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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

Introduced: March 13, 2017 Introduced by: Smith, Jason Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 31, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 2
R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Mar 30, 2017
Yoho, Ted
· Mar 22, 2017
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Mar 13, 2017
Brat, Dave
· Mar 13, 2017
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Mar 13, 2017
McKinley, David
· Mar 13, 2017
Mullin, Markwayne
· Mar 13, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1525: Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1525/
MLA
"H.R. 1525: Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1525/.
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H.R. 1525, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1525/.
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[H.R. 1525: Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1525/)
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