To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 1735 2019-11-15T21:35:29Z 2019-11-15T21:35:29Z House H HR 2009-03-26 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju09 Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-26T19:50:05Z Referred to 2009-03-26T14:02:45Z 2009-05-26 hsju09 Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Committee 2009-03-26 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-03-26 True W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 2009-03-26 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2009-05-05 False C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2009-05-05 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2009-05-05 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2009-05-20 False Law Civil actions and liability Government liability Legal fees and court costs Poverty and welfare assistance Social security and elderly assistance Law

00 2009-03-26 Introduced in House 2009-04-22T13:53:31Z Amends the federal judicial code to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in civil actions involving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act.

Declares that such fees shall not be subject to offset due to a claim of the United States against the prevailing party.

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To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1735ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1735ih.xml 2009-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.