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Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act: Proposed Rule

Publication Details
Type
Proposed Rulemaking
Document Number
00-3242
Federal Register Publish Date
02/14/2000
Federal Register Citation
65 FR 7312
PDF Format
Comment Open Date
02/14/2000
Comment End Date
04/14/2000
Comment Status
Closed
Rulemaking Details
Rulemaking

Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act: Proposed 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 Additionally, the TDD 1-(800) number referenced in Rulemaking documents attached to this page is obsolete and the 7-1-1 number should be used.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 proposing a regulation that would implement 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 proposed regulation would establish procedures for the filing and consideration of applications for awards of fees and expenses in connection with adversary adjudications before OFHEO.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed regulation must be received by April 14, 2000.​