3.0.0 4502 2023-01-11T13:32:09Z 2023-01-11T13:32:09Z House HR 2016-02-09 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]Mrs. BLACK:H.R. 4502.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H650]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2016-02-29T15:54:10Z Referred to 2016-02-09T17:00:25Z 2016-02-29 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2016-02-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2016-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001273 Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] Diane Black R TN 6 N B001250 Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] Rob Bishop R UT 1 2016-02-09 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2016-02-10 False W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2016-02-10 False F000459 Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] Charles Fleischmann R TN J. "Chuck" 3 2016-02-10 False R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2016-02-23 False Law Civil actions and liability Constitution and constitutional amendments Federal appellate courts Jurisdiction and venue State and local courts State and local government operations Law 00 2016-02-09 Introduced in House 2016-03-16T18:34:38Z 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.

]]> Pullman Act Display Title Pullman Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for a stay of Federal district court actions pending resolution of unsettled and ambiguous questions of State law, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Pullman Act Introduced in House 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4502ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4502ih.xml 2016-02-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 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.