Limiting Excessive Government Obstruction Act

This bill introduces new procedures for certain agency adjudications by amending Chapter 7 of Title 5, United States Code. It allows a party facing an agency adjudication to file a demurrer , which mandates a final order of dismissal with prejudice from the adjudicator. Following such a dismissal, the agency has a 90-day window to initiate a civil action against the party in a district court for the alleged violations, but no action can be commenced after this period. In these subsequent civil actions, defendants are guaranteed a trial by jury and can assert a defense that the alleged violation of an agency rule, order, or consent decree was "reasonable under the circumstances." These special rules, however, explicitly exclude matters related to immigration laws, national security, the Internal Revenue Code, bankruptcy, patent, and Federal benefits , ensuring that these critical areas remain under existing adjudication frameworks and are not subject to these new procedures.