S. 4444 · 117th Congress
Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
LankfordSponsor3 cosponsors · 3 R
2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 22, 2022
Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States that is not a party to a dispute. The bill provides exceptions to allow certain payments, including those that (1) remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment, and (2) constitute a payment for services rendered in connection with the case.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022
Latest action (Jun 22, 2022): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 22, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.