3.0.0 3050 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z Senate S 2016-06-10 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-10T13:46:45Z Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 114 5063 HR 2016-09-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2016-06-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2016-06-10 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2016-06-10 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2016-06-10 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-06-10 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2016-06-13 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2016-06-13 False Law Civil actions and liability Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government liability Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Law 00 2016-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-02T20:16:02Z Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016

This bill prohibits government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement resolving a civil action on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States. The bill provides exceptions for payments that remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment or that constitute payment for services rendered in connection with the case.

Government officials or agents who violate this prohibition may be removed from office or required to forfeit to the government any money they hold for such purposes to which they may otherwise be entitled.

]]> Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 Display Title Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements in which the United States is a party. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3050is/xml/BILLS-114s3050is.xml 2016-06-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.