Require federal agencies to turn over fines and fees to the U.S. Treasury and subject those funds to congressional appropriations.

Gary J. Palmer · Alabama · Republican

policy impact 0.73 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

I introduced HR 5499, the Agency Accountability Act, which would require agencies like DHS and the CFPB to turn over all fines and fees collected to the U.S. Treasury, making them subject to appropriations.

Palmer says he introduced legislation to make federal agencies remit fines and fees to Treasury and bring those funds under appropriations control.

Palmer for Congress | Budget
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Evidence

Palmer and Sen. Mike Lee introduced the Agency Accountability Act, which would move federal agency fines, fees, penalties, and other unappropriated funds into the Treasury and through the appropriations process.

Directly matches the pledge as a concrete legislative introduction, but this source shows only proposal-stage action, not enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Rep. Palmer, Sen. Lee Introduce Agency Accountability Act
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Gary Palmer took a serious, on-point legislative step toward this promise by introducing the Agency Accountability Act with Sen. Mike Lee, and his office said it would require agency fines, fees, penalties, and other unappropriated funds to be transferred to the Treasury and subjected to appropriations. But the available evidence shows proposal-stage action only, including reintroduction, and does not show that this policy was enacted or that Palmer delivered the promised outcome during or after the relevant term. Under the rubric, a substantial legislative attempt without successful delivery counts as never, with effort credit.

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