12 U.S.C. § 4246
Awards of costs and fees to prevailing plaintiff
United States · Title 12 — BANKS AND BANKING · Status: effective
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- 12 U.S.C. § 4246, Awards of costs and fees to prevailing plaintiff, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/438701
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When the United States, through private counsel retained under this subchapter, prevails in any civil action, the court, in its discretion, may allow the United States reasonable attorney’s fees and other expenses of litigation as part of the costs.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally