HR 1735
111th Congress
House
Law
Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
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.
Introduced: March 26, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 26, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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