No Payoffs for Pardons Act

This bill amends federal criminal law (Title 18 of the United States Code) to require financial disclosures from individuals who receive federal executive clemency, such as pardons, commutations, or reprieves. It also explicitly includes executive clemency under federal bribery laws.

* **Recipients of federal executive clemency:** Individuals granted pardons, sentence commutations, reprieves, or other forms of federal clemency who provided certain benefits to specific recipients during a designated timeframe.

* **Mandatory Financial Disclosures:** Recipients of federal executive clemency would be required to disclose financial information if they provided a "covered benefit" to a "covered recipient" during a specified disclosure period. * **Definition of Covered Benefits:** "Covered benefits" include anything of value, such as gifts, donations, payments, services, or contracts. * **Bribery Laws Updated:** Federal bribery statutes would explicitly cover actions related to federal executive clemency.

The provided summary does not mention any federal spending, appropriations, taxes, or fees associated with this bill.

* Disclosures are only required for clemency recipients who provided a covered benefit to a covered recipient within the relevant disclosure timeframe. * **Unclear details:** Because the provided text cuts off mid-sentence, full details regarding the exact definition of a "covered recipient," the specific length of the disclosure period, penalties for failing to disclose, and designated enforcement agencies are unclear.

This bill requires people who receive federal pardons or other clemency to report gifts, payments, or other benefits they gave to specific individuals, and it clarifies that federal bribery laws apply to executive clemency.