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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2012 (EAH) — 114 S2012 EAH: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 · Sec. 2162

Sec. 2162. Modification of equal access to justice provisions

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Section 504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)(1), by striking , United States Code ; by redesignating subsection
(f)as subsection (i); and by striking subsection
(e)and inserting the following: The Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, after consultation with the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, shall report to the Congress, not later than March 31 of each year through the 6th calendar year beginning after the initial report under this subsection is submitted, on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to this section. The report shall describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid the Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. The report shall be made available to the public online. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall account for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded under this section that are made pursuant to a settlement agreement, regardless of whether the settlement agreement is sealed or otherwise subject to nondisclosure provisions. The disclosure of fees and other expenses required under subparagraph
(A)does not affect any other information that is subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement agreement. The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall create and maintain, during the period beginning on the date the initial report under subsection
(e)is submitted and ending one year after the date on which the final report under that subsection is submitted, online a searchable database containing the following information with respect to each award of fees and other expenses under this section: The case name and number of the adversary adjudication, if available. The name of the agency involved in the adversary adjudication. A description of the claims in the adversary adjudication. The name of each party to whom the award was made, as such party is identified in the order or other agency document making the award. The amount of the award. The basis for the finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. The online searchable database described in subsection
(f)may not reveal any information the disclosure of which is prohibited by law or court order. The head of each agency shall provide to the Chairman of the Administrative Conference in a timely manner all information requested by the Chairman to comply with the requirements of subsections (e), (f), and (g). . Section 2412(d) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States shall submit to the Congress, not later than March 31 of each year through the 6th calendar year beginning after the initial report under this paragraph is submitted, a report on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. The report shall describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in each controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid the Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. The report shall be made available to the public online. The report required by subparagraph
(A)shall account for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded under this subsection that are made pursuant to a settlement agreement, regardless of whether the settlement agreement is sealed or otherwise subject to nondisclosure provisions. The disclosure of fees and other expenses required under clause
(i)does not affect any other information that is subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement agreement. The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall include and clearly identify in the annual report under subparagraph (A), for each case in which an award of fees and other expenses is included in the report— any amounts paid from section 1304 of title 31 for a judgment in the case; the amount of the award of fees and other expenses; and the statute under which the plaintiff filed suit. The Chairman of the Administrative Conference shall create and maintain, during the period beginning on the date the initial report under paragraph
(5)is submitted and ending one year after the date on which the final report under that paragraph is submitted, online a searchable database containing the following information with respect to each award of fees and other expenses under this subsection: The case name and number. The name of the agency involved in the case. The name of each party to whom the award was made, as such party is identified in the order or other court document making the award. A description of the claims in the case. The amount of the award. The basis for the finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. The online searchable database described in paragraph
(6)may not reveal any information the disclosure of which is prohibited by law or court order. The head of each agency (including the Attorney General of the United States) shall provide to the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States in a timely manner all information requested by the Chairman to comply with the requirements of paragraphs (5), (6), and (7). . Section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (d)(3), by striking United States Code, ; and in subsection (e)— by striking of section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, and inserting of this section ; and by striking of such title and inserting of this title . The amendments made by subsections
(a)and
(b)shall first apply with respect to awards of fees and other expenses that are made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. The first reports required by section 504(e) of title 5, United States Code, and section 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, shall be submitted not later than March 31 of the calendar year following the first calendar year in which a fiscal year begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. The online databases required by section 504(f) of title 5, United States Code, and section 2412(d)(6) of title 28, United States Code, shall be established as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, but in no case later than the date on which the first reports under section 504(e) of title 5, United States Code, and section 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, are required to be submitted under paragraph
(2)of this subsection.
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