[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1446 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1446

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for transparency of 
                 payments made from the Judgment Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2011

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for transparency of 
                 payments made from the Judgment Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. JUDGMENT FUND TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) Transparency Requirement.--Section 1304 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the 
public on a website the following information with regard to any 
payment made under this section, unless the disclosure of such 
information is otherwise prohibited by law or court order:
            ``(1) The name of the plaintiff or claimant.
            ``(2) The name of the counsel for the plaintiff or 
        claimant.
            ``(3) The name of the agency that submitted the claim.
            ``(4) A brief description of the facts that gave rise to 
        the claim.
            ``(5) The amount paid representing principal, attorney 
        fees, and interest, if applicable.''.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall implement 
section 1304(d) of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a), beginning not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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