[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9660 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9660

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of 
 national injunctions by courts other than the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals 
  for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States Supreme 
                     Court, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 2022

  Mr. Jones 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 prohibit the issuance of 
 national injunctions by courts other than the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals 
  for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States Supreme 
                     Court, 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 ``Injunction Reform Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ORDERS PURPORTING TO RESTRAIN ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW 
              AGAINST NON-PARTIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2285. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement of Federal law 
              against non-parties
    ``No court of the United States, except for the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States 
Supreme Court, shall issue an order that purports to restrain the 
enforcement against a non-party of any Federal statute, Federal 
regulation, Federal order, or similar Federal authority, 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. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement of Federal law 
                            against non-parties.''.
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