Removal Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8569
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-28
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Removal Adjustment Act of 2022 </b></p> <p>This bill establishes additional requirements for the removal to federal court of a civil action or criminal prosecution commenced in a state court against the United States, a federal agency, or an officer of the United States. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8569 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2022 Mrs. Luria introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require a direct causal nexus to remove certain cases to Federal court, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removal Adjustment Act of 2022 . 2. Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted (a) In general Section 1442 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) With respect to an action under subsection (a)(1), no such action may be removed unless the removing party demonstrates a direct causal nexus between the removing party’s actions taken under the color of Federal office and the actions or omissions that are the subject of the plaintiff’s or prosecutor’s claim. ; and (4) by inserting before subsection (f), as redesignated, the following: (e) Removal under this section shall be strictly construed and doubts regarding the propriety of removal shall be resolved in favor of remanding the case to State court. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.