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The Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015 () is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Blake Farenthold that would require asbestos trusts in the United States to file quarterly reports about the payouts they make and personal information on the victims who receive them in a publically accessible database.〔() Govtrack.us, H.R. 526 (2015).〕 The legislation would also allow defendant corporations in asbestos cases to demand information from the trusts for any reason.〔 == Purpose == The bill would limit or greatly slow down the ability of trusts to award compensation to victims by instituting additional requirements for filing and reporting.〔 Mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases often appear decades after exposure to asbestos. Proponents for transparency argue that without it, asbestos trusts will run out. As a result, they will not be able to pay the veterans, first responders, workers and other Americans who will become sick in the future from asbestos exposure that occurred in the past. A ''Wall Street Journal'' investigative report discovered hundreds of inconsistencies between claims with trusts and in-court cases. The report also found what it determined to be thousands of implausible claims that children were exposed to asbestos while working in industrial settings.〔 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied asbestos trusts and concluded that the trusts operate without meaningful federal oversight. The GAO directly asked the asbestos trusts if their own audits uncovered fraud. In response, the trusts replied that they did not find any fraud among the more than $20 billion in claims paid out.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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