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H.R. 1096, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 115th
Date Requested June 28, 2017
Requested By House Committee on the Judiciary
Date Sent Aug. 29, 2017
Description:

H.R. 1096 would require the Department of the Treasury to prepare certain reports regarding payments from the Judgment Fund. The Judgment Fund has a permanent, indefinite appropriation that is available to pay monetary awards against the United States that are judicially and administratively ordered. The legislation would require detailed reporting of specific information for individual claims. Additionally, the bill would prevent payments from the Judgment Fund to state sponsors of terrorism and foreign terrorist organizations.

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