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Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013 - Amends federal bankruptcy law concerning a trust formed under a reorganization plan following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation in order to assume the debtor's liability with respect to claims seeking recovery for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage allegedly caused by the presence of, or exposure to, asbestos or asbestos-containing products.
Requires such a trust to file with the bankruptcy court quarterly reports, available on the public docket, which describe each demand the trust has received from a claimant and the basis for any payment made to that claimant (excluding any confidential medical record or the claimant's full Social Security number).
Requires such reports, upon written request, and subject to payment (demanded at the option of the trust) for any reasonable cost incurred by it, to provide any information related to payment from, and demands for payment from, the trust to any party to any action in law or equity concerning liability for asbestos exposure.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 982 as passed House amended on Nov 13, 2013. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Nov 13, 2013Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveNov 13, 2013
House Nov 13, 2013 · the primary vote
Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013
Passed
221 Yea 199 Nay 10 not voting
Party-line vote 12 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 5 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 982 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 982 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
195 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.