[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4446 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4446

To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to require that 
  the plaintiff in a diversity case not be a resident of the State in 
                       which the case is brought.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1994

  Mr. Hughes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to require that 
  the plaintiff in a diversity case not be a resident of the State in 
                       which the case is brought.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1332 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) The original jurisdiction of the district courts otherwise 
conferred by this section may not be invoked if all plaintiffs joined 
in the complaint are citizens of the State in which is located the 
district court in which the suit is filed. For purposes of this 
subsection only--
            ``(1) the District of Wyoming shall be deemed to be located 
        solely within the State of Wyoming; and
            ``(2) those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated 
        in Montana shall be deemed to be located in the District of 
        Montana; and
            ``(3) those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated 
        in Idaho shall be deemed to be located in the District of 
        Idaho.
This subsection does not apply to or limit the applicability of the 
right of removal under section 1441(a) of an action that would 
otherwise be within the original jurisdiction of the district 
courts.''.

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