[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2709-S2710]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
        Wyden, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
        Heinrich, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.

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        Fetterman, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, 
        Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Butler, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
        Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
        Welch, Mr. Warner, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Mr. Carper, Mrs. 
        Murray, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
        Cardin, Mr. Peters, Mr. Coons, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. 
        Casey):
  S. 4096. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for 
the random assignment of certain cases in the district courts of the 
United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text 
of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4096

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``End Judge Shopping Act''.

     SEC. 2. DIVISION OF BUSINESS AMONG DISTRICT JUDGES.

       Section 137 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Random Assignment of Other Cases.--
       ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `law' 
     includes, with respect to an executive branch or a State or 
     Federal agency, a rule, a regulation, a policy, and an order.
       ``(2) Random assignment.--Any civil action brought for 
     declaratory, injunctive, or other equitable relief seeking 
     (whether facially or as-applied) to challenge the 
     constitutionality or lawfulness of, or to bar, restrain, 
     vacate, set aside, or mandate the enforcement of, any 
     provision of a Federal law on a nationwide basis, or any 
     provision of a State law on a statewide basis in that State, 
     shall be randomly assigned to a judge of the district court 
     in which the civil action is filed.''.

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