[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2464 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2464

   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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2019

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               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
    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no district court may 
issue any order providing injunctive relief unless the order is 
applicable only to--
            ``(1) the parties to the case before the district court; or
            ``(2) the judicial district in which the order is 
        issued.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for 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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