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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8955

Bipartisan Transparency for American Taxpayers Act

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Introduced 2026-05-21Topic: budget · governance ethics · criminal justice

Summary

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This bill would bar the use of federal money to pay any claim submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund, which the Department of Justice set up on May 18, 2026. The ban would apply no matter what other laws say. It would include money from the federal Judgment Fund, which is the permanent fund used to pay certain legal judgments and settlements against the United States under section 1304 of title 31 of the U.S. Code.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-05-21HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2026-05-21Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-05-21Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.