---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 148.8"
title: "17"
number: "148.8"
heading: "Awards against other agencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/148.8"
---

# §148.8. Awards against other agencies.


If an applicant is entitled to an award because it prevails over another agency of the United States that participates in an adjudicatory proceeding before the Commission and takes a postion that is not substantially justified, the award or an appropriate portion of the award shall be made against that agency.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Equal Access to Justice Act, 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1) and secs. 2(a)(11) and 8a(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 4a(j) and 12a(5), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 57671, Nov. 25, 1981, unless otherwise noted.