[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2042

  To reinstate the reporting provision relating to fees and expenses 
  awarded to prevailing parties in civil actions involving the United 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2012

  Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reinstate the reporting provision relating to fees and expenses 
  awarded to prevailing parties in civil actions involving the United 
                                States.

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

SECTION 1. REPORTING OF FEES AND EXPENSES AWARDED.

    Section 2412(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) The Attorney General shall submit to Congress and make 
publically available online an annual report regarding the amount of 
fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year under 
this subsection.''.
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