S.Amdt. 326

SA 326. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr.
Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. 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 (other than section 552a of title
5) 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 the
Secretary makes a payment under this section, the following
information 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 who is 18 years
or older.
``(C) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or claimant.
``(D) The amount paid representing principal liability, and
any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability,
including attorney fees, costs, and interest.
``(E) A brief description of the facts that gave rise to
the claim.
``(F) The name of the agency that submitted the claim.
``(2) In addition to the information described in paragraph
(1), if a payment under this section is made to a foreign
state, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to
the public in accordance 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 denominations used for
the payment.
``(C) The name and location of each financial institution
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a foreign
state or an agent of a foreign state to which the payment was
disbursed, including any financial institution 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.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `foreign state' has the
meaning given the term in section 1603 of title 28.
``(e) No payment may be made under this section to a state
sponsor of terrorism, as defined in section 1605A(h) of title
28.''.
(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
carry out the amendment made by this section not later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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