Kennedy, Coons bipartisan bill to improve federal court efficiency passes U.S. Senate

This press release from Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was published on 2026-08-08 and titled "Kennedy, Coons bipartisan bill to improve federal court efficiency passes U.S. Senate".

Kennedy, Coons bipartisan bill to improve federal court efficiency passes U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that the U.S. Senate passed his bipartisan Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act, which he introduced with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to update the dollar threshold for certain state-law lawsuits between parties from different states to be heard in federal court. Federal diversity [ ] The post Kennedy, Coons bipartisan bill to improve federal court efficiency passes U.S. Senate appeared first on U.S. Senator John Kennedy .