Introduction

09/30/2009 — 09/30/2023Released AnnuallyLast Updated 12/15/2023

The Judgment Fund is an appropriation for the payment of certain judgments and settlements against the federal government and is available to pay most court judgments and Justice Department compromise settlements of actual or imminent litigation against the government. The Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress dataset provides a listing of payments made through the Judgment Fund including the amount paid out, judgment type, legal representatives, agency, and any associated costs. Information about the legal statute that resulted in the funds being paid is also available.

Dataset Properties

Data Table Name	Field Name	Display Name	Description	Data Type	Is Required
Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress	record_date	Record Date	The date that data was published.	DATE	1
Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress	judgment_type_cd	Judgment Type Code	The type of claim which is either administrative or litigative.	STRING	1
Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress	defendant_agency_nm	Defendant Agency Name	The agency against which the claim was filed.	STRING	1
Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress	submitting_agency_nm	Submitting Agency Name	The agency submitting the claim.	STRING	1
Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress	control_nbr	Control Number	Internal tracking number assigned by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service).	STRING	1

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API Quick Guide

Endpoint

BASE URL:

https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/

ENDPOINT:

FULL URL:

https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/

Fields

Refer to Dataset Properties above for a data dictionary with field names and descriptions, as well as notes and known limitations. known limitations.

Field Name	Display Name	Data Type

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Data Types

All data is returned as a string, including nulls. Refer to the chart above for the intended data type of each field.

Parameters

Refer to Dataset Properties above for a data dictionary with field names and descriptions as well as notes and known limitations

Fields

Parameter: fields=
Definition: The fields parameter allows you to select which field(s) should be included in the response.
Accepts: The fields= parameter accepts a comma-separated list of field names (no parentheses).
Required: No, specifying fields is not required to make an API request.
Default: If desired fields are not specified, all fields will be returned.
Notes: When a field named passed to the fields= parameter is not available for the endpoint accessed, an error will occur. Note that omitting fields can result in automatically aggregated and summed data results. For more information, view the full documentation on Aggregation and Sums.

EXAMPLE

?fields=

Filters

Sorting

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Methods

Our APIs accept the GET method, one of the most common HTTP methods.

Example Request & Response

In this example, we are...

Specifying the endpoint
Requesting the JSON response format
Sorting the data by in descending order
Setting pagination parameters

EXAMPLE REQUEST

https://api.fiscaldata.treasury.gov/services/api/fiscal_service/undefined?sort=-undefined&format=json&page[number]=1&page[size]=1

EXPECTED RESPONSE

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Judgment Fund: Annual Report to Congress

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