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HR 1526 Passed a chamber

Limits federal district courts to issuing injunctions that protect only the parties in a case, and sends multistate lawsuits against executive branch actions to a randomly selected three-judge panel that may issue broader injunctions.

Official title: NORRA of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 24-FEB-2025
Referred 24-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 05-MAR-2025
Reported 25-MAR-2025
On the calendar 25-MAR-2025
Passed 09-APR-2025
Senate
Received 10-APR-2025
Key points
  • Bars district courts from issuing injunctions that reach beyond the parties to the case, except relief for non-parties represented by a party acting in a representative capacity under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
  • Requires lawsuits brought by two or more States from different circuits challenging an executive branch action to go to a three-judge panel chosen at random rather than by the circuit's chief judge.
  • Allows that panel to issue an injunction otherwise barred, weighing the interest of justice, the risk of irreparable harm to non-parties, and the preservation of separation of powers.
  • Permits appeals of those panel orders to the circuit court or the Supreme Court, at the party's preference.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (24-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-APR-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Law

Sponsor Darrell Issa (R-CA) Cosponsors · 14
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