No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (Democratic-CA)January 6, 2026

AI-generated · Low Confidence

Report an error

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Blocks federal money from compensating January 6 Capitol attack participants or refunding their court-ordered payments.

This bill would stop the government from using any federal money to pay individuals who were prosecuted for their part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. It would also prevent these individuals from getting refunds for any court-ordered fines or payments they made, instead sending that money to the Architect of the Capitol.

What Would Change

Currently, no law explicitly stops federal money from being used to compensate individuals prosecuted for the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, nor does it prevent refunding their court-ordered payments. This bill would change that by explicitly prohibiting the use of any federal funds for such compensation and banning the creation of any related compensation fund. It would also stop the refunding of court-ordered payments from convicted individuals, instead directing those funds to the Architect of the Capitol.

Key Provisions

Blocks federal funds, including victim compensation money, from being used to compensate anyone prosecuted for involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, even if they were later pardoned.
Bans the creation of any new government fund specifically to compensate individuals prosecuted for their role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Prevents the U.S. Treasury from refunding any court-ordered payments, like fines or restitution, made by individuals convicted for involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, even if they were later pardoned.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to send any unrefunded court-ordered payments from convicted January 6th individuals to the Architect of the Capitol.

View on Congress.gov

S 3582 · 119th Congress · January 6, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 1/10

No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act

What Would Change

Key Provisions

Lobbying Activity