HR 2416 · 95th Congress · Administrative procedure
Bureaucratic Accountability Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1977-01-26)
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Bureaucratic Accountability Act - Title I: Rule Making Involving Public Property, Loans, Grants, Benefits, or Contracts - Requires formal public rulemaking procedures in the establishment of practices or procedures with respect to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts and military or foreign affairs not specifically authorized by executive order to be kept secret and in fact classified pursuant to such order. Title II: Payment of Expenses Incurred Before Agencies - Requires each agency to pay reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable costs, including fees for witnesses, filing, and reproduction to any interested person who participates in agency rule making proceedings if the agency determines that such person is unable to bear the burden of such fees and such person made a substantial contribution toward agency implementation of the intent of any law pursuant to which such proceeding is conducted. Title III: Sovereign Immunity - Waives the sovereign immunity of the United States in suits claiming that an officer, agency, or employee of the United States acted or failed to act in an official capacity or under color of law if such suit is for other than money da…
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