US Congress House Bill 1033 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Engrossed on February 28 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-28 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (Sec. 2) 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

Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2017-02-27	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-02-27	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1334)
2017-02-27	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1033.
2017-02-27	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1334-1336)
2017-02-27	House	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2017-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-02-14	House	Introduced in House

SB378 (Same As) 2017-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3668 (Related) 2017-09-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1033/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1033/BILLS-115hr1033ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1033/BILLS-115hr1033eh.pdf