[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4751 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4751

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish and clarify the 
applicable statute of limitations for seeking remedy for a legal wrong 
             due to agency action, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2024

  Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Booker, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish and clarify the 
applicable statute of limitations for seeking remedy for a legal wrong 
             due to agency action, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agency Stability Restoration Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT OF REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Section 702 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``A person'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--A person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Statute of Limitations.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided by law, a person bringing an action under this section shall 
bring that action not later than 6 years after the date of the final 
agency action with respect to which the person seeks judicial 
review.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 2401(a) of title 
28, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting 
``or section 702(b) of title 5'' after ``title 41''.
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