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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 4644 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4644

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 1, 2026

  Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and 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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A bill to provide for limitations on judgements, awards, and compromise settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.

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