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H. Rept. 115-563,Part 1 1 (2018-02-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-563 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 ENDANGERED SPECIES LITIGATION REASONABLENESS ACT FEBRUARY 15, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 3131] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3131) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizen suits under that Act with other existing law, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 3131 is to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizens suits under that Act with other ex- isting law. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In the United States, parties to litigation traditionally pay their own court costs and attorneys' fees. However, fee-shifting statutes permit awards of litigation costs to plaintiffs in certain cir- cumstances, and the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) authorizes a prevailing party to collect attorneys' fees in litigation against the federal government. (EAJA, 28 U.S.C. 2412). EAJA also pro- vides that attorney fees shall not be awarded in excess of $125 per hour unless the court determines that an increase in the cost of liv- 79-006