[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 326. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. 
Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. JUDGMENT FUND TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Transparency Requirement.--Section 1304 of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d)(1) Unless the disclosure of such information is 
     otherwise prohibited by law (other than section 552a of title 
     5) 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 the date on which the 
     Secretary makes a payment under this section, the following 
     information with regard to that payment:
       ``(A) The name of the specific agency or entity whose 
     actions gave rise to the claim or judgment.
       ``(B) The name of the plaintiff or claimant who is 18 years 
     or older.
       ``(C) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or claimant.
       ``(D) The amount paid representing principal liability, and 
     any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability, 
     including attorney fees, costs, and interest.
       ``(E) A brief description of the facts that gave rise to 
     the claim.
       ``(F) The name of the agency that submitted the claim.
       ``(2) In addition to the information described in paragraph 
     (1), if a payment under this section is made to a foreign 
     state, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to 
     the public in accordance with paragraph (1), the following 
     information with regard to that payment:
       ``(A) A description of the method of payment.
       ``(B) A description of the currency denominations used for 
     the payment.
       ``(C) The name and location of each financial institution 
     owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a foreign 
     state or an agent of a foreign state to which the payment was 
     disbursed, including any financial institution owned or 
     controlled, directly or indirectly, by a foreign state or an 
     agent of a foreign state that is holding the payment as of 
     the date on which the information is made available.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `foreign state' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 1603 of title 28.
       ``(e) No payment may be made under this section to a state 
     sponsor of terrorism, as defined in section 1605A(h) of title 
     28.''.
       (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     carry out the amendment made by this section not later than 
     90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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