Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act”.
Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act
A BILL
To prohibit Federal officials and employees from entering into settlements that provide for payment of attorney’s fees by the Federal Government in certain environmental law cases.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on settlements providing for payment of attorney’s fees by the Federal Government in certain environmental law cases
Prohibition— No Federal official or Federal employee may enter into a settlement in any environmental law case in which the Federal Government is a party if the settlement provides for payment of attorney’s fees by the Federal Government.
Definition— In this Act, the term the “environmental law case” means a case arising under—
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).