Limiting Excessive Government Obstruction Act

Key Points

• The bill lets anyone facing an agency enforcement case file a request called a demurrer, which forces the agency judge to dismiss the case immediately.
• After a case is dismissed this way, the agency has only 90 days to instead sue the person or business in a regular federal court if it wants to keep pursuing the matter.
• If the case moves to federal court, the defendant gets a jury trial instead of a decision by government officials.
• The bill also creates a new legal defense: a person can avoid liability by showing their actions were reasonable, even if they broke an agency rule or order.
• Several major categories of cases are excluded from these changes, including immigration, national security, taxes, bankruptcy, patents, and federal benefits like Social Security, Medicaid, and food assistance.