US Congress House Bill 1735 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the federal judicial code to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in civil actions involving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act. Declares that such fees shall not be subject to offset due to a claim of the United States against the prevailing party.

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.

Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
2009-03-26		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1735/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1735/BILLS-111hr1735ih.pdf