3.0.0 5511 2023-01-13T04:48:24Z 2023-01-13T04:48:24Z House H HR 2006-05-25 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:01:20Z 2006-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 N Law Civil actions and liability Civil procedure District courts International Affairs International claims Jurisdiction Law 00 2006-05-25 Introduced in House 2006-06-14T17:04:01Z The Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the district court original and exclusive jurisdiction of any action to enforce a foreign judgment exceeding $75,000 (exclusive of interest and costs) against a citizen of the United States, where: (1) any plantiff is a citizen of a state different from any defendant; (2) any plaintiff is a foreign state or a citizen or subject of a foreign state and any defendant is a citizen of a state; or (3) any plaintiff is a citizen of a state and any defendant is a foreign state or a citizen or subject or a foreign state.

Permits removal of such an action to a district court without regard to whether any defendant is a citizen of the state in which the action is brought. Allows such a removal by any defendant without the consent of all defendants.

]]> Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006 Display Title Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28, United States Code, to ensure that the validity of foreign judgments against United States citizens is adjudicated in Federal courts. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fair Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Amendment of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5511ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5511ih.xml 2006-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.