As No Kings Protests Take Place Nationwide, Gillibrand Announces Bill To Ban Sitting Presidents From Plastering Their Name Or Likeness On Federal Property And Currency

Mar 28, 2026
Today, as Americans across the country protest the Trump administration’s corruption and chaos as part of the third No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that she will be introducing new legislation to bar the use of a sitting U.S. president’s name, image, likeness, or signature to decorate or designate federal property, assets, or currency.
“In America, we do not bow to kings,”said Senator Gillibrand.“Our president should be focused on bringing down grocery prices, making health care affordable, and ensuring every family can get ahead, not using their position to boost their own personal brand. It is time that we institute this ban and make sure that our government serves the people, not one person’s ego.”
This bill, which Senator Gillibrand plans to introduce in the next Senate working period, would include prohibitions on actions such as hangingbannerswith a sitting president’s face on the side of federal buildings; naming aclass of warshipsafter a sitting president; tacking the sitting president’s name onto the name of anexisting federal building; depicting a sitting president on a federally issuedcommemorative coin; or placing a sitting president’ssignatureon U.S. paper currency.
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