3.0.0 2079 2022-12-31T05:28:00Z 2022-12-31T05:28:00Z Senate S 2021-06-16 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-16T18:45:10Z Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 117 5773 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS 2021-06-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4592) IntroReferral 2021-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2022-06-07 False Law Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government lending and loan guarantees Government liability Government studies and investigations Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Law 00 2021-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-14T14:53:39Z Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment or loan to any person or entity other than the United States. The bill provides exceptions to allow payments or loans that (1) remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment or loan, or (2) constitute a payment for services rendered in connection with the case or a payment that a court may order for restitution to victims in certain criminal cases or other persons in plea agreements.

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.

Agencies must report annually to the Congressional Budget Office about the parties, funding sources, and distribution of funds for their settlement agreements permitted by the exceptions in this bill.

]]> Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2079is/xml/BILLS-117s2079is.xml 2021-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4592) 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.