US Congress House Bill 522 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 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 to allow 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. 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

Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]
Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2017-01-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-13	House	Introduced in House

HB732 (Related) 2017-10-25 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB333 (Related) 2017-02-07 - 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/house-bill/522/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr522/BILLS-115hr522ih.pdf