Legislation· Jan 2024Sponsored by Lance Gooden (R)
Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023
Would have barred federal settlements that pay outside groups, with narrow exceptions.
Tradeoff
Would have banned federal settlements that send money to outside groups, except to repair harm the payer caused. Also would have required yearly reports to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on exempt settlements, for seven years.
What's in it
The House passed it 211-197 on January 11, 2024, and the Senate never voted before the Congress ended.
House
Introduced
(Feb 2, 2023)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Feb 2, 2023)
House
The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported 15 - 10(Jun 14, 2023)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-339.
House
On
Failed(Roll #6 · Jan 11, 2024)
189 yeanay 205House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #7 · Jan 11, 2024)
211 yeanay 197Senate
Received from the House
on the Judiciary(Jan 16, 2024)
- Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Scott Perry (R-PA)
- Darrell E. Issa (R-CA)
- Randy K., Sr. Weber (R-TX)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Ben Cline (R-VA)
- David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Russell Fry (R-SC)
- Dan Bishop (R-NC)
Passage votes· Jan 11, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025