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Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025

To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes.

Introduced Sep 10, 2025

Latest action (Sep 10, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Law

Summary
  • Changes Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to make attorney sanctions mandatory rather than discretionary.
  • Requires courts to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred by parties injured by attorney violations.
  • Allows courts to impose additional sanctions including striking pleadings, dismissing lawsuits, or directing payment of penalties.
  • Preserves the ability to assert new legal claims, defenses, civil rights claims, and constitutional claims.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Sep 10, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 10, 2025

Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Tiffany, and Ms. Hageman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, 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 “Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY.

(a) Sanctions Under Rule 11.—Rule 11(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “may” and inserting “shall”;

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “Rule 5” and all that follows through “motion.” and inserting “Rule 5.”; and

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking “situated” and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting “situated, and to compensate the parties that were injured by such conduct. Subject to the limitations in paragraph (5), the sanction shall consist of an order to pay to the party or parties the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred as a direct result of the violation, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. The court may also impose additional appropriate sanctions, such as striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, or other directives of a non-monetary nature, or, if warranted for effective deterrence, an order directing payment of a penalty into the court.”.

(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to bar or impede the assertion or development of new claims, defenses, or remedies under Federal, State, or local laws, including civil rights laws, or under the Constitution of the United States. <all>

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