5 CFR 2430.3
§ 2430.3 Standards for awards.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 2430.3, § 2430.3 Standards for awards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/10705
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(a) An eligible applicant may receive an award for fees and expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding, or in a significant and discrete portion of the proceeding, unless the position of the General Counsel over which the applicant has prevailed was substantially justified. The burden of proof that an award should not be made to an eligible applicant is on the General Counsel, who may avoid an award by showing that its position in initiating the proceeding was reasonable in law and fact.
(b) An award will be reduced or denied if the applicant has unduly or unreasonably protracted the proceeding or if special circumstances make the award sought unjust.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.