Seventh Amendment Restoration Act

119 HR 432 IH: Seventh Amendment Restoration Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-15 text/xml EN 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. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 432 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2025 Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize the removal of an action from an administrative law judge of any administrative agency to a district court of the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seventh Amendment Restoration Act . 2. Removal of case Section 702 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking A person suffering and inserting the following: (a) In general A person suffering ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Removal (1) In general If a person against whom an action is brought before an agency hearing officer of any administrative agency desires to remove that action to any district court in which the person resides or has a principal place of business, such person shall file in such district court a notice of removal in the same manner in which a notice of removal from a State court is filed under section 1446 of title 28, United States Code. (2) Agency hearing officer defined In this subsection, the term agency hearing officer means an administrative law judge or another agency employee authorized to hear the action. .