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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. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, 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. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, and Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress inves-
tigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted 
by the President, 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’’. 
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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 an 
offense against the United States that arises from an in-
vestigation 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 Gen-
eral 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 of-
fense for which the individual is so pardoned. 
(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) 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 com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(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 ‘‘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. 
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