119-s1206

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1206 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1206

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of 
 national injunctions, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 31, 2025

 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, 
Mr. Budd, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
 Hagerty, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. 
 Moody, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
 Cassidy, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and 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 ``Judicial Relief Clarification Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. NON-PARTY RELIEF.

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

Sec. 2285. Non-party relief
 ``No court of the United States (and no district court of the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands) shall issue any 
order, including an injunction, vacatur, stay, temporary restraining 
order, declaratory relief, or equitable relief, that purports to 
restrain the enforcement against a non-party or compel action in favor 
of a non-party with respect to any statute, regulation, order, 
executive action, or similar authority, unless the court determines 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. Non-party relief.''.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS.

 

Section 1292

    (a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Temporary restraining orders issued pursuant to the 
 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any other authority that 
 purports to restrain the enforcement of, or compel action with 
 respect to, any statute, regulation, order, executive action, 
 or similar authority, by the United States or one of the 
 several States within the meaning of 

section 1332, an agency 
 thereof, or an officer or employee thereof acting in an 
 official capacity.''.

SEC. 4. DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS.

 

Section 2201

    (a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the 
first sentence, by inserting ``before the court'' after ``party''.

SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

 Chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in 

section 705, in the second sentence, by inserting 
 ``limited to a person, as defined in 

section 551, before the 
 court'' after ``process''; and

    (2) in 

section 706--
        (A) in the second sentence of the matter preceding 
 paragraph

    (1) , by inserting ``, limited to a person, as 
 defined in 

section 551, before the court'' after 
 ``shall''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) , in the matter preceding 
 subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``and set aside''.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

 Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be 
construed to imply that Federal courts otherwise possess the authority 
to grant relief that is prohibited by this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act.
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