Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

3.0.0 2919 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z 2023-01-11T13:24:20Z House H HR 2013-08-01 113 [Pages H5345-H5346]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. LUMMIS:H.R. 2919.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;[[Page H5346]]and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts andExpenditures of all public Money shall be published from timeto time.]]> ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-07T16:59:45Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Discharged from 2014-02-04T15:19:29Z Referred to 2013-10-15T13:52:02Z Reported by 2014-05-06T18:25:50Z Markup by 2014-02-05T20:43:06Z Referred to 2013-08-01T14:07:15Z H. Rept. 113-434 Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act 113 2770 S 2014-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2014-05-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2014-05-06 18:10:28 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3430-3431) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2014-05-06 18:10:28 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3430-3431) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2014-05-06 17:55:14 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2919. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2014-05-06 17:55:11 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3430-3433) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2014-05-06 17:55:00 Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2014-05-06 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00322 2014-05-06 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-434. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-05-06 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-434. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-02-05 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2014-02-05 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-02-04 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged. Committee 2013-10-15 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2013-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2013-08-01 True G000573 Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26] Joe Garcia D FL 26 2013-08-01 True C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2013-08-01 True D000618 Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large] Steve Daines R MT 0 2013-10-16 False S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 2013-10-16 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2014-03-13 False B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2014-03-13 False Law Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government liability Legal fees and court costs Law

00 2013-08-01 Introduced in House 2013-08-21T15:31:29Z Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to report to Congress annually on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements.

Requires that such reports: (1) describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards; and (2) be made available to the public online.

Directs the Chairman to create and maintain online a searchable database containing specified information with respect to each award including the name of the agency involved, the name of each party to whom the award was made, the amount of the award, and the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified.

Directs the head of each agency (including, with respect to court cases, the Attorney General [DOJ] and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) to provide the Chairman all information requested to produce such reports.

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81 2014-05-06 Passed House without amendment 2014-06-03T19:38:29Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to report to Congress annually on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements.

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Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Display Title Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Official Title as Introduced To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require annual reports to Congress on, and the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Short Titles as Reported to House Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act H House Referred in Senate 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2919rfs/xml/BILLS-113hr2919rfs.xml Reported in House 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2919rh/xml/BILLS-113hr2919rh.xml Engrossed in House 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2919eh/xml/BILLS-113hr2919eh.xml Introduced in House 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2919ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2919ih.xml 2014-05-07 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.