,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bh1    
#bjad ,ms4 ,ayotte 7for herself and     
,mrs4 ,mc,caskill7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to appropriately limit the  
authority to award bonuses to employees4
  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,stop ,wasteful ,federal   
,bonuses ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,bonuses   
7a7 ,adverse findings and employees     
under investigation ,chapter #de of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  ,,iv ,limitations on bonus  
authority  #deca4 ,certain forms of     
misconduct  7a7 ,definitions ,in this   
section-- 7#a7 the term adverse finding 
relating to an employee means a         
determination that the conduct of the   
employee-- 7,a7 violated a policy of the
 agency for which the employee may be   

removed or suspended2 or  7,b7 violated 
a law for which the employee may be     
imprisoned of more than #a year2  7#b7  
the term agency has the meaning given   
that term under section #eea2 and  7#c7 
the term bonus means any bonus or cash  
award1 including-- 7,a7 an award under  
this chapter2  7,b7 an award under      
section #echd2 and  7,c7 a retention    
bonus under section #eged4  7b7 ,adverse
 findings  7#a7 ,in general ,the head of
 an agency shall not award a bonus to an
 employee of the agency until #e years  
after the end of the fiscal year in     
which the ,inspector ,general or another
 senior ethics official of the agency or
 the ,comptroller ,general of the       
,united ,states makes an adverse finding
 relating to the employee4  7#b7        
,previously awarded bonuses ,if the     
,inspector ,general or another senior   
ethics official of the agency or the    
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states makes an adverse finding        
relating to an employee1 the head of the

 agency employing the employee1 after   
notice and an opportunity for a hearing1
 shall issue an order directing the     
employee to repay the amount of any     
bonus awarded to the employee during the
 year during which the adverse finding  
is made4  4  7b7 ,technical and         
conforming amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #de of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3        
,,subchapter ,,iv--,limitations on bonus
 authority #deca4 ,certain forms of     
misconduct4  4