,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjbj,mr4 
,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 ,nadler7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide      
increased ,congressional oversight of   
certain pardons1 to clarify the         
applicability of bribery prohibitions to
 pardons and commutations1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,abuse of the       
,pardon ,prevention ,act4  #b4          
,congressional oversight relating to    
certain pardons  7a7 ,submission of     
information ,in the event that the      
,president grants an individual a pardon
 for a covered offense1 not later than  
#cj days after the date of such pardon--
 7#a7 the ,attorney ,general shall      
submit to the chairmen and ranking      
members of the appropriate congressional
 committees-- 7,a7 all materials        
obtained or prepared by the prosecution 

team1 including the ,attorney ,general  
and any ,united ,states ,attorney1 and  
all materials obtained or prepared by   
any investigative agency of the ,united 
,states government1 relating to the     
offense for which the individual was so 
pardoned2 and  7,b7 all materials       
obtained or produced by the ,department 
of ,justice in relation to the pardon2  
and  7#b7 the ,president shall submit to
 the chairmen and ranking members of the
 appropriate congressional committees   
all materials obtained or produced      
within the ,executive ,office of the    
,president in relation to the pardon4   
7b7 ,treatment of information ,rule     
#f7;e7 of the ,federal ,rules of        
,criminal ,procedure may not be         
construed to prohibit the disclosure of 
information required by subsection 7a7  
of this section4  7c7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,the term appropriate
 congressional committees means-- 7,a7  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,house of ,representatives and the      

,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate2 and  7,b7 if an investigation  
relates to intelligence or              
counterintelligence matters1 the        
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives and the ,select        
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4  7#b7 ,the term covered offense
 means-- 7,a7 an offense against the    
,united ,states that arises from an     
investigation in which the ,president1  
or a relative of the ,president1 is a   
target1 subject1 or witness2  7,b7 an   
offense under section #aib of title #b1 
,united ,states ,code2 or  7,c7 an      
offense under section #ajja1 #aeje1     
#aeab1 or #afba of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code1 provided that the offense
 occurred in relation to a              
,congressional proceeding or            
investigation4  7#c7 ,the term pardon   
includes a commutation of sentence4     
7#d7 ,the term relative has the meaning 
given that term in section #caaj7;a7 of 

title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4   
,bribery in connection with pardons and 
commutations ,section #bja of title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--    
7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting 1 including
 the ,president and the ,vice ,president
 of the ,united ,states1 after or an    
officer or employee or person2 and  7,b7
 in paragraph 7#c71 by inserting before 
the period at the end the following3 1  
including any pardon1 commutation1 or   
reprieve1 or offer any such pardon1     
commutation1 or reprieve2 and  7#b7 in  
subsection 7b77#c71 by inserting        
7including1 for purposes of this        
paragraph1 any pardon1 commutation1 or  
reprieve1 or offer any such pardon1     
commutation1 or reprieve7 after         
corruptly gives1 offers1 or promises    
anything of value4