The bill would require courts to award reasonable attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses to a prevailing party other than the United States in a criminal case that goes to trial and ends without a conviction. It would also change certain fee and cost awards in civil cases from optional to required. The bill updates a fiscal-year reference to 2026 and applies the criminal-case change to cases pending on or after enactment.
People who prevail in covered cases could receive required fee or cost awards under the amended rules. The bill does not provide details about how much any award would be.
The bill does not state a federal spending estimate. It requires reasonable attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses in covered criminal cases and makes specified civil-case awards mandatory; amounts are not provided.
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