3.0.0 1353 2023-01-11T13:31:07Z 2023-01-11T13:31:07Z Senate S 2015-05-14 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-14T21:20:09Z Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act 114 2329 HR 2015-07-08 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2015-05-14 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-05-14 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-05-14 True Law Civil actions and liability Government liability Judicial review and appeals Jurisdiction and venue Law 00 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-22T19:50:34Z Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act

Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts.

Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.)

Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree; or (2) in exceptional circumstances the court finds, upon the motion of any party, that termination or modification of the stay is necessary to preserve material evidence or to prevent irreparable prejudice to that party.

Provides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with jurisdiction of an appeal from an interlocutory order terminating or modifying such a stay.

]]> Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act Display Title Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1353is/xml/BILLS-114s1353is.xml 2015-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.