US Congress Senate Bill 565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 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. Unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or a court order, Treasury is required to make available 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, a description of the facts that gave rise to the claim, and the agency that submitted the claim.

Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017

Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]

Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1096 (Related) 2017-10-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
SB386 (Related) 2017-02-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/565/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s565/BILLS-115s565is.pdf