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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 97 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of national |
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| 6 | 6 | | injunctions, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the |
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| 14 | 14 | | issuance of national injunctions, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Injunctive Authority 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Clarification Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. ORDERS PURPORTING TO RESTRAIN ENFORCE-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | MENT AGAINST NON-PARTIES. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 155 of title 28, United 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Jan 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H97.IH H97 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 97 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘§ 2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | against non-parties 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘No court of the United States (and no district court 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Is-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | lands) shall issue an order that purports to restrain the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | enforcement against a non-party of any statute, regula-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tion, order, or similar authority, unless the non-party is 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | represented by a party acting in a representative capacity 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.’’. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) C |
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| 39 | 39 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ed by inserting after the item relating to section 2285 the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | following: 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-parties.’’. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Æ |
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| 45 | 45 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Jan 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H97.IH H97 |
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| 46 | 46 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB |
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