US Congress Senate Bill 333 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 This bill prohibits federal government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States (resolving a civil action, a plea agreement, a deferred prosecution agreement, or a nonprosecution agreement) 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. Federal 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. Federal agencies must report annually for seven years 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. Agency inspectors general must report annually to Congress about any of their agency's settlement agreements that violate this bill.

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB522 (Related) 2017-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
HB732 (Related) 2017-10-25 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HR577 (Similar To) 2017-10-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/333/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s333/BILLS-115s333is.pdf