Drain the Slush Fund Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9239 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9239

    To provide for limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise
    settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2026

 Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Goodlander, and Ms. Houlahan)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

    To provide for limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise
    settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.

    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 ``Drain the Slush Fund Act''.

SEC. 2. JUDGMENTS, AWARDS, AND COMPROMISE SETTLEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) No judgment, award, compromise settlement, interest, or costs
shall be authorized for payments that arise out of a lawsuit or claim
filed by the President or Vice President.''.
    (b) Applicability.--This section, and the amendments made by this
section, shall apply to any pending case or any cause of action arising
on or after January 20, 2025.
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