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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 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judgment Fund Trans-
parency Act of 2017’’. 
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: 
‘‘(d)(1) 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 the date on which a payment under this section is 
tendered on or after January 1, 2016, the following infor-
mation 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. 
‘‘(C) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or 
claimant. 
‘‘(D) The amount paid representing principal li-
ability, and any amounts paid representing any an-
cillary liability, including attorney fees, costs, and 
interest. 
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‘‘(E) A brief description of the facts that gave 
rise to the claim. 
‘‘(F) The name of the agency that submitted the 
claim. 
‘‘(G) Any information available on reports gen-
erated by the Judgment Fund Payment Search ad-
ministered by the Treasury Department. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the information described in para-
graph (1), if a payment under this section is made to a 
foreign state on or after January 1, 2016, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall make available to the public in accord-
ance 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 denomina-
tions used for the payment. 
‘‘(C) The name and location of each financial in-
stitution owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, 
by a foreign state or an agent of a foreign state 
through which the payment passed or from which the 
payment was withdrawn, including any financial in-
stitution 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. 
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‘‘(3) Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make avail-
able to the public on the website described in paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) the total amount paid under this section 
during the year preceding the date of the report; and 
‘‘(B) the amount paid under this section during 
the year preceding the date of the report— 
‘‘(i) for attorney fees; 
‘‘(ii) for interest; and 
‘‘(iii) for all other payments. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘foreign state’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1603 of title 28. 
‘‘(e) Except with regard to children under eighteen, the 
disclosure of information required in this section shall not 
be considered a ‘clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy’ for purposes of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(f) No payment may be made under this section to 
a state sponsor of terrorism, as defined in section 1605A(h) 
of title 28, or to an organization that has been designated 
as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall carry out the amendment made by this section by not 
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 
for transparency of payments made from the 
Judgment Fund. 
OCTOBER 16, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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