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Union Calendar No. 252 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1096 

[Report No. 115–348] 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for transparency of 

payments made from the Judgment Fund. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. LONG, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 

CHAFFETZ, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and 

Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

OCTOBER 16, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. AMODEI

OCTOBER 16, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for 

transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judgment Fund Trans5 parency Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. JUDGMENT FUND TRANSPARENCY. 

7 (a) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT.—Section 1304 of 

8 title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Unless the disclosure of such information is 

11 otherwise prohibited by law or court order, the Secretary 

12 of the Treasury shall make available to the public on a 

13 website, as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days 

14 after the date on which a payment under this section is 

15 tendered on or after January 1, 2016, the following infor16 mation with regard to that payment: 

17 ‘‘(A) The name of the specific agency or entity 

18 whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment. 

19 ‘‘(B) The name of the plaintiff or claimant. 

20 ‘‘(C) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or 

21 claimant. 

22 ‘‘(D) The amount paid representing principal li23 ability, and any amounts paid representing any an24 cillary liability, including attorney fees, costs, and 

25 interest. 


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1 ‘‘(E) A brief description of the facts that gave 

2 rise to the claim. 

3 ‘‘(F) The name of the agency that submitted the 

4 claim. 

5 ‘‘(G) Any information available on reports gen6 erated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search ad7 ministered by the Treasury Department. 

8 ‘‘(2) In addition to the information described in para9 graph (1), if a payment under this section is made to a 

10 foreign state on or after January 1, 2016, the Secretary 

11 of the Treasury shall make available to the public in accord12 ance with paragraph (1), the following information with 

13 regard to that payment: 

14 ‘‘(A) A description of the method of payment. 

15 ‘‘(B) A description of the currency denomina16 tions used for the payment. 

17 ‘‘(C) The name and location of each financial in18 stitution owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, 

19 by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state 

20 through which the payment passed or from which the 

21 payment was withdrawn, including any financial in22 stitution owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, 

23 by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state that 

24 is holding the payment as of the date on which the 

25 information is made available. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually 

2 thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make avail3 able to the public on the website described in paragraph 

4 (1)— 

5 ‘‘(A) the total amount paid under this section 

6 during the year preceding the date of the report; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the amount paid under this section during 

8 the year preceding the date of the report— 

9 ‘‘(i) for attorney fees; 

10 ‘‘(ii) for interest; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) for all other payments. 

12 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘foreign state’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 1603 of title 28. 

14 ‘‘(e) Except with regard to children under eighteen, the 

15 disclosure of information required in this section shall not 

16 be considered a ‘clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 

17 privacy’ for purposes of title 5, United States Code. 

18 ‘‘(f) No payment may be made under this section to 

19 a state sponsor of terrorism, as defined in section 1605A(h) 

20 of title 28, or to an organization that has been designated 

21 as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the 

22 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).’’. 

23 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

24 shall carry out the amendment made by this section by not 

25 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 252 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1096 

[Report No. 115–348] 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide 

Judgment Fund. for transparency of payments made from the 

OCTOBER 16, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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