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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1096" measure-id="id115hr1096" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-02-15" update-date="2018-05-04">
<title>Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr1096v17" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-05-04">
<action-date>2017-10-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House with amendment(s)</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to disclose details regarding payments made from the Judgment Fund on or after January 1, 2016. (The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the United States.)</p> <p>Unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or a court order, Treasury must disclose to the public on a website: </p> <ul> <li>the agency or entity whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment, </li> <li>the plaintiff or claimant, </li> <li>the counsel for the plaintiff or claimant, </li> <li>the amount paid representing principal liability and any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability, </li> <li>a description of the facts that gave rise to the claim, </li> <li>the agency that submitted the claim, and</li> <li> any information available on reports generated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search administered by Treasury. </li> </ul> <p>If the payment is made to a foreign state, Treasury must also disclose:</p> <ul> <li>the method of payment;</li> <li>the currency denomination used for the payment; and </li> <li>the name and location of each financial institution owned or controlled by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state through which the payment passed, from which the payment was withdrawn, or that is holding the payment. </li> </ul> <p>By January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, Treasury must disclose on the website: (1) the total amounts paid from the fund during the preceding year; and (2) the amounts paid during the preceding year for attorney fees, interest, and for all other payments. </p> <p>No payments from the fund may be made to a state sponsor of terrorism or an organization that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hr1096v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-03-01">
<action-date>2017-02-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to disclose details after payments are made from the Judgment Fund. (The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the United States.) </p> <p>Unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or a court order, Treasury must disclose to the public on a website: </p> <ul> <li>the agency or entity whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment, </li> <li>the plaintiff or claimant, </li> <li>the counsel for the plaintiff or claimant, </li> <li>the amount paid, </li> <li>a description of the facts that gave rise to the claim, </li> <li>the agency that submitted the claim, and</li> <li> any information available on reports generated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search administered by Treasury. </li> </ul> <p>If the payment is made to a foreign state, Treasury must also disclose:</p> <ul> <li>the method of payment;</li> <li>the currency denomination used for the payment; and </li> <li>the name and location of each financial institution owned or controlled by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state through which the payment passed, from which the payment was withdrawn, or that is holding the payment. </li> </ul> <p>No payments from the fund may be made to a state sponsor of terrorism. </p>]]></summary-text>
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