[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 893 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 893

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that an appeal of an 
 order granting a nationwide injunction issued by a district court of 
           the United States shall lie to the Supreme Court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2021

Mr. Rose (for himself, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. 
  Biggs, Mr. Burchett, and Mr. Steube) 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 provide that an appeal of an 
 order granting a nationwide injunction issued by a district court of 
           the United States shall lie to the Supreme Court.

    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 ``Court Shopping Deterrence Act''.

SEC. 2. APPEAL OF ORDER GRANTING A NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION.

    (a)  In General.--Chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide injunction
    ``(a) In General.--In the case that a district court of the United 
States grants a nationwide injunction, the appeal from the order 
granting such injunction shall lie to the Supreme Court.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `nationwide 
injunction' means an order issued by a Federal court that purports to 
restrain the enforcement of a Federal statute, regulation, order, or 
similar authority against a non-party, unless the non-party is 
represented by a party acting in a representative capacity pursuant to 
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 155 of 
title 28, United States Code is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2285 the following:

``2285. Appeal of order granting a nationwide injunction.''.
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