Don't Settle for Corruption Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9355 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9355

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to reform the process for
   payment of certain compromise settlements, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms.
  Chu, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Norton, Ms.
Jacobs, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Kamlager-Dove,
 Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Cisneros, and Mr. Carson)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to reform the process for
   payment of certain compromise settlements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Don't Settle for Corruption Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.

    Section 2414 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 2414. Payment of judgments and compromise settlements
    ``(a) Except as provided by chapter 71 of title 41, 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 Treasury. Payment of final
judgments rendered by a State or foreign court or tribunal against the
United States, or against its agencies or officials upon obligations or
liabilities of the United States, 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 same.
    ``(b) 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 same, he shall so certify and the judgment
shall be deemed final.
    ``(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to enactment
of a resolution in the case of a covered settlement, compromise
settlements of claims referred to the Attorney General for defense of
imminent litigation or suits against the United States, or against its
agencies or officials upon obligations or liabilities of the United
States, made by the Attorney General or any person authorized by him,
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
settlements.
    ``(d) The Attorney General shall expeditiously submit a report,
bearing an identification number, 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 session.
    ``(e) No proposal for a covered settlement may be considered
approved unless during the period beginning on the date on which the
report under subsection (d) is received by Congress and ending 60 days
thereafter a resolution described in subsection (f) is enacted.
    ``(f) For the purpose of this section, the term `resolution' means
only a joint resolution of the Congress, the matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: `That the____approves the covered
settlement numbered___submitted to the Congress on____', the first
blank space therein being filled with the name of the resolving House
and the other blank spaces being appropriately filled.
    ``(g) In this section, 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 States, or against
its agencies or officials upon obligations or liabilities of the United
States.''.
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