US Congress House Bill 1096 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-10-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 (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.) Unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or a court order, Treasury must disclose to the public on a website: the agency or entity whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment, the plaintiff or claimant, the counsel for the plaintiff or claimant, the amount paid representing principal liability and any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability, a description of the facts that gave rise to the claim, the agency that submitted the claim, and any information available on reports generated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search administered by Treasury. If the payment is made to a foreign state, Treasury must also disclose: the method of payment; the currency denomination used for the payment; and 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by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state through which the payment passed, from which the payment was withdrawn, or that is holding the payment. 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. 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.

Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017

Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-16	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
2017-10-16	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-348.
2017-06-28	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2017-06-28	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-02-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-02-15	House	Introduced in House

SB386 (Related) 2017-02-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB565 (Related) 2017-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB469 (Related) 2017-10-26 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1096/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1096/BILLS-115hr1096ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1096/BILLS-115hr1096rh.pdf