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        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
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        <text>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11586-11587)</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1720.</text>
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        <text>Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.</text>
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        <text>Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13944-13945; text as passed Senate: CR S13945)</text>
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        <text>Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.</text>
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        <text>Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.</text>
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        <text>Introduced in Senate</text>
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        <fullName>Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]</fullName>
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        <title>S. 1720, An act to provide for federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas</title>
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        <title>S. 1720, An act to provide for federal court proceedings in Plano, Texas</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Requires Federal court proceedings for the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas to be held in Plano (in addition to Sherman), Texas.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Federal judicial code to eliminate the Paris Division of the Eastern District of Texas and to include: (1) the counties of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, and Lamar (in addition to Denton and Grayson) within the Sherman Division; and (2) Red River County within the Texarkana Division. Requires Federal court proceedings for the Sherman Division to be held in Plano (in addition to Sherman), Texas.</p> <p></p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Federal judicial code to eliminate the Paris Division of the Eastern District of Texas and to include: (1) the counties of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, and Lamar (in addition to Denton and Grayson) within the Sherman Division; and (2) Red River County within the Texarkana Division. Requires Federal court proceedings for the Sherman Division to be held in Plano (in addition to Sherman), Texas. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Federal judicial code to eliminate the Paris Division of the Eastern District of Texas and to include: (1) the counties of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, and Lamar (in addition to Denton and Grayson) within the Sherman Division; and (2) Red River County within the Texarkana Division. Requires Federal court proceedings for the Sherman Division to be held in Plano (in addition to Sherman), Texas. </p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Federal judicial code to eliminate the Paris Division of the Eastern District of Texas and to include: (1) the counties of Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, and Lamar (in addition to Denton and Grayson) within the Sherman Division; and (2) Red River County within the Texarkana Division. Requires Federal court proceedings for the Sherman Division to be held in Plano (in addition to Sherman), Texas. </p>]]></text>
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