S.Amdt. 999

1. Adds Sec. 118. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the public all records of payments of attorneys fees and expenses made under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, that have been made since January 1, 2003 and shall continue to make the records of any such payments made hereafter available to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the public: Provided, That, such records shall be made available on a publically accessible and searchable Internet website database and each record made available for each payment shall contain information that clearly identifies the entity receiving the payment, the amount of the total payment to each entity, and a breakdown of the payment showing the attorneys fees and expenses and relevant statute, matter, and agency: Provided further, That such records and information shall not be made available if the disclosure of such information is otherwise prohibited by law or is not in the best interest of national security and the Secretary of the Treasury certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives the rationale for withholding any individual payment information: Provided further, That the preceding proviso, or any other provision of law regarding disclosure prohibitions, shall not apply to any records of payments made as a result of any executive branch, Federal department, agency, or instrumentality statutory or regulatory approval or permit related case, court order, consent decree, or Federal department, agency, or instrumentality settlement on page 92, between lines 19 and 20

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   Inserted: Sec. 118. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the public all records of payments of attorneys fees and expenses made under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, that have been made since January 1, 2003 and shall continue to make the records of any such payments made hereafter available to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the public: Provided, That, such records shall be made available on a publically accessible and searchable Internet website database and each record made available for each payment shall contain information that clearly identifies the entity receiving the payment, the amount of the total payment to each entity, and a breakdown of the payment showing the attorneys fees and expenses and relevant statute, matter, and agency: Provided further, That such records and information shall not be made available if the disclosure of such information is otherwise prohibited by law or is not in the best interest of national security and the Secretary of the Treasury certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives the rationale for withholding any individual payment information: Provided further, That the preceding proviso, or any other provision of law regarding disclosure prohibitions, shall not apply to any records of payments made as a result of any executive branch, Federal department, agency, or instrumentality statutory or regulatory approval or permit related case, court order, consent decree, or Federal department, agency, or instrumentality settlement.

   Original wording

   On page 92, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

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