[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6049 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6049

    To repeal provisions relating to notification to Senate offices 
  regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2025

    Ms. Leger Fernandez (for herself, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Neguse) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To repeal provisions relating to notification to Senate offices 
  regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Payola Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SENATE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LEGAL 
              PROCESS ON DISCLOSURES OF SENATE DATA.

    (a) In General.--Section 213 of title II of division C of the 
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (Public Law 
119-37), and the amendments made by such section to section 10 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6628), are hereby 
repealed and shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Disgorgement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
Senator who, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of such Public Law and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
is awarded funds under a private right of action brought under 
subsection (d) of such section 10, as added by such Public Law, shall 
pay into the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to such funds 
so awarded.
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