Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4850 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4850

To amend title 28, United States Code, to adjust thresholds relating to
                      jurisdiction for inflation.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2026

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Whitehouse)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 28, United States Code, to adjust thresholds relating to
                      jurisdiction for inflation.

    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 ``Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation
Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``of $75,000'' and
        inserting ``described in subsection (b)''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) The matter in controversy described in this subsection is
not less than $150,000, as adjusted under paragraph (2), exclusive of
interest and costs.
    ``(2)(A) In this paragraph--
            ``(i) the term `appropriate year' means the calendar year
        preceding the calendar year in which the adjustment under
        paragraph (1) is to take effect; and
            ``(ii) the term `Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer
        Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department
        of Labor.
    ``(B) Effective on January 1, 2030, and January 1 of each tenth
year thereafter, the dollar amount then in effect as the minimum amount
in controversy applicable under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by an
amount, rounded to the nearest $25,000 (or, if midway between
multiples, to the next higher multiple of $25,000) which reflects the
change in the Consumer Price Index for the month of September of the
appropriate year, over the Consumer Price Index for--
            ``(i) in the case of the initial adjustment, the month of
        September 2025; and
            ``(ii) in the case of each subsequent adjustment, September
        of the year preceding the last adjustment.
    ``(C) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall determine the amount of each adjustment under
paragraph (1) and, not later than November 15 of the appropriate year,
shall submit for publication in the Federal Register the amount (and
the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index that is the basis for
the amount) and the new minimum amount in controversy to take effect on
January 1 of the succeeding calendar year.
    ``(3) Except when express provision therefor is otherwise made in a
statute of the United States, where the plaintiff who files the case
originally in the Federal courts is finally adjudged to be entitled to
recover less than the sum or value required under paragraph (1) without
regard to any setoff or counterclaim to which the defendant may be
adjudged to be entitled, and exclusive of interest and costs, the
district court may deny costs to the plaintiff and, in addition, may
impose costs on the plaintiff.''.
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