Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3279) to amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require annual reports to Congress on, and the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3279 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROVISIONS. (a) Agency Proceedings.--Section 504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``, United States Code''; (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ``(e)(1) 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.…”