This bill would change several federal laws to limit certain kinds of court orders. It adds a rule that a federal court may not issue an order that stops enforcement against, or forces action for, a person or group that is not a party in the case unless that non-party is represented by a party in a representative role under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It also narrows temporary restraining orders that restrain enforcement of or compel action about statutes, regulations, orders, or executive actions by the United States or a State. The bill changes the declaratory judgment law to add the phrase "before the court." It also changes parts of the Administrative Procedure Act to say judicial relief is limited to a person, as defined in section 551, "before the court," and it removes the phrase "and set aside" from one review provision. The bill includes a rule of construction saying the changes do not imply any additional court authority.
If the bill becomes law, federal courts would be restricted from issuing orders that directly bind or benefit people who are not parties to a case unless those people are represented by a party in a representative capacity. Courts would also face limits on some emergency orders and on certain kinds of declaratory and administrative-review relief.
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The bill was introduced to prevent courts from issuing orders that affect non-parties and to clarify limits on temporary orders, declaratory relief, and administrative-review remedies. The sponsors placed these limits in several federal statutes and in the rule of construction in the bill text.
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