Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1947 (111th)

Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2009

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

2 April 2009

Last action

26 May 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Sponsors

Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

14 August 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2009 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) issue public written guidelines for deferred prosecution agreements and nonprosecution agreements; (2) establish rules for the selection of independent monitors for deferred prosecution agreements; and (3) place the text of deferred prosecution agreements on the public website of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Defines "deferred prosecution agreement" as an agreement between a federal prosecutor and an organization to conditionally defer criminal prosecution of that organization. Defines "nonprosecution agreement" as an agreement between a federal prosecutor and an organization to conditionally decide not to file criminal charges against the organization. Requires a deferred prosecution agreement to be filed in an appropriate U.S. district court. Requires such court to approve an agreement if it is consistent with the guidelines for such agreements and is in the interests of justice.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 2 April 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 April 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 April 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 May 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 2 April 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.