3.0.0 2770 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z Senate S S 2014-07-31 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-08-01T01:45:56Z Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act 113 2919 HR 2014-05-07 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2014-07-31 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. N Law Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government liability Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-19T15:30:21Z Requires such reports to 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.

Directs the Chairman to create and maintain a searchable database on an Internet website containing specified information with respect to each award, including:

  • if available, the case name and number of, as well as a hyperlink to, any case in which the party other than the agency is not an individual;
  • the name of the agency involved;
  • for an award to an individual, a statement that excludes any personally identifiable information but indicates that the award was made to an individual;
  • for an award made to a party other than an individual, the name of the party;
  • 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.

]]> Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Display Title Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act Introduced in Senate 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2770is/xml/BILLS-113s2770is.xml 2014-07-31 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.