,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1 #bjaf  
,mr4 ,schweikert introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide that amounts        
collected by the ,federal ,government   
through legal settlements1 fines1 or    
financial penalties shall be deposited  
in the general fund of the ,treasury for
 purposes of deficit reduction1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,funding       
,unpaid ,national ,debt with            
,settlements ,act or the ,,funds ,act4  
#b4 ,use of legal settlement1 fines1 or 
financial penalties collected by the    
,federal ,government to reduce the debt 
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 any covered     
funds shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the ,treasury for purposes of   
deficit reduction4  7b7 ,definition of  
covered funds ,in this section1 the term

 covered funds means any civil penalty  
collected in a civil action brought by  
any ,federal agency1 any amounts        
received by a ,federal agency in a      
settlement or consent decree entered in 
such an action1 any fine levied in an   
administrative proceeding or pursuant to
 an agency rule1 and any fine collected 
for any ,federal criminal offense1 but  
does not include any penalty or interest
 collected by the ,internal ,revenue    
,service under the ,internal ,revenue   
,code of #aihf4