US Congress House Bill 2329 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-08 - Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts. Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.) Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree; or (2) in exceptional circumstances the court finds, upon the motion of any party, that termination or modification of the stay is necessary to preserve material evidence or to prevent irreparable prejudice to that party. Provides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with jurisdiction of an appeal from an interlocutory order terminating or modifying such a stay.

Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act

Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-08	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2015-07-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-07	House	Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged.
2015-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-05-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-05-14	House	Introduced in House

SB1353 (Same As) 2015-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2329/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2329/BILLS-114hr2329ih.pdf