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Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act: Final Rule

Publication Details
Type
Final Rule
Document Number
00-11524
Federal Register Publish Date
05/09/2000
Federal Register Citation
65 FR 26731
PDF Format
Effective Date
06/08/2000
Rulemaking Details
Rulemaking

Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act: Final Rule

Contact Information

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ​Isabella W. Sammons, Associate General Counsel, telephone (202) 414-3790, (not a toll-free number), Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. Additionally, the TDD 1-(800) number referenced in Rulemaking documents attached to this page is obsolete and the 7-1-1 number should be used.

Summary

​SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is publishing a final regulation that implements the Equal Access to Justice Act (Act). The Act provides for the award of fees and other expenses to eligible individuals and entities that are parties to adversary adjudications before the Federal government. The regulation establishes procedures for the filing and consideration of applications for awards of fees and expenses in connection with adversary adjudications before OFHEO.

DATES: This final regulation is effective June 8, 2000.​