,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,schiff 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 and ,ms4         
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,attorney       
,general to recover certain payments    
made to the ,president4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,corruption ,clawback ,act4  #b4        
,definition ,in this ,act1 the term     
covered payment means any portion of any
 monetary settlement1 administrative    
award1 including an award made under    
section #bfgb of title #bh1 ,united     
,states ,code1 or a court-ordered       
judgment-- 7#a7 paid from the ,united   
,states ,treasury or in accordance with 
section #acjd of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7#b7 paid to an         
individual when they served as          
,president2  7#c7 that would not have   

been paid but for the individual holding
 the status1 authority1 or duties       
associated with their position as       
,president2 and  7#d7 relating to an    
administrative claim filed or settlement
 reached on or after ,january #bj1      
#bjbe4  #c4 ,recovery of payments made  
to the ,president  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,attorney ,general shall bring a civil  
action in the ,united ,states ,court of 
,federal ,claims or the ,united ,states 
,court of ,appeals for the ,district of 
,columbia ,circuit to recover any       
covered payment4  7b7 ,considerations   
,in determining whether a payment       
described in section #b would not have  
been made but for the individual holding
 the status1 authority1 or duties       
associated with their position as       
,president1 the court should consider-- 
7#a7 whether the officials who          
authorized or negotiated the covered    
payment on behalf of the ,government    
were appointed by1 or previously served 
as personal counsel to1 the ,president2 

7#b7 whether the amount of the covered  
payment exceeds typical payouts for     
similar claims by private citizens2 and 
7#c7 whether the settlement bypassed    
standard legal defenses 7such as        
statutes of limitations or sovereign    
immunity7 that career ,government       
lawyers would typically assert4  7c7    
,use of recovered payments ,any covered 
payment that is recovered under this    
section shall be used by the ,public    
,integrity ,section of the ,criminal    
,division of the ,department of         
,justice4  #d4 ,report ,not later than  
#ahj days after the date on which a     
covered payment that is greater than    
#a1jjj1jjj is made1 the ,comptroller    
,general shall submit to ,congress a    
report that includes the considerations 
described in section #c7;b74