S 549
112th Congress
Senate
Law
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011
Introduced: March 10, 2011
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Mar 10, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 10, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011 - Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) 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 EAJA for 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, and report to Congress on the audit results.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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