Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act
United States118th CongressS-378Senate
Updated: Feb 9, 2023
Summary
Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyer's Scams Act or the Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act This bill limits attorney's fees for claims involving individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987. Specifically, it caps attorney's fees at 12% of a payment made in an administrative claim, and 17% of a payment for a judgment rendered or a settlement entered in a judicial claim.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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