Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 378
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 14, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 14, 2017
Latest Action
Feb 14, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
378
Congress
115
Policy Area
Law
Law
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting civil actions and administrative remedies, courts and judicial administration, general constitutional issues, dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. Measures concerning specific constitutional amendments may fall under the policy area relevant to the subject matter of the amendment (e.g., Education). Measures concerning criminal procedure and law enforcement may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
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House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

This bill amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain online searchable databases with information about the attorney's fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain: (1) agency-conducted adversary adjudication proceedings, and (2) civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) or settlement agreements to which the United States is a party.

With respect to each award, the information must include: (1) the name of the agency involved, (2) the name of each party to whom the award was made, (3) a description of the claims, (4) the amount of the award, and (5) the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. Under current law, the awards are made unless the position of the agency was substantially justified or special circumstances make an award unjust.

Text (1)
February 14, 2017
Actions (2)
02/14/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
02/14/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:47 PM