3.0.0 4113 2023-01-11T13:17:17Z 2023-01-11T13:17:17Z House H HR 2009-11-19 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-30T01:22:18Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2010-01-04T14:07:06Z Referred to 2009-11-19T15:01:41Z 2010-09-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2010-09-28 20:48:45 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2010-09-28 20:48:43 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7161-7163) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2010-09-28 20:48:43 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7161-7163) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-28 20:46:35 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4113. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2010-09-28 20:46:30 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7161-7164) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2010-09-28 20:46:10 Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2010-01-04 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2009-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2009-11-19 True Law Civil actions and liability Criminal procedure and sentencing Federal district courts Foreign and international corporations Immigration status and procedures Insurance industry and regulation Judicial procedure and administration Jurisdiction and venue Law 00 2009-11-19 Introduced in House 2009-11-25T21:27:03Z Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to revise specified jurisdictional, venue, and transfer rules in civil litigation with respect to: (1) treatment of resident aliens; (2) denial of district court original jurisdiction of an action between a citizen of a state and a resident alien domiciled in the same state; (3) citizenship rules for corporations and insurance companies with foreign contacts; (4) removal procedures for civil and criminal actions and summary remand; (5) indexing of the amount in controversy; and (6) the use of declarations to specify damages.


]]> 36 2010-09-28 Passed House amended 2010-10-14T16:40:34Z Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2010 - Title I: Jurisdictional Improvements - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal judicial code to declare that, with respect to diversity of citizenship, the U.S. district courts shall not have original jurisdiction of any civil action between citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign state who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and are domiciled in the same state.

(Sec. 102) Modifies the citizenship rules to treat corporations as citizens of any foreign state: (1) by which it has been incorporated; and (2) where it has its principal place of business. Treats insurers as citizens of any foreign state: (1) of which the insured is a citizen; (2) by which the insurer has been incorporated; and (3) where the insurer has its principal place of business.

(Sec. 103) Separates the removal requirements governing civil cases and those governing criminal cases into two separate categories.

Declares that, upon removal of any civil action with both removable and nonremovable claims, the district court shall sever from the action all nonremovable claims and remand them to the state court from which the action was removed. Requires only defendants against whom a removable claim has been asserted to join in or consent to removal of the action.

Prescribes requirements for the filing of notices of removal, including assertion in the notice of the amount in controversy, when it exceeds the necessary amount, if the initial pleading seeks: (1) nonmonetary relief; or (2) a money judgment, but the state practice either does not permit demand for a specific sum or permits recovery of damages in excess of the amount demanded.

Allows removal of a case based on diversity of citizenship more than one year after commencement of the action if the plaintiff has acted in bad faith in order to prevent a defendant from removing the action.

Title II: Venue and Transfer Improvements - (Sec. 202) Revises general requirements for the scope of venue of civil actions. Requires the proper venue of any civil action brought in a U.S. district court to be determined without regard to whether the action is local or transitory in nature.

(Sec. 203) Repeals the "local action" rule that any civil action, of a local nature, involving property located in different districts in the same state, may be brought in any of such districts.

(Sec. 204) Allows a district court to transfer a civil action to any district or division to which all parties have consented.

Prohibits transfers from a U.S. District court to the District Court of Guam, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands.]]>

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