, or the spouse or child of the Presi-
dent or Vice President, may not solicit a dona-
tion for a covered project. 
(D) APPROVAL
OF
FOREIGN
GIFTS
AND 
EMOLUMENTS.—A donation for a covered 
project made by a foreign government may not 
be accepted unless Congress has approved the 
accepting of the donation. 
(c) POST-DONATION RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) DONOR
RECOGNITION
LIMITATIONS.—A 
donor name, donor logo, or other indication of the 
identity of a donor may not be displayed at any loca-
tion described in subsection (a)(1) as recognition of 
the donation. 
(2) COOLING-OFF PERIOD.—A person making a 
donation for a covered project may not engage in 
any lobbying activities directed at any officer or em-
ployee of the United States in a position in the exec-
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utive branch, including the President or the Vice 
President, during the 2-year period beginning on the 
date of the donation. 
(3) CONVERSION OF DONATION TO PERSONAL 
USE.—No person may convert a donation to a cov-
ered project to the private use of the person or to 
the personal use of any other person. 
(4) DISPOSITION OF LEFTOVER DONATIONS.— 
In addition to any other restriction on the disposi-
tion of unused funds by a nonprofit organization or 
other entity or person, the remaining balances of a 
donation for a covered project may not be expended 
for anything that directly and predictably benefits 
the President, the Vice President, a spouse or child 
of the President or the Vice President, an employee 
of the Executive Office of the President, or any offi-
cer appointed by the President. 
(d) TRANSPARENCY TO ENSURE DONATIONS ARE 
DISCLOSED AND PROHIBIT STRAW DONATIONS.— 
(1) DISCLOSING DONOR MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with 
subparagraph (B), a person making a donation 
to or for the benefit of a covered project, di-
rectly or indirectly through another person, 
shall disclose to the Director of the National 
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Park Service any meeting or other communica-
tion with the President, the Vice President, a 
spouse or child of the President or the Vice 
President, any other officer or employee of the 
United States, or any agent working on any of 
their behalf that occurs during the period be-
ginning on the date that is 1 year before the 
date of the donation and ending on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of the donation, 
and the disclosure shall, for each such meeting, 
include the topics discussed and the date of the 
meeting. 
(B) TIMING
OF
DISCLOSURE.—A person 
required to disclose a meeting or other commu-
nication under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) with respect to a meeting or other 
communication occurring before the date 
of the applicable donation, make the disclo-
sure required under subparagraph (A) not 
later than 7 days after the date of the do-
nation; or 
(ii) with respect to a meeting or other 
communication occurring on or after the 
date of the applicable donation, make the 
disclosure required under subparagraph 
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