US HB7947 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-04-11 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 11 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-04-11 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To protect State and Federal courts' primary and inherent authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession by prohibiting Federal agencies from regulating licensed attorneys and law firms engaged in litigation activities, prohibiting opposing parties in legal actions from bringing private rights of action against such attorneys and law firms for their litigation activities, and for other purposes.
Title
Restoring Court Authority Over Litigation Act of 2024
Sponsors
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald [R-WI] | Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV] | Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ] | Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA] |
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-04-11 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2024-04-11 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7947/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr7947/BILLS-118hr7947ih.pdf |