[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 317 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 317

 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

                            January 18, 2013

  Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. 
   Cole, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Graves of Missouri, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Tipton, and 
 Mr. Bishop of Utah) 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 
2013''.

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) Unless the disclosure of such information is otherwise 
prohibited by law or court order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
make available to the public on a website, as soon as practicable but 
not later than 30 days after a payment under this section is tendered, 
the following information with regard to that payment:
            ``(1) The name of the specific Federal agency or entity 
        whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment.
            ``(2) The name of the plaintiff or claimant.
            ``(3) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or claimant.
            ``(4) The amount paid representing principal liability, and 
        any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability, 
        including attorney fees, costs, and interest.
            ``(5) A brief description of the facts that gave rise to 
        the claim.
            ``(6) A copy of the original or amended complaint or 
        written claim, and any written answer given by the Federal 
        Government to that complaint or claim.
            ``(7) A copy of the final action by a court regarding the 
        claim (whether by decree, approval of settlement, or 
        otherwise), or of the settlement agreement in any action not 
        involving a court.
            ``(8) The name of the agency that submitted the claim.''.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall implement 
the amendment made by this section beginning not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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