# 114-hr-4502: Pullman Act

114-hr-4502, Pullman Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN); status Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4502
- Congress: 114
- Title: Pullman Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Introduced: 2016-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pullman Act This bill amends the federal judicial code to allow federal district courts, when a civil action involves a challenge to an unsettled and ambiguous question of state law on federal constitutional grounds, to: stay the action, pending resolution of the question of state law, if its resolution could avoid the need to reach or materially change the federal constitutional issue and there are adequate means under state law to resolve the unsettled state law question; and certify the question to the appropriate court of that state. Federal appeals courts shall have jurisdiction of appeals from federal district court interlocutory orders that refuse to stay such actions.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- 114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act
- 114-hr-3134: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
- 114-hr-2992: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 114-hr-2802: First Amendment Defense Act
- 114-hr-2653: American Health Care Reform Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-4502 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4502)

## Related
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3516)
- [114-hr-3134: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3134)
- [114-hr-2992: Merchant Marine of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2992)
- [114-hr-2802: First Amendment Defense Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2802)
- [114-hr-2653: American Health Care Reform Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2653)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4502 (as of 2025-11-18).