Overview

• Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal and Representatives Jared Moskowitz, Melanie Stansbury and Jamie Raskin formally introduced the Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act of 2025 on July 16.
• The legislation would impose a post-office waiting period for fundraising, bar foreign nationals, lobbyists, contractors and pardon-seekers for two years, prohibit conversion of donations to personal use, mandate quarterly disclosures and ban straw gifts.
• The measure follows revelations that Paramount Global and Disney each directed $16 million from lawsuit settlements to Trump’s library, and that Meta, X and a gift of a Qatar 747 have pushed pledged contributions above $63 million.
• Presidential libraries are overseen by the National Archives but have traditionally depended on private donations with minimal statutory limits, raising concerns over influence-peddling.
• With Republicans controlling both chambers and no hearings scheduled, the bill faces long odds of passage before any shift in congressional balance.