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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1099 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district |
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| 6 | 6 | | courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AWLEY(for himself, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. MORENO) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority |
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| 15 | 15 | | of district courts of the United States to provide injunc- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tive relief, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nationwide Injunction 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Abuse Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 1099 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT COURTS 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE IN-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | JUNCTIVE RELIEF. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 85 of title 28, United 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘§ 1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | relief 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dis-9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | trict court shall not issue any order providing for injunc-10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tive relief, unless the order is applicable only to— 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(1) a party to the case before the district 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | court; or 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) the judicial district of the district court.’’. 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) T |
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| 41 | 41 | | ABLE OFSECTIONS.—The table of sections for 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief.’’. |
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