To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States district court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions arising under the immigration laws, and for other purposes.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 85 To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States district court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions arising under the immigration laws, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2023 Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States district court for the District of Co- lumbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over actions aris- ing under the immigration laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. JURISDICTION OVER CASES ARISING UNDER 3 THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 85 of title 28, United 5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Jan 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H85.IH H85 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 85 IH ‘‘§ 1370. Jurisdiction over cases arising under the im- 1 migration laws 2 ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 3 district court for the District of Columbia shall have exclu- 4 sive jurisdiction over— 5 ‘‘(1) any case arising under the immigration 6 laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the 7 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 8 seq.)); or 9 ‘‘(2) any claim brought by any foreign national 10 challenging an order of removal from the United 11 States or any other action authorized under the Im- 12 migration and Nationality Act.’’. 13 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at 14 the beginning of chapter 84 of title 28, United States 15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘1370. Jurisdiction over cases arising under the immigration laws.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Jan 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H85.IH H85 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS