ership in which are owned or controlled by 
that party;’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘, United 
States Code’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall adjust the maximum hourly fee set forth in 
subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) for the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber 1, 2015, and for each fiscal year thereafter, to reflect 
changes in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
(b) COURT CASES.—Section 2412(d) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read as 
follows: ‘‘(A) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by statute, a court, in any civil action (other 
than cases sounding in tort), including proceedings 
for judicial review of agency action, brought by or 
against the United States in any court having juris-
diction of that action, shall award to a prevailing 
party (other than the United States) fees and other 
expenses, in addition to any costs awarded pursuant 
to subsection (a), incurred by that party in the civil 
action, unless the court finds that the position of the 
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United States was substantially justified or that spe-
cial circumstances make an award unjust. Fees and 
other expenses may be awarded under this para-
graph only to a prevailing party who has a direct 
and personal interest in the civil action because of 
medical costs, property damage, determination of 
benefits, unpaid disbursement, fees and other ex-
penses incurred in defense of the civil action, inter-
est in a policy concerning such medical costs, prop-
erty damage, determination of benefits, unpaid dis-
bursement, fees and other expenses, or otherwise.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘court, in its discretion, 
may’’ and inserting ‘‘court shall’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘unduly and unreasonably’’ 
and inserting ‘‘unduly or unreasonably’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘$125’’ and all that follows through the end 
and inserting ‘‘$200 per hour.);’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion 601 of Title 5;’’ and inserting ‘‘except 
that— 
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‘‘(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-
ership in which are owned or controlled by 
that party;’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall adjust the maximum hourly fee set forth in 
paragraph (2)(A)(ii) for the fiscal year beginning October 
1, 2015, and for each fiscal year thereafter, to reflect 
changes in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by 
the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 2412 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘United 
States Code,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘of section 2412 of title 
28, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘of this 
section’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of such title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of this title’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
AMEND-
MENTS.—The amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (b) shall first apply with respect to awards of 
fees and other expenses that are made under section 
504 of title 5, United States Code, or section 
2412(d) of title 28, United States Code, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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