Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5258 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5258 To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2025 Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Tiffany, and Ms. Hageman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, 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 ``Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY. (a) Sanctions Under Rule 11.--Rule 11(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``…