Bill Details
HR.97 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Law
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would limit federal courts from issuing orders that block the government from enforcing a law, rule, or similar action against people or groups who are not directly part of the case. In simple terms, it aims to stop “national injunctions” that can affect many non-parties beyond the people suing. The bill says a court may only do this if the non-party is being represented by someone in the case in a proper representative role.
- It adds a new rule to federal law saying courts cannot issue orders that stop enforcement against non-parties.
- This applies to federal courts, as well as district courts in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- The only exception is when the non-party is legally represented in the case through a proper representative arrangement under the civil procedure rules.
- The bill also makes a technical update to the list of sections in the law to include the new rule.
Official Summaries
Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2025
This bill prohibits federal courts from issuing injunctive orders that bar enforcement of a federal law or policy against a nonparty, unless the nonparty is represented by a party in a class action lawsuit.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 97 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 97
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of
national injunctions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of
national injunctions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Injunctive Authority Clarification
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ORDERS PURPORTING TO RESTRAIN ENFORCEMENT AGAINST NON-PARTIES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-
parties
``No court of the United States (and no district court of the
Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands) shall issue an
order that purports to restrain the enforcement against a non-party of
any statute, regulation, order, or similar authority, unless the non-
party is represented by a party acting in a representative capacity
pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 155 of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 2285 the following:
``2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-
parties.''.
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