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[CITE: 28USC3905]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
 CHAPTER 179--JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES
 
Sec. 3905. Attorney's fees and interest

    (a) Attorney's Fees.--If a covered employee, with respect to any 
claim under chapter 5 of title 3, or a qualified person with a 
disability, with respect to any claim under section 421 of title 3, is a 
prevailing party in any proceeding under section 1296 or section 
1346(g), the court may award attorney's fees, expert fees, and any other 
costs as would be appropriate if awarded under section 706(k) of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    (b) Interest.--In any proceeding under section 1296 or section 
1346(g), the same interest to compensate for delay in payment shall be 
made available as would be appropriate if awarded under section 717(d) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    (c) Punitive Damages.--Except as otherwise provided in chapter 5 of 
title 3, no punitive damages may be awarded with respect to any claim 
under chapter 5 of title 3.

(Added Pub. L. 104-331, Sec. 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4070.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 706 and 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in 
subsecs. (a) and (b), are classified to sections 2000e-5 and 2000e-16, 
respectively, of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
