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To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees and costs to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes.

4/17/2008--Introduced.

Amends the federal judicial code to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees and costs to the attorney representating a prevailing party in civil actions involving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act.

Declares that such fees and costs shall not be subject to offset due to a claim of the United States against the prevailing party.

Latest Actions
  • 04/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
  • 04/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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H.R.5833 Introduced in House05/24/2008