In what looks like a desperate effort to shift public focus, Republican Representative Addison McDowell of North Carolina has introduced a new bill called the “Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025,” or the “BIDEN Act.”

This proposed law would ban the use of autopen machines for presidential signatures on important documents like finalized bills, executive orders, pardons, and commutations.

The act claims that only the president personally can legally sign such papers. The bill also states that any document signed in the past or future that breaks this rule would be considered invalid, as Fox News reports, as if there’s not bigger news happening with the current sitting president.