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H.R. 1789: Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-03 · Law · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 18.

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Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025

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Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025 This bill expands the types of federal officials who may remove (i.e., transfer) state cases brought against them to federal court. It also establishes a presumption of immunity for federal officials in these cases. The federal officer removal statute authorizes certain defendants (e.g., federal officers) to remove to federal court a civil action or criminal prosecution brought against them in state court if the claims or charges relate to official duties. Often, defendants who invoke the federal officer removal statute raise claims of official immunity. In recent years, the statute received public attention when then-former President Donald Trump and former officials sought to invoke the statute. For example, in Georgia v. Meadows , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows could not remove Georgia’s criminal prosecution of him to federal court based on the federal officer removal statute because it does not apply to former federal officers, and even if it did, the charges were not related to Meadows’s official duties. This bill allows a defendant who is a former federal officer or current or former President or Vice President to remove state cases brought against them to federal court based on the federal officer removal statute. It also establishes a presumption that federal officials have immunity in cases that are removable, which may only be rebutted by a showing that their actions were not related to official duties.

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Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] · 0 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1789, Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025 (2025-04-15) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1789 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills