I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3037 
To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, with respect to the award 
of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. NUNES, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. STEWART, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. WAL-
DEN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and Mr. PEARCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, with respect 
to the award of fees and other expenses in cases brought 
against agencies of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Litigation 
Savings Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) AGENCY PROCEEDINGS.—Section 504 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)—— 
(i) by inserting after the first sentence 
the following: ‘‘Fees and other expenses 
may be awarded under this subsection only 
to a prevailing party who has a direct and 
personal interest in the adversary adjudica-
tion because of medical costs, property 
damage, determination of benefits, unpaid 
disbursement, fees and other expenses in-
curred in defense of the adjudication, in-
terest in a policy concerning such medical 
costs, property damage, determination of 
benefits, unpaid disbursement, fees and 
other expenses, or otherwise.’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The agency conducting the adver-
sary adjudication shall make any party 
against whom the adjudication is brought, 
at the time the adjudication is commenced, 
aware of the provisions of this section.’’; 
and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), in the first sen-
tence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may reduce’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall reduce’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘unduly and unreason-
ably’’ and inserting ‘‘unduly or unreason-
ably’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘$125 per hour’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting ‘‘$200 per hour.);’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion 601;’’ and inserting ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(I) the net worth of a party (other than 
an individual or a unit of local government) 
shall include the net worth of any parent entity 
or subsidiary of that party; and 
‘‘(II) for purposes of subclause (I)— 
‘‘(aa) a ‘parent entity’ of a party is an 
entity that owns or controls the equity or 
other evidences of ownership in that party; 
and 
‘‘(bb) a ‘subsidiary’ of a party is an 
entity the equity or other evidences of own-
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