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H. Rept. 115-348 1 (2017-10-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaarv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Gp 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-348 JUDGMENT FUND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2017 OCTOBER 16, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1096] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1096) to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page The A m endm ent ..................................................................................................... 2 Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2 Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 3 H earings ................................................................................................................... 8 Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 8 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 8 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 8 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 8 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 8 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 10 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 10 Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 10 A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 10 Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 10 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 11 D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 13 79-006