Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) introduced the following bill... To prohibit the use of Federal funds to compensate individuals who were prosecuted for their involvement in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Support prohibiting the use of federal funds to compensate individuals prosecuted for participating in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Occurrences
Evidence
AP reported that opponents were still pressing to block the Trump administration's $1.776 billion compensation fund, which critics said could pay people linked to politically motivated prosecutions, including January 6 defendants.
A federal judge extended the order blocking the fund and said the administration had not given enough assurance it was truly terminated, leaving the proposed payouts frozen for now.
Assessments
The available evidence shows the proposed taxpayer-funded payouts for January 6 defendants were still blocked by court action as of June 2026, but it does not show that Hank Johnson personally introduced, sponsored, or materially advanced a prohibition on those funds. Because the outcome is not clearly tied to his actions, this cannot be credited as a delivered promise on the record provided.