3.0.0 3415 2023-01-11T13:23:08Z 2023-01-11T13:23:08Z Senate S S 2012-07-19 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-19T22:03:18Z 2012-07-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5218) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2012-07-19 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2012-08-02 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government liability Legal fees and court costs Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-17T18:32:03Z Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to Congress and the public all records of individual payments made since January 1, 2003, from a permanent appropriation of funds (commonly referred to as the Judgment Fund) available to the federal government to pay certain final judgments, awards, and compromise settlements (including appropriate attorney's fees, interest, and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act [EAJA]) resulting from claims against the United States.

Requires the publicly available records to be updated annually to include payments made during the previous year.

Requires such records, including a payment breakdowns showing the specific amount of the damages, interest, and attorneys' fees, to be maintained on a publicly accessible Internet website.

Prohibits records from being made available under this Act if: (1) the payment was not the result of any executive branch, federal agency, or instrumentality statutory or regulatory approval or permit related case, court order, consent decree, or settlement; or (2) the disclosure of the information is otherwise prohibited by law or court order, or is not in the best interest of national security.

]]> Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 Display Title Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the disclosure of all payments made under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3415is/xml/BILLS-112s3415is.xml 2012-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.