Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act

(Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary, H. Rept. 94-1558)

Amends the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 to permit a court to award to the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs in any action or proceeding to enforce equal rights under law, property rights of citizens, liability for deprivation of rights under color of law, liability for conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, liability for neglect to prevent conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, prohibitions against education discrimination based on sex or blindness, and prohibitions against discrimination in federally assisted programs.