,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjbb,mr4 
,torres of ,new ,york introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require a ,member of     
,congress who makes and any individual  
who receives a request from a ,member of
 ,congress for a presidential pardon to 
disclose the request to the ,select     
,committee on ,ethics of the ,senate or 
the ,committee on ,ethics of the ,house 
of ,representatives1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pardon ,disclosure 
,act4  #b4 ,disclosure of presidential  
pardon requests to congressional ethics 
committees  7a7 ,disclosure requirement 

,if a ,member of ,congress makes a      
request for a presidential pardon to be 
granted to the ,member or to any other  
individual1 the ,member who made the    
request and any individual who receives 
the request from the ,member shall each 
disclose the request to the supervising 
ethics committee in accordance with the 
requirements under subsection 7b74  7b7 
,deadline for disclosure ,a ,member of  
,congress who makes a request described 
in subsection 7a7 or any individual who 
receives a request described in         
subsection 7a7 shall each disclose such 
request to the supervising ethics       
committee-- 7#a7 in the case of any such
 request made or received after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 not     
later than #cj days after the date such 
request is made or received2 and  7#b7  
in the case of any such request made or 
received during the period that begins  
on ,january #a1 #bjba1 and ends on the  
date of the enactment of this ,act1 not 
later than #cj days after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act4  7c7 ,civil 
enforcement  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
,attorney ,general may bring a civil    
action in an appropriate district court 
of the ,united ,states against any      
person who violates1 or whom the        
,attorney ,general has reason to believe
 is engaging in conduct that violates1  
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,civil penalty    
7,a7 ,in general ,if the court finds by 
a preponderance of the evidence that a  
person violated subsection 7a71 the     
court shall impose against the person a 
civil penalty of not more than #ajj1jjj4
  7,b7 ,rule of construction ,a civil   
penalty under this subsection may be in 
addition to any other criminal or civil 
statutory1 common law1 or administrative
 remedy available to the ,united        
,states4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section1 the following definitions      
apply3 7#a7 ,member of ,congress ,the   
term ,member of ,congress includes a    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
the ,congress4  7#b7 ,supervising ethics

 committee ,the term supervising ethics 
committee means-- 7,a7 in the case of   
any request described in subsection 7a7 
with respect to a ,member of the        
,senate1 the ,select ,committee on      
,ethics of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 in the
 case of any request described in       
subsection 7a7 with respect to a ,member
 of the ,house of ,representatives1 the 
,committee on ,ethics of the ,house of  
,representatives4  #c4 ,rules of the    
,house of ,representatives presidential 
pardon disclosure requirement ,clause #b
 of rule ,,xxvi of the ,rules of the    
,house of ,representatives is amended by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 1 except that ,members1       
,delegates1 and the ,resident           
,commissioner shall also include in each
 annual financial disclosure report     
required under such title the disclosure
 of any request made by the ,member1    
,delegate1 or ,resident ,commissioner   
for a presidential pardon to be granted 
to the ,member1 ,delegate1 or ,resident 

,commissioner or to any other           
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