,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #beb  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ajif  ,report ,no4 #aae-cdh  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,february #ae1 #bjag ,mr4 ,stewart 7for 
himself1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4 ,roskam1 ,mr4 
,tipton1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,pearce1  
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,bishop of      
,utah1 and ,mr4 ,burgess7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary        
,october #af1 #bjag;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana1  
,mr4 ,gosar1 and ,mr4 ,amodei  ,october 
#af1 #bjag ,reported with an amendment1 
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,february
 #ae1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide  
for transparency of payments made from  

the ,judgment ,fund4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,judgment
 ,fund ,transparency ,act of #bjag4  #b4
 ,judgment fund transparency  7a7       
,transparency requirement ,section #acjd
 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  7d7  7#a7 ,unless the       
disclosure of such information is       
otherwise prohibited by law or court    
order1 the ,secretary of the ,treasury  
shall make available to the public on a 
website1 as soon as practicable1 but not
 later than #cj days after the date on  
which a payment under this section is   
tendered on or after ,january #a1 #bjaf1
 the following information with regard  
to that payment3  7,a7 ,the name of the 
specific agency or entity whose actions 
gave rise to the claim or judgment4     
7,b7 ,the name of the plaintiff or      
claimant4  7,c7 ,the name of counsel for
 the plaintiff or claimant4  7,d7 ,the  
amount paid representing principal      
liability1 and any amounts paid         

representing any ancillary liability1   
including attorney fees1 costs1 and     
interest4  7,e7 ,a brief description of 
the facts that gave rise to the claim4  
7,f7 ,the name of the agency that       
submitted the claim4  7,g7 ,any         
information available on reports        
generated by the ,judgment ,fund        
,payment ,search administered by the    
,treasury ,department4  7#b7 ,in        
addition to the information described in
 paragraph 7#a71 if a payment under this
 section is made to a foreign state on  
or after ,january #a1 #bjaf1 the        
,secretary of the ,treasury shall make  
available to the public in accordance   
with paragraph 7#a71 the following      
information with regard to that payment3
  7,a7 ,a description of the method of  
payment4  7,b7 ,a description of the    
currency denominations used for the     
payment4  7,c7 ,the name and location of
 each financial institution owned or    
controlled1 directly or indirectly1 by a
 foreign state or an agent of a foreign 

state through which the payment passed  
or from which the payment was withdrawn1
 including any financial institution    
owned or controlled1 directly or        
indirectly1 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 available4  7#c7   
,not later than ,january #a1 #bjah1 and 
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary of  
the ,treasury shall make available to   
the public on the website described in  
paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 the total amount 
paid under this section during the year 
preceding the date of the report2 and   
7,b7 the amount paid under this section 
during the year preceding the date of   
the report--  7i7 for attorney fees2    
7ii7 for interest2 and  7iii7 for all   
other payments4  7#d7 ,in this          
subsection1 the term foreign state has  
the meaning given the term in section   
#afjc of title #bh4  7e7 ,except with   
regard to children under eighteen1 the  
disclosure of information required in   

this section shall not be considered a  
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
 privacy for purposes of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code4  7f7 ,no payment 
may be made under this section to a     
state sponsor of terrorism1 as defined  
in section #afje;,a7h7 of title #bh1 or 
to an organization that has been        
designated as a foreign terrorist       
organization under section #bai of the  
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74  4  7b7               
,implementation ,the ,secretary of the  
,treasury shall carry out the amendment 
made by this section by not later than  
#fj days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  ,october #af1 #bjag         
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed