Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019

Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019

This bill limits the authority of federal district courts to issue injunctions.

Specifically, it prohibits a district court from issuing an injunction unless the injunction applies only to one of the following:

• the parties to the case before that district court, or
• the federal district in which the injunction is issued.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4292 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4292

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of 
 district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2019

 Mr. Meadows 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 limit the authority of 
 district courts 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 2019''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 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
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no United States 
district court shall issue any order providing for injunctive relief, 
except in the case of such an order that is applicable only to--
            ``(1) the parties to the case before such district court; 
        or
            ``(2) in the Federal district in which the order is 
        issued.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 84 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief.''.
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