,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,mc,cormick 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,ezell7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to direct courts to award attorneys    
fees in criminal cases that do not      
result in a conviction1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,litigation         
,reimbursement ,act4  #b4 ,award of     
attorneys fees required in criminal     
cases that do not result in a conviction
 ,section #fag of the ,departments of   
,commerce1 ,justice1 and ,state1 the    
,judiciary1 and ,related ,agencies      
,appropriations ,act1 #aiih 7#ah        
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjf;,a note7 is amended--   
7#a7 by striking fiscal year #aiih and  
inserting fiscal year #bjbf2  7#b7 by   
striking pending on or after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act and         
inserting pending on or after the date  

of the enactment of the ,litigation     
,reimbursement ,act2 and  7#c7 by       
striking may award to a prevailing      
party1 other than the ,united ,states1 a
 reasonable attorney's fee and other    
litigation expenses1 where the court    
finds that the position of the ,united  
,states was vexatious1 frivolous1 or in 
bad faith1 and inserting shall award to 
a prevailing party1 other than the      
,united ,states1 a reasonable attorney's
 fee and other litigation expenses1 in  
any case that proceeds to trial and with
 respect to which a verdict is rendered 
by the judge or jury that is not a      
conviction14  #c4 ,award of costs and   
fees required in civil cases ,section   
#bdab of title #bh1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a71 by striking may be awarded and     
inserting shall be awarded2 and  7#b7 in
 subsection 7b71 by striking may be     
awarded and inserting shall be awarded4