Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5434 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5434 To provide increased oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 5, 2024 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide increased oversight of certain pardons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, 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 of 2024''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT RELATING TO CERTAIN PARDONS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered offense.--The term ``covered…