,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #af1     
#bjba,mr4 ,tuberville introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,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 #bjba4  #b4 ,limitation on      
donations made pursuant to settlement   
agreements to which the ,united ,states 
is a party  7a7 ,definition ,in this    
section1 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  7b7         
,limitation on required donations ,an   
official or agent of the ,federal       
,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 loan or           
constitutes payment for services        
rendered in connection with the case1 or
 a payment pursuant to section #cffc of 
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,penalty ,any official or agent of the  
,federal ,government who violates       
subsection 7b7 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 7b7 and 7c7
 shall apply only to any settlement     
agreement concluded on or after the date
 of enactment of this ,act4  7e7        
,reports on settlement agreements  7#a7 

,in general ,beginning at the end of the
 first fiscal year that begins after the
 date of 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