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Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2025
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill limits the authority of federal district courts to issue injunctions. Under the bill, district courts could only issue injunctions that apply to the specific parties in the case or to the geographic territory of that particular judicial district. The bill would prohibit federal district courts from issuing nationwide injunctions that apply across multiple districts or the entire country. The change applies to all future injunctive relief orders issued by district courts.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2025
Mr. Hawley (for himself, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Moreno) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief, 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 “Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
(a) In General.—Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Sec. 1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district court shall not issue any order providing for injunctive relief, unless the order is applicable only to—
“(1) a party to the case before the district court; or
“(2) the judicial district of the district court.”.
(b) Table of Sections.—The table of sections for chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief.”. <all>
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