HR 8081 · 95th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

A bill to provide that the Federal Government shall pay the costs (including attorney's fees) of civil actions brought by the Government against the same party on substantially the same factual grounds, if the Government does not combine all of its theories on which it seeks relief into a single civil action.

Introduced 1977-06-29· Sponsored by Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1977-06-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the Federal Government to pay the costs (including attorney's fees) of civil actions brought by the Government against the same defendant if the Government fails to raise all of its claims based on substantially the same factual allegations or circumstances against such defendant in the first civil action. Authorizes such defendant to bring a civil action against the United States to recover such costs.…

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