HR 10783 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗

To provide for the payment of attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant in a civil action for defamation or libel.

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This bill would require that when someone loses a lawsuit they filed against another person for defamation or libel, the person who filed the lawsuit would have to pay the legal fees of the person they sued. No official summary is available for this bill.

Introduced

October 9, 2026

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