3.0.0 2464 2022-11-01T13:50:03Z 2022-11-01T13:50:03Z Senate S 2019-09-11 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-11T22:08:15Z Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019 116 4292 HR 2020-11-17 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - John W. Rose(TN) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4292, a bill originally introduced by Representative Meadows, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. 17:50:39 Related bill CRS 2019-09-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-09-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Law Federal district courts Judicial procedure and administration Jurisdiction and venue Law 00 2019-09-11 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-30T21:55:17Z 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 judicial district in which the injunction is issued.
]]> Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019 Display Title Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevention Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2464is/xml/BILLS-116s2464is.xml 2019-09-11 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.