To amend chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that in the case of an agency that appeals the ruling of a court under that chapter, and does not prevail on appeal, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill revises requirements governing judicial review of federal agency action. If an agency does not prevail in an appeal of a court ruling, then the court must award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The award must be paid out of the administrative budget of the office in the agency that filed the appeal.

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Timeline

1. 28 June 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 30 July 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 June 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 June 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 28 June 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 June 2019

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Sponsors

• Bill Posey · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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