January 15, 2025
Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To authorize the removal of an action from an administrative law judge of any administrative agency to a district court of the United States.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Seventh Amendment Restoration Act
.
Sec. 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 officermeans an administrative law judge or another agency employee authorized to hear the action.