To provide the venue for the judicial review of actions by certain Federal agencies.

March 10, 2004

Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To provide the venue for the judicial review of actions by certain Federal agencies.

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

SECTION 1. VENUE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ACTIONS BY CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES.

Section 1402 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FINAL AGENCY ACTIONS BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND FOREST SERVICE- Any civil action seeking judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5 of a final agency action by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Director of the National Park Service, or the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, relating to the use of land administered by the Secretary, shall be brought only--

`(1) in the United States district court for the district in which the land is located; or

`(2) if the land is located in more than 1 district, in any of the districts in which the land is located.'.

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