Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Ban Sitting Presidents From Plastering Their Name Or Likeness On Federal Property And Currency

Apr 16, 2026
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) formally introduced new legislation to stop President Trump’s absurdpracticeof putting his face and name all over government property. TheHalting Unilateral Money and Building Labeling by Egotistical (HUMBLE) Presidents Actwould bar the use of a sitting U.S. president’s name, image, likeness, or signature to decorate or designate federal property, assets, or currency. Gillibrand initiallyannouncedthat she would be introducing this legislation on last month’s No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action.
“The president of the United States serves the people, not the other way around,”said Senator Gillibrand.“Right now, working families are struggling to afford groceries and sky-high health care bills. They want their president bringing down costs and putting money back in their pockets, not spending time and taxpayer dollars on self-promotion. TheHUMBLE Presidents Actwould force our leaders to focus on the issues that truly matter to American families, not their own personal brand, and I will work to get it passed through Congress.”
TheHUMBLE Presidents Actwould 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.
Specifically, the bill would:
Full text of theHUMBLE Presidents Actcan be foundhere.
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