Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act

Key Points

• The bill creates a new independent Anti-Corruption Bureau in the executive branch and folds the Federal Election Commission, Office of Government Ethics, and Office of Special Counsel into it. The goal is to rebuild ethics, campaign finance, and whistleblower enforcement into one body that no single President can easily weaken.
• Regular people and state attorneys general could sue top officials who use their office for personal gain over $50,000. Successful plaintiffs would keep between 15 and 30 percent of the money recovered, and courts could order triple damages and force officials to give back what they took.
• The Bureau would have 7 members serving single 6-year staggered terms, with no more than 3 from the same party and at least one independent member. If the President fails to nominate members on time, a special panel of federal judges would appoint temporary members to keep the Bureau running.
• The Bureau would be funded through a new Freedom From Influence Fund rather than depending only on yearly congressional appropriations, drawing on fines and penalties from corporate and legal violations. This is designed to protect the agency's independence.
• The bill's findings repeatedly name Trump, his family, and allies such as Elon Musk and Peter Thiel as the reason for the new agency, and it allows lawsuits over conduct dating back to January 20, 2025. This makes the bill both a structural reform and a direct political response.
• It would be a federal crime, punishable by up to 5 years in prison, for the President, Vice President, or top White House officials to pressure the Bureau to act out of political animus, adding new legal guardrails around the agency's independence.