Title: Expediting Civil Litigation Against the Executive Act of 2021
Policy area: Law

Summary:
Expediting Civil Litigation Against the Executive Act of 2021
This bill requires courts to expedite the disposition of certain covered civil actions in which the President is a party. The bill also provides for expedited direct appeals of these cases to the Supreme Court.



[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5075 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5075

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the expedited 
  review of actions to which the President is a party, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 23, 2021

   Mr. Lieu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the expedited 
  review of actions to which the President is a party, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Expediting Civil Litigation Against 
the Executive Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF ACTIONS TO WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS A PARTY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 190 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5002. Expedited review of actions to which the President is a 
              party
    ``(a) In General.--With respect to a covered civil action, the 
following shall apply:
            ``(1) The court shall advance on the docket and expedite to 
        the greatest possible extent the disposition of such civil 
        action.
            ``(2) Upon the request of a party, the civil action shall 
        be heard by a three-judge panel pursuant to section 2284.
            ``(3) An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court 
        of the United States from any final judgment in such a civil 
        action, and if it has not previously ruled on the question, the 
        Supreme Court shall accept jurisdiction over the appeal, 
        advance the appeal on the docket, and expedite the appeal to 
        the greatest extent possible.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered civil action' 
means a civil action in which--
            ``(1)(A) the President has a personal financial interest; 
        or
            ``(B) the President's conduct is alleged to constitute 
        sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct;
            ``(2) the President is properly joined as a party; and
            ``(3) the complainant has stated a valid claim upon which 
        relief can be granted.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 190 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 5001 the following:

``5002. Expedited review of actions to which the President is a 
                            party.''.
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