,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjbf,mr4 
,larson of ,connecticut 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4     
,chu1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4    
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,norton1    
,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,pocan1
 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4           
,kamlager-,dove1 ,mr4 ,jackson of       
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,liccardo1 ,mr4         
,cisneros1 and ,mr4 ,carson7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #bh1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to reform the process for
 payment of certain compromise          
settlements1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,don't ,settle for ,corruption  
,act4  #b4 ,limitation on certain       
payments ,section #bdad of title #bh1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  #bdad4 ,payment of    
judgments and compromise settlements    

7a7 ,except as provided by chapter #ga  
of title #da1 payment of final judgments
 rendered by a district court or the    
,court of ,international ,trade against 
the ,united ,states shall be made on    
settlements by the ,secretary of the    
,treasury4 ,payment of final judgments  
rendered by a ,state or foreign court or
 tribunal against the ,united ,states1  
or against its agencies or officials    
upon obligations or liabilities of the  
,united ,states1 shall be made on       
settlements by the ,secretary of the    
,treasury after certification by the    
,attorney ,general that it is in the    
interest of the ,united ,states to pay  
the same4  7b7 ,whenever the ,attorney  
,general determines that no appeal shall
 be taken from a judgment or that no    
further review will be sought from a    
decision affirming the same1 he shall so
 certify and the judgment shall be      
deemed final4  7c7 ,except as otherwise 
provided by law1 and subject to         
enactment of a resolution in the case of

 a covered settlement1 compromise       
settlements of claims referred to the   
,attorney ,general for defense of       
imminent litigation or suits against the
 ,united ,states1 or against its        
agencies or officials upon obligations  
or liabilities of the ,united ,states1  
made by the ,attorney ,general or any   
person authorized by him1 shall be      
settled and paid in a manner similar to 
judgments in like causes and            
appropriations or funds available for   
the payment of such judgments are hereby
 made available for the payment of such 
compromise settlements4  7d7 ,the       
,attorney ,general shall expeditiously  
submit a report1 bearing an             
identification number1 setting forth the
 terms of a covered settlement to both  
,houses of ,congress on the same day and
 to each ,house while it is in session4 
7e7 ,no proposal for a covered          
settlement may be considered approved   
unless during the period beginning on   
the date on which the report under      

subsection 7d7 is received by ,congress 
and ending #fj days thereafter a        
resolution described in subsection 7f7  
is enacted4  7f7 ,for the purpose of    
this section1 the term resolution means 
only a joint resolution of the          
,congress1 the matter after the         
resolving clause of which is as follows3
 ,that theapproves the covered          
settlement numberedsubmitted to the     
,congress on1 the first blank space     
therein being filled with the name of   
the resolving ,house and the other blank
 spaces being appropriately filled4  7g7
 ,in this section1 the term covered     
settlement means any compromise         
settlement for defense of imminent      
litigation or suit by the ,president or 
a former ,president against the ,united 
,states1 or against its agencies or     
officials upon obligations or           
liabilities of the ,united ,states4  4