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US SB1206

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/31/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chuck Grassley

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Prohibits federal courts from issuing nationwide injunctions, stays, vacaturs, temporary restraining orders, or other equitable relief that affects non-parties to a lawsuit, unless those non-parties are represented through a class action or similar representative capacity under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

  • Applies to all U.S. federal courts including district courts in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands, covering challenges to statutes, regulations, executive actions, and similar government authority.

  • Makes temporary restraining orders against federal or state government enforcement immediately appealable to circuit courts.

  • Limits declaratory judgments and Administrative Procedure Act judicial review to only the specific parties before the court, preventing courts from "setting aside" agency actions with universal effect.

  • Introduced March 31, 2025 by Senator Grassley with 22 Republican co-sponsors and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Legislative Description

Judicial Relief Clarification Act of 2025

Law

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1925-1926: 2)

3/31/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/31/2025

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