{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s5853","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5853.","heading":"Limitation on legal fee reimbursement","text":"\u00a7\u202f5853.\nLimitation on legal fee reimbursement\nThe Department of Energy shall not, except as required under a contract entered into before\n(1) an adverse determination on the merits with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor by the Director of the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Hearings and Appeals pursuant to part 708 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or by a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge pursuant to\nsection 5851 of this title\n(2) an adverse final judgment by any State or Federal court with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor for wrongful termination or retaliation due to the making of disclosures protected under chapter 12 of title 5,\nsection 5851 of this title\nunless the adverse determination or final judgment is reversed upon further administrative or judicial review.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s5853.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s5853","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5853."},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation on legal fee reimbursement","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Department of Energy shall not, except as required under a contract entered into before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"August 8, 2005","tail":", reimburse any contractor or subcontractor of the Department for any legal fees or expenses incurred with respect to a complaint subsequent to\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s5853/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" an adverse determination on the merits with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor by the Director of the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Hearings and Appeals pursuant to part 708 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or by a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5851 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s5851","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s5853/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" an adverse final judgment by any State or Federal court with respect to such complaint against the contractor or subcontractor for wrongful termination or retaliation due to the making of disclosures protected under chapter 12 of title 5, ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5851 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s5851","tail":", or any comparable State law,"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"unless the adverse determination or final judgment is reversed upon further administrative or judicial review.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}