,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ceha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #f1   
#bjbf,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4           
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,kim1    
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4   
,peters1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,markey1    
,mr4 ,kelly1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4      
,schiff1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4 ,cortez      
,masto1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mrs4        
,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,merkley1  
,mr4 ,reed1 and ,mr4 ,booker7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit 
the payment of certain legal settlements
 to any individual convicted of         
assaulting a law enforcement officer in 
connection with breaching the ,capitol  
on ,january #f1 #bjba4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no     
,settlements for ,january #f ,law       
,enforcement ,assaulters ,act4  #b4     
,limitation on legal settlements for any

 individual convicted of assaulting a   
law enforcement officer in connection   
with breaching the ,capitol on ,january 
#f1 #bjba  7a7 ,definition ,in this     
section1 the term covered individual    
means an individual who has been        
convicted of an offense involving       
assaulting a law enforcement officer1   
including a violation of section #aaa of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 or a 
violation of section #dcb of the        
,revised ,statutes of the ,district of  
,columbia 7sec4 #bb-dje1 ,d4,c4         
,official ,code71 in connection with the
 events that occurred at or near the    
,capitol on ,january #f1 #bjba4  7b7    
,limitation ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 no ,federal funds1    
including amounts appropriated under    
section #acjd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,judgment ,fund71 may be obligated or   
expended for any legal settlement to a  
covered individual if the claims giving 
rise to such settlement are based on    

alleged harm suffered by the covered    
individual-- 7#a7 during the events that
 occurred at or near the ,capitol on    
,january #f1 #bjba2 or  7#b7 from       
prosecution for an offense relating to  
such events4