Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 17 (Introduced in Senate) — To stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing... · Sec. 302

Sec. 302. Environmental legal fees

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Section 504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, no award may be made under this section and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any legal fees of an environmental nongovernmental organization related to an action that (with respect to the United States)— prevents, terminates, or reduces access to or the production of— energy; a mineral resource; water by agricultural producers; a resource by commercial or recreational fishermen; or grazing or timber production on Federal land; diminishes the private property value of a property owner; or eliminates or prevents 1 or more jobs. .