Wrongful Injunction Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3502 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3502

To ensure recovery of taxpayer costs and damages in restraining actions 
             wrongfully brought against the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2025

  Mr. Schmidt (for himself and Ms. Hageman) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure recovery of taxpayer costs and damages in restraining actions 
             wrongfully brought against the United States.

    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 ``Wrongful Injunction Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIABILITY ARISING FROM INADEQUATE SECURITY POSTED.

     If the United States (including an agency, officer or employee of 
the United States) is found to have been wrongfully enjoined or 
restrained under rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. App.) and the security required under subsection (c) of such 
rule is not ordered by the court or is insufficient to pay the costs 
and damages sustained by the United States, then the movant shall be 
liable to the United States for the costs and damages sustained.
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