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Panel sends memorial asking Congress to review Equal Access to Justice Act for natural-resource cases to the floor
Summary
House Joint Memorial 6, asking Congress to review the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) as it applies to environmental and natural-resource litigation, was advanced by the committee after supporters said reform is overdue and critics warned the provision has been used to finance extended litigation.
House Joint Memorial 6, sponsored by Representative Mark Souder, asks Congress to reexamine the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) as applied to environmental and natural-resource litigation. The Resource and Conservation Committee voted to send the memorial to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Souder told the committee EAJA was enacted to allow prevailing plaintiffs to recover legal fees in certain cases but that courts’ later interpretations broadened the…
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