Federal Prosecutorial Accountability Act

Ben Ray Luján

Democrat · NM · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-04-16

Source: Congress.gov

This bill would prevent federal government lawyers who have been punished by a court for misconduct from temporarily filling in to represent the government in legal cases. The measure aims to ensure that only lawyers in good standing handle government legal matters, protecting the integrity of cases where the federal government is involved.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4324 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4324 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing the Government. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing the Government. 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 ``Federal Prosecutorial Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF SANCTIONED ATTORNEYS FROM REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT. Section 530B(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(1) The''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(2)(A) The rules described in paragraph (1) shall provide for barring an attorney for the Government from representing the Government in court and filings for 1 year if a court has imposed sanctions under rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the attorney. ``(B) The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice shall carry out the rules described in subparagraph (A).''. <all>

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