Federal government must publish details of all settlement payments.
H.R. 10558 — CLEAR Act · Filed by Harriet Hageman (R-WY) · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells Treasury to post facts about every payment from the Judgment Fund. Posts must happen within 30 days. The public will see who sued and how much was paid. The bill also tells the Comptroller General to audit settlements each year. The Comptroller General must report to Congress on cases where agencies change or drop rules to settle lawsuits.
Who it affects
Citizens and Congress will see how federal agencies spend money on settlements. Federal agencies will have to share details about their settlements that were private before.
One thing to notice
The bill requires Treasury to post settlement details within 30 days. It does not say how Treasury should handle facts that must stay secret.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Judgment Fund — A federal account that pays money when the government loses a lawsuit or settles a case.
- settlement — An agreement to end a lawsuit without a trial, often by paying money.
- Comptroller General — The head of the Government Accountability Office, which audits federal spending for Congress.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,145 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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