Introduce legislation to protect taxpayers from unlawful injunctions against the federal government.

Representatives Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) today introduced the Wrongful Injunction Accountability Act.

Schmidt announced that he introduced a bill aimed at deterring or penalizing requests for injunctions against the federal government, framed as protecting taxpayers from unlawful injunctions.

Schmidt Introduces Legislation to Protect Taxpayers from Unlawful Injunctions | Representative Derek Schmidt
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Schmidt joined House leadership to highlight the No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R. 1526), saying nationwide injunctions are being abused and that Congress should step in to restore balance.

Official House evidence shows Schmidt publicly backed anti-injunction legislation closely aligned with the promise, but it documents highlighting/supporting NORRA rather than Schmidt himself introducing the bill.

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Schmidt, House GOP Leadership Highlight Important Pro-Democracy Legislation
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1526, the NORRA of 2025, with Rep. Darrell Issa as sponsor, introduced 02/24/2025, latest action in the Senate on 04/10/2025, and status Passed House. CRS summary says the bill limits federal district courts' authority to issue injunctions and confines injunctions to the parties in the case.

Official bill record shows a closely matching anti-injunction bill was introduced and advanced, but by Issa rather than Schmidt; as of 2026-07-01 it had passed the House but was not enacted.

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H.R.1526 - NORRA of 2025
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Congress.gov cosponsor data lists Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] as a cosponsor of H.R.1526 on 03/21/2025. The page marks only Van Orden and Weber as original cosponsors; Schmidt is not marked original.

Schmidt took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring the relevant bill during his House term, but the record does not show he introduced it.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1526 - NORRA of 2025
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The introduced bill text says H.R.1526 was introduced by Mr. Issa for himself, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. Weber of Texas. The bill would amend title 28 to limit district court injunctive relief to relief involving the parties before that district court.

The bill text confirms the measure matches the substance of the promise, while also confirming Schmidt was not among the members who introduced the bill.

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Text - H.R.1526 - NORRA of 2025, Introduced in House
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 98 on H.R.1526, No Rogue Rulings Act, as passed on 04/09/2025 by 219 yeas to 213 nays. The individual vote list records Schmidt, Republican, Kansas, as Yea.

Schmidt supported passage of the relevant anti-injunction bill after cosponsoring it, further showing effort short of personally introducing legislation.

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Roll Call 98 | Bill Number: H. R. 1526
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Schmidt's official House release says he joined House GOP leadership to highlight H.R.1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act. Schmidt said nationwide injunctions were being abused and that Congress should step in to restore balance.

Schmidt publicly promoted the anti-injunction bill in office, but the release describes highlighting/supporting NORRA rather than Schmidt introducing it.

partial same_term A for effort

Schmidt, House GOP Leadership Highlight Important Pro-Democracy Legislation
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