HR788-118

Reported

To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 2, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE09DD05928394790AA7167FD6BBEFD8D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023.
  • Section H9FF1BCAF034C4FB2BD938397BE0A4B4C: 2. Limitation on donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the united states is a party An official or agent of the Government may not enter...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Environment, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Environment Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 16, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the …

Jan 9, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Fry, and Mr. Bishop of …

Jan 9, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Feb 2, 2023

Mr. Gooden of Texas (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Tiffany, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
2 mentions across 1 clause
-2 negative

Federal agencies, Federal government officials negotiating settlements

Grantmaking And Giving Services
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Non-profit advocacy organizations

Environment
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Environmental advocacy groups

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Taxpayers

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Environment Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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