#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #gcb  ,,an ,,act  ,to limit         
donations made pursuant to settlement   
agreements to which the ,united ,states 
is a party1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,stop ,settlement ,slush ,funds    
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,limitation on      
donations made pursuant to settlement   
agreements to which the united states is
 a party  7a7 ,limitation on required   
donations ,an official or agent of the  
,government may not enter into or       
enforce any settlement agreement on     
behalf of the ,united ,states1 directing
 or providing for a payment or loan to  
any person or entity other than the     
,united ,states1 other than a payment or
 loan that provides restitution for or  
otherwise directly remedies actual harm 
7including to the environment7 directly 
and proximately caused by the party     
making the payment or loan1 and1 to the 
extent any victim thereof was an        
identifiable person1 suffered by the    

payee or lendee1 or constitutes payment 
for services rendered in connection with
 the case or a payment pursuant to      
section #cffc of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7b7 ,limitation on      
,cy-,prs ,amounts remaining after all   
claims have been satisfied shall be     
repaid proportionally to each party who 
contributed to the original payment4    
7c7 ,penalty ,any official or agent of  
the ,government who violates subsection 
7a7 or 7b71 shall be subject to the same
 penalties that would apply in the case 
of a violation of section #ccjb of title
 #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7       
,effective date ,subsections 7a71 7b71  
and 7c7 apply only in the case of a     
settlement agreement concluded on or    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7e7 ,definition ,the term        
settlement agreement means a settlement 
agreement resolving a civil action or   
potential civil action1 a plea          
agreement1 a deferred prosecution       
agreement1 or a non-prosecution         

agreement4  7f7 ,reports on settlement  
agreements  7#a7 ,in general ,beginning 
at the end of the first fiscal year that
 begins after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 and annually thereafter1  
the head of each ,federal agency shall  
submit electronically to the            
,congressional ,budget ,office a report 
on each settlement agreement entered    
into by that agency during that fiscal  
year that directs or provides for a     
payment or loan to a person or entity   
other than the ,united ,states that     
provides restitution for or otherwise   
directly remedies actual harm 7including
 to the environment7 directly and       
proximately caused by the party making  
the payment or loan1 or constitutes     
payment for services rendered in        
connection with the case1 including the 
parties to each settlement agreement1   
the source of the settlement funds1 and 
where and how such funds were and will  
be distributed4  7#b7 ,prohibition on   
additional funding ,no additional funds 

are authorized to be appropriated to    
carry out this subsection4  7#c7 ,sunset
 ,this subsection shall cease to be     
effective on the date that is #g years  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7g7 ,annual audit requirement    
7#a7 ,in general ,beginning at the end  
of the first fiscal year that begins    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and annually thereafter1 the      
,inspector ,general of each ,federal    
agency shall submit a report to the     
,committees on the ,judiciary1 on the   
,budget and on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate1 on any settlement agreement    
entered into in violation of this       
section by that agency4  7#b7           
,prohibition on additional funding ,no  
additional funds are authorized to be   
appropriated to carry out this          
subsection4  ,passed the ,house of      
,representatives ,october #bd1          
#bjag4;,clerk4