I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7694 
To provide increased Congressional oversight of certain pardons, to clarify 
the applicability of bribery prohibitions to pardons and commutations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2020 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide increased Congressional oversight of certain par-
dons, to clarify the applicability of bribery prohibitions 
to pardons and commutations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 CER-
TAIN PARDONS. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.—In the event 
that the President grants an individual a pardon for a cov-
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ered offense, not later than 30 days after the date of such 
pardon— 
(1) the Attorney General shall submit to the 
chairmen and ranking members of the appropriate 
congressional committees— 
(A) all materials obtained or prepared by 
the prosecution team, including the Attorney 
General and any United States Attorney, and 
all materials obtained or prepared by any inves-
tigative agency of the United States govern-
ment, relating to the offense for which the indi-
vidual was so pardoned; and 
(B) all materials obtained or produced by 
the Department of Justice in relation to the 
pardon; and 
(2) the President shall submit to the chairmen 
and ranking members of the appropriate congres-
sional committees all materials obtained or produced 
within the Executive Office of the President in rela-
tion to the pardon. 
(b) TREATMENT OF INFORMATION.—Rule 6(e) of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure may not be con-
strued to prohibit the disclosure of information required 
by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ 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 intel-
ligence or counterintelligence matters, the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered offense’’ means— 
(A) 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; 
(B) an offense under section 192 of title 2, 
United States Code; or 
(C) an offense under section 1001, 1505, 
1512, or 1621 of title 18, United States Code, 
provided that the offense occurred in relation to 
a Congressional proceeding or investigation. 
(3) The term ‘‘pardon’’ includes a commutation 
of sentence. 
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(4) The term ‘‘relative’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3110(a) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. BRIBERY IN CONNECTION WITH PARDONS AND 
COMMUTATIONS. 
Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the President and the Vice President of 
the United States,’’ after ‘‘or an officer or em-
ployee or person’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
any pardon, commutation, or reprieve, or offer 
any such pardon, commutation, or reprieve’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing, for purposes of this paragraph, any pardon, 
commutation, or reprieve, or offer any such pardon, 
commutation, or reprieve)’’ after ‘‘corruptly gives, 
offers, or promises anything of value’’. 
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