3.0.0 378 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z Senate S 2017-02-14 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-14T22:48:19Z SHARE Act 115 3668 HR 2017-09-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224. Related bill CRS Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act 115 1033 HR 2017-02-28 Received in the Senate. Identical bill CRS 2017-02-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-02-14 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-02-14 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-02-14 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2017-02-14 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-03-21 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-03-21 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-05-10 False K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2017-07-10 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2018-02-28 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-12-13 False Law Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government liability Legal fees and court costs Law 00 2017-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-21T18:56:37Z 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.

]]> 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 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 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s378is/xml/BILLS-115s378is.xml 2017-02-14 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.