HR 1525
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Pollution liability
Water quality
Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Mar 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 13, 2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act
This bill prohibits federal officials and employees from entering into settlements that provide for payment of attorney's fees by the federal government in cases brought under the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), or the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.