S 217
116th Congress
Senate
Law
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act
This bill requires the Administrative Conference of the United States to create and maintain a database of specified information about fees awarded in certain court cases and adversarial administrative proceedings in which the United States is a party.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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