A bill to amend the administrative procedure provision of title 5 of the United States Code to make the rulemaking provisions applicable to matters relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, and contracts; to provide for payment of expenses incurred in connection with proceedings before agencies; to provide for the enforcement of standards in grant programs.
Bureaucratic Accountability Act - Provides that each Government agency shall pay to any interested person who participates in a proceeding before the agency, and who is determined by objective standards to be unable to pay: (1) reasonable attorney fees for representation of such person in the proceeding, and (2) other reasonable costs, including fees for witnesses, if such person made a discernible contribution to promoting agency implementation of a purpose of the Act of Congress pursuant to which such proceeding is conducted.
States that an action in a court of the United States seeking relief other than money damages and stating a claim that an agency or an officer or employee thereof acted or failed to act in an official capacity or under color of legal authority shall not be dismissed nor relief therein be denied on the ground that it is against the United States or that the United States is an indispensable party.
Establishes procedures for the enforcement of grants-in-aid to be followed by each agency which is authorized to make or administer such grants.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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