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H.R. 1526

U.S. HouseIn Senate Committee

Summary

H.R. 1526, “NORRA of 2025”, was introduced in the House on Feb 24, 2025 by Rep. Darrell Issa (R) with 14 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Apr 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


Record

Text

H.R. 1526 has 14 co-sponsors, 2 roll calls and 1 amendment.

hb1526/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 1526 EH: No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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119th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 1526
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AN ACT
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 as the NORRA of 2025 .
2.
Limitation on authority of united states district courts to provide injunctive relief
(a)
In general
Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
1370.
Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, no United States district court shall issue any order providing for injunctive relief, except in the case of such an order that is applicable only to limit the actions of a party to the case before such district court with respect to the party seeking injunctive relief from such district court and non-parties represented by such a party acting in a representative capacity pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b)
If a case is brought by two or more States located in different circuits challenging an action by the executive branch, that case shall be referred to a three-judge panel selected pursuant to section 2284, except that the selection of judges shall be random, and not by the chief judge of the circuit. The three-judge panel may issue an injunction that would otherwise be prohibited under subsection (a), and shall consider the interest of justice, the risk of irreparable harm to non-parties, and the preservation of the constitutional separation of powers in determining whether to issue such an order.
(c)
An appeal of an order granting or denying injunctive relief pursuant to subsection (b) may lie to the circuit embracing the district or to the Supreme Court, at the preference of the party.
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(b)
Table of sections
The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
1370. Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief.
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Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-24
  2. Passed House2025-04-09
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 24, 2025

hb1526/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (02/24/2025)

No Rogue Rulings Act or NORRA

This bill limits the authority of federal district courts to issue injunctions.

Specifically, it prohibits a district court from issuing an injunction unless the injunction applies only to the parties of the particular case before the court.

Sponsors

Rep. Darrell Issa (R) sponsors H.R. 1526, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1526 went before 2 committees: Judiciary and Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Apr 10, 2025
Judiciary
Judiciary
Reported By · Mar 25, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1526, the latest H. Rept. 119-40.

Actions

H.R. 1526 has taken 22 actions since Feb 24, 2025, the latest on Apr 10, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 10, 2025
Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee
Apr 9, 202518:10
House
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the House resumed consideration of H.R. 1526.
Apr 9, 202518:10
House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1550-1552)
Apr 9, 202518:11
House
Ms. Ross moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H1550-1551)Judiciary Committee
Apr 9, 202518:11
House
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

Votes

H.R. 1526 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Apr 9, 2025 at 219213.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Apr 9, 2025
House
On Passage
219
213
Apr 9, 2025
House
On Motion to Recommit
212
217

Amendments

1 amendment has been offered to H.R. 1526, the latest acted on Apr 8, 2025.

2 bills are related to H.R. 1526.

HRES 282Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ''Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications''; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.Apr 1, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related billHRES 294Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.Apr 8, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

Titles

H.R. 1526 goes by 10 titles, 7 of them short titles.

  • To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • NORRA of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • NORRA of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • NORRA of 2025 — Display Title
  • NORRA of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • No Rogue Rulings Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1526, the latest on Mar 28, 2025.


Lobbying

20 clients hired 21 firms and 119 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1526 in 58 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENon-profit membership organizationDistrict of Columbia212$360K
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION CTW-CLCDistrict of Columbia110
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEDistrict of Columbia17
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYVirginia14
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSDistrict of Columbia13
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSDistrict of Columbia13
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia12
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONDistrict of Columbia12
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSNew York12
EARTHJUSTICE ACTIONnonprofit advocacy organizationDistrict of Columbia12
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAYDistrict of Columbia12
AFL-CIODistrict of Columbia11
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATEDistrict of Columbia11
DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION501c4 organizationMaryland11
DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION, INCMaryland11
DEMOCRACY 21District of Columbia11
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATIONnot-for-profit advocacy and litigation organizationCalifornia11
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INCDistrict of Columbia11
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCDistrict of Columbia11
PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNITED TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY)District of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 119.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2026 second_quarter$1.8M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 fourth_quarter$1.8M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2026 first_quarter$1.5M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 second_quarter$1.4M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2025 second_quarter$1M2nd Quarter - Report
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSLEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS2025 first_quarter$660K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION2025 second_quarter$640K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION2025 first_quarter$560K1st Quarter - Report
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSLEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS2025 first_quarter$530K1st Quarter - Report
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSLEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS2025 second_quarter$470K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 second_quarter$460K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY2025 first_quarter$305K1st Quarter - Amendme…
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION CTW-CLCSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION CTW-CLC2026 second_quarter$300K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1526 under Law, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1526’s is Law.

hr1526/policy-areas.txt
LawAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1526 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Federal district courts to Judicial procedure and administration.

hr1526/subjects.txt
Federal district courtsJudicial procedure and administration

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1526, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 1526.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution[Page H769]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com