Require federal agencies to publish settlement agreement and consent decree information in public electronic databases.

Gary J. Palmer · Alabama · Republican

policy impact 0.74 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

H.R. 7934, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026: Introduced by Representative Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), the bill requires federal agencies to publish information regarding settlement agreements and consent decrees to public, electronic databases in conformity with guidance issued by the Director of OMB and the Attorney General.

Palmer introduced legislation to require agencies to make settlement agreement and consent decree details publicly available in electronic databases, with certain confidentiality reporting requirements.

Markup Wrap Up: Oversight Committee Advances Legislation to Protect American Taxpayers and Strengthen Government Transparency - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Palmer and Mfume introduced legislation to increase transparency in federal agency settlement agreements.

Palmer backed legislation to make federal agency settlement agreements more transparent through public disclosure.

Palmer, Mfume Introduce Bill to Increase Transparency in Federal Agency Settlement Agreements | Congressman Gary Palmer
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Evidence

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The bill, H.R. 7934, was ordered favorably reported by Roll Call vote of 40-0 (Vote #7).

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): House Oversight advanced Palmer's Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026 out of committee on a unanimous recorded vote, showing concrete legislative progress toward the transparency database requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

HMKP-119-GO00-20260318-SD017.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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Mr. Palmer (for himself and Mr. Mfume) introduced H.R. 7934, a bill "to amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication of settlement agreements."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Palmer formally reintroduced the settlement-agreement database bill in the 119th Congress, keeping the promise active in his current term but not yet completing enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7934 (IH) - Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026
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House Oversight reported H.R. 7934, the Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026, favorably out of committee after markup.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill advanced out of House Oversight, showing concrete legislative progress toward Palmer's promised public database requirement, but not final enactment or implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

HMKP-119-GO00-20260318-SD017.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

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H.R. 7934 was introduced as the Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026 to require public database disclosure of federal settlement agreements and consent decrees.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Palmer reintroduced legislation directly matching the promise, but introduction alone does not deliver the database requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7934 (IH) - Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026
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H.R. 7934 would require federal agencies that enter into certain settlement agreements to establish and maintain online databases that are searchable by the public.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CBO describes the ordered-reported Palmer bill as a proposal that would create public searchable agency settlement-agreement databases, matching the commitment but indicating it remained prospective rather than enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 7934, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act
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on this vote the ayes are 40. The nays are zero.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official committee transcript records unanimous committee support when H.R. 7934 was ordered favorably reported, showing concrete legislative effort in Palmer's current House term but not final enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

HMKP-119-GO00-Transcript-20260318.pdf
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The bill requires federal agencies to publish information regarding settlement agreements and consent decrees to public, electronic databases in conformity with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Attorney General.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House Oversight staff memo describes the 2026 bill as directly matching the commitment to require public electronic databases for federal settlement agreements and consent decrees, but it remained proposed legislation.

partial same_term A for effort

HMKP-119-GO00-20260318-SD002.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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H.R. 2766, H.R. 6916, H.R. 428, H.R. 1722, H.R. 4642, H.R. 2069, H.R. 7934, H.R. 5525, and H.R. 6399 were ordered reported, as amended.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record Daily Digest records that H.R. 7934 was ordered reported by the House Oversight Committee, showing concrete same-term legislative advancement but not final passage, enactment, or implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-03-18.pdf
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The bill, H.R. 7934, was ordered favorably reported by Roll Call vote of 40-0, (Vote #7).

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House Oversight meeting summary shows Palmer's H.R. 7934 advanced out of committee unanimously, a concrete same-term legislative step toward the promised database requirement but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

HMKP-119-GO00-20260318-SD017.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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the head of each agency that has entered into a covered settlement agreement shall establish and maintain a public online database

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text directly matches the commitment by requiring agency public online databases for covered settlement agreements, but the source is introduced bill text rather than an enacted law or implemented database.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7934 Introduced in House - Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Palmer introduced H.R. 7934 in the 119th Congress to require publication of federal settlement agreements and consent decrees in a public database, and the House Oversight Committee ordered it favorably reported 40-0. That directly matches the promised policy and shows material advancement during his current House term, but the evidence does not show final passage, enactment, or implementation of the database requirement.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Palmer introduced H.R. 7934 to require publication of settlement agreements, and the bill was ordered favorably reported out of committee, showing a serious legislative effort and concrete progress. But the evidence does not show enactment into law or full implementation of the public electronic database requirement, so the promise was not fully delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%