US Congress House Bill 4717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-5)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Open EAJA Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to issue an annual online report to Congress and the public on the amount of attorney fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to the law commonly known as the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Directs the Comptroller General to commence an audit of the Equal Access to Justice Act for 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, and report to Congress on the audit results.

Open EAJA Act of 2010

Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D-ND]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
2010-03-02		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB3122 (Related) 2010-03-17 - Star Print ordered on the bill.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4717/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4717/BILLS-111hr4717ih.pdf