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                     JANUARY 2, 2024  
 
             RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118-18   

       TEXT OF H.R. 788, STOP SETTLEMENT SLUSH   

                  FUNDS ACT OF 2023   

    [Showing the text of H.R. 788, as ordered reported by the  
        Committee on the Judiciary]   




1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.   

2  This Act may be cited as the "Stop Settlement Slush   

3  Funds Act of 2023".  

4  SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DONATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO  

5  SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS TO WHICH THE  

6  UNITED STATES IS A PARTY.  

7  (a) LIMITATION ON REQUIRED DONATIONS.--An of-  

8  ficial or agent of the Government may not enter into or   

9  enforce any settlement agreement on behalf of the United   

10  States directing or providing for a payment to any person   

11  or entity other than the United States, other than a pay-   

12  ment that provides restitution for or otherwise directly   

13  remedies actual harm (including to the environment) di-   

14  rectly and proximately caused by the party making the  

15  payment, or constitutes payment for services rendered in   

16  connection with the case.   

17  (b) PENALTY.--Any official or agent of the Govern-   

18  ment who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to the   


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