H.R. 732: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017

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H.R. 732: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-30 · Law · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Official title

Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017

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Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits government officials from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States (resolving a civil action, a plea agreement, a deferred prosecution agreement, or a nonprosecution agreement) that provides for a payment or a loan to any person or entity other than the United States. The bill provides exceptions to allow payments or loans that: (1) remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment or loan and suffered by the payee, or (2) constitute a payment for services rendered in connection with the case or a payment that a court may order for restitution to victims in certain criminal cases or other persons in plea agreements. Amounts remaining after all claims have been satisfied must be repaid proportionally to each party who contributed to the original payment. Government officials or agents who violate this prohibition may be removed from office or required to forfeit to the government any money they hold for such purposes to which they may otherwise be entitled. Federal agencies must report annually for seven years to the Congressional Budget Office about the parties, funding sources, and distribution of funds for their settlement agreements permitted by the exceptions in this bill. Agency inspectors general must report annually to Congress about any of their agency's settlement agreements that violate this bill.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · 34 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 732, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (2017-02-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Rick W. Allen (R-GA)

Recorded votes

• House roll call 575 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR732 (2017-10-24): Failed
• House roll call 576 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR732 (2017-10-24): Failed
• House roll call 577 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR732 (2017-10-24): Failed
• House roll call 578 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR732 (2017-10-24): Failed
• House roll call 579 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR732 (2017-10-24): Failed
• House roll call 580 (2017): On Passage, HR732 (2017-10-24): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr732.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr732 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115