,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1     
#bjai,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself1  
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,van
 ,hollen1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,attorney ,general to submit to         
,congress investigative materials in the
 event of certain pardons granted by the
 ,president1 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 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    
witness1 not later than #cj days after  

the date of such pardon1 the ,attorney  
,general shall submit to the chairmen   
and ranking members of the appropriate  
congressional committees all materials  
of an investigation that were obtained  
by a ,united ,states ,attorney1 another 
,federal prosecutor1 or an investigative
 authority of the ,federal ,government1 
relating to the offense for which the   
individual is so pardoned4  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 ,applicability ,subsection
 7a7 shall apply with respect to a      
pardon granted by the ,president on or  
after ,january #bj1 #bjag4  7d7         
,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 pardon     
includes a commutation of sentence4     
7#c7 ,the term relative has the meaning 
given that term in section #caaj7;a7 of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4