3.0.0 4933 2023-01-11T13:43:51Z 2023-01-11T13:43:51Z Senate S 2020-12-01 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-01T21:10:49Z Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act 116 7694 HR 2020-07-23 Ordered to be Reported (Amended). Related bill CRS 2020-12-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-12-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-12-01 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-12-01 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-12-01 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-12-01 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-12-01 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-12-01 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-12-01 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-12-07 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-12-01 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-13T17:55:16Z Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2020

This bill restricts the authority of the President with respect to presidential pardons, including by prohibiting the President from pardoning himself or herself and requiring the Department of Justice to conduct oversight and submit materials to Congress regarding certain pardons, such as those arising from an investigation in which the President is a target, subject, or witness.

]]> Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2020 Display Title Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide increased oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4933is/xml/BILLS-116s4933is.xml 2020-12-01 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.