3.0.0 1996 2022-03-02T05:13:14Z 2022-03-02T05:13:14Z House H HR 2011-05-25 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. LUMMIS:H.R. 1996.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9: No Money shall be drawn from theTreasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts andExpenditures of all public Money shall be published from timeto time.Article 4, Section 3: The Congress shall have Power todispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulationsrespecting the Territory or other Property belonging to theUnited States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be soconstrued as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, orof any particular State.[Page H3646]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Discharged from 2011-11-15T22:22:53Z Hearings by 2011-10-11T14:07:07Z Referred to 2011-07-11T13:33:31Z Reported by 2012-07-11T21:50:09Z Markup by 2011-11-17T22:29:24Z Referred to 2011-05-25T14:00:49Z H. Rept. 112-594 Jobs Through Growth Act 112 1720 S 2011-10-18 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 203. Related bill CRS Government Litigation Savings Act 112 1061 S 2011-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2012-07-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00429 2012-07-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-594. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-07-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-594. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-11-17 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14. Committee 2011-11-17 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-11-15 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged. Committee 2011-10-11 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2011-07-11 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Committee 2011-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. N B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2011-05-25 True T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] Glenn Thompson R PA 5 2011-05-25 True S001148 Rep. 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[R-GA-3] Lynn Westmoreland R GA A. 3 2012-05-18 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government liability Lawyers and legal services Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-05-25 Introduced in House 2011-08-09T22:09:01Z Government Litigation Savings Act - Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government to: (1) restrict awards of fees and other expenses under such Act to prevailing parties with a direct and personal monetary interest in an adjudication, including because of personal injury, property damage, or an unpaid agency disbursement; (2) require the reduction or denial of awards commensurate with pro bono hours and related fees and expenses to parties who have acted in an obdurate, dilatory, mendacious, or oppressive manner or in bad faith; (3) limit awards to not more than $200,000 in any single adversary adjudication or for more than three adversary adjudications in the same calendar year (unless the adjudicating officer or judge determines that a higher award is required to avoid severe and unjust harm to the prevailing party); and (4) expand the reporting requirements of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States with respect to fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties during the preceding fiscal year.

Requires the Comptroller General to audit the implementation of EAJA for the years 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.

]]> 17 2012-07-11 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2012-10-10T20:00:28Z Government Litigation Savings Act - (Sec. 2) Revises provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and the federal judicial code relating to the fees and other expenses of parties in agency proceedings and court cases against the federal government.

Restricts awards of fees and other expenses under EAJA to prevailing parties with a direct and personal interest in an adjudication, including because of medical costs, property damage, denial of benefits, an unpaid disbursement, and other expenses of adjudication, or because of a policy interest.

Requires (currently, authorizes) the reduction or denial of an award if the party during the course of the proceedings engaged in conduct which unduly or unreasonably (currently, unduly and unreasonably) protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy.

Increases to $200 per hour the cap on attorney fees awarded under EAJA and eliminates the cost-of-living and special factor considerations for allowing an increase in the hourly rate for such fees.

Eliminates the net worth exemption for determining eligibility for fees and expenses under EAJA for tax-exempt organizations and cooperative associations under the Agricultural Marketing Act.

Expands the reporting requirements of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to require the Chairman to report on fees and expenses awarded pursuant to a settlement agreement and to create and maintain online a searchable database containing detailed information with respect to each award of fees and other expenses under EAJA.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) audit the implementation of EAJA for the years 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, (2) complete such audit not later that one year after the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, and (3) report to Congress on the results of such audit.

]]> Government Litigation Savings Act Short Titles as Introduced Government Litigation Savings Act Short Titles as Reported to House Government Litigation Savings Act H House Display Title Government Litigation Savings Act Official Title as Introduced To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, with respect to the award of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the United States, to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to compile, and make publically available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, and for other purposes. Reported in House 2012-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1996rh/xml/BILLS-112hr1996rh.xml Introduced in House 2011-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1996ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1996ih.xml 2012-07-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429. 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.