{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-300","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 300","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of settlement agreements, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of settlement agreements, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-01-24","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h33","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023","result":"Passed","yea":425,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll033.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.","date":"2023-01-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-24","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires executive agencies to submit information regarding settlement agreements to a public database."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, an agency must submit information regarding any settlement agreement (including a consent decree) entered into by the agency related to an alleged violation of federal law. If an agency determines that information regarding an agreement must remain confidential to protect the public interest, the agency must publish an explanation of why the information is confidential."}],"words":78},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires Executive agencies to submit information about and copies of their settlement agreements to a public online database run under the Office of Management and Budget, with exceptions for confidential material.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HF8C2C76F6F9B455281FCE64CF0B2E72B"}]},"core_areas":["Public database of federal agency settlement agreements","Confidentiality exceptions and public statements for settlement agreements","Freedom of Information Act publication of settlement agreements"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the head of each Executive agency to submit to the database a categorized, searchable list of its settlement agreements, including the order type, the date entered into, the specific violations, and the total amount the settling parties are obligated to pay.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HF8C2C76F6F9B455281FCE64CF0B2E72B"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance setting submission dates at least twice a year, data standards, and public availability from the date of settlement through not less than 5 years after the agreement terminates.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HF8C2C76F6F9B455281FCE64CF0B2E72B"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or an Executive agency head the Director designates, to establish and maintain a public, searchable, downloadable database for agencies to upload settlement information for immediate publication online.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HF8C2C76F6F9B455281FCE64CF0B2E72B"}},{"text":"Allows an agency head to except a settlement agreement from submission if confidentiality or sealing is required to protect the public interest of the United States, and requires a written public statement explaining what interests confidentiality protects and why they outweigh the public's interest in knowing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HF8C2C76F6F9B455281FCE64CF0B2E72B"}},{"text":"Amends section 552(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, to add each settlement agreement entered into by an Executive agency, with redactions for information the agency may withhold, to the materials listed there.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#HD22A6B1C247840FC8B482154274DCAED"}},{"text":"Takes effect 180 days after enactment and applies to settlement agreements entered into on or after the date of enactment and, to the extent practicable, to those still in effect on or after that date.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh#H8C97C6A8C3A94B87895632DDCB004782"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-01-24","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/300/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-300.png","v":"09a99e7ab12f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 300, 118th Congress: Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023. House: 425 Yea, 0 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 24 Jan 2023."}}