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Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2025

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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
Policy Area:
Law

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3
Actions
4
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
1
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Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries (1)

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<p><strong>Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2025&nbsp;</strong></p><p>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.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (5)

Civil actions and liability Federal district courts Judicial procedure and administration Jurisdiction and venue Law (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (4)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

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Length: 1,874 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 3, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 6:11 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 97 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

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

_______________________________________________________________________

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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Injunctive Authority Clarification
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.

(a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
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Sec. 2285.
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.

``2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-
parties.''.
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