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House Bill 5551
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act
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H. R. 5551 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5551


To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 18, 2018

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Heck, Mr. Himes, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Payne, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Ms. Maxine Waters of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, 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 “Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act”.

SEC. 2. Congressional oversight relating to certain pardons.

(a) Submission of information.—In the event that the President grants an individual a pardon for an offense against the United States that arises from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target, subject, or witness, not later than 30 days after the date of such pardon, the Attorney General shall submit to the chairmen and ranking members of the appropriate congressional committees all materials of an investigation that were obtained by a United States Attorney, another Federal prosecutor, or an investigative authority of the Federal Government, relating to the offense for which the individual is so pardoned.

(b) Treatment of information.—Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure may not be construed to prohibit the disclosure of information required by subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Applicability.—Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a pardon granted by the President on or after January 20, 2017.

(d) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and

(B) if an investigation relates to intelligence or counterintelligence matters, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

(2) The term “pardon” includes a commutation of sentence.

(3) The term “relative” has the meaning given that term in section 3110(a) of title 5, United States Code.