A bill to provide that parties which prevail against the United States in certain administrative and judicial proceedings may be awarded attorney fees and other costs, and that the amount of such fees and costs may be assessed against any Federal officer or employee who is found to have taken a clearly arbitrary or capricious action which was the subject of the proceedings.

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Allows parties that prevail against the United States in specified administrative and judicial proceedings to be awarded attorney fees and other expenses, and permits the relevant agency or court to assess a civil penalty not exceeding the amount of such costs against an officer or employee of the United States, if such agency or court determines that the proceedings involved were based on a clearly arbitrary or capricious action of such officer or employee.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 February 1983

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