[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1735 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1735

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

    Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Mr. Wu) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES TO THE ATTORNEY IN CERTAIN SOCIAL 
              SECURITY ACT CLAIMS.

    Section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g) In a civil action brought under section 205(g) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g)) in which a prevailing party other than 
the United States is represented by an attorney, any attorney fees 
awarded under this section to such prevailing party--
            ``(1) shall be paid directly to the attorney representing 
        the prevailing party; and
            ``(2) shall not be subject to offset under section 3716 of 
        title 31 due to a claim against the prevailing party.''.
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