To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other…

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

SAR AdamsSponsor

91 cosponsors · 91 R

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51 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from deciding any issue on the authority of foreign law, except to the extent that the Constitution or an Act of Congress requires such consideration.