[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1352 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1352

To amend Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to restore the 
                stenographic preference for depositions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 1997

  Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to restore the 
                stenographic preference for depositions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That paragraphs (2) and (3) of Rule 30(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure are amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Unless the court upon motion orders, or the parties 
        stipulate in writing, the deposition shall be recorded by 
        stenographic means. The party taking the deposition shall bear 
        the cost of the transcription. Any party may arrange for a 
        transcription to be made from the recording of a deposition 
        taken by nonstenographic means.
            ``(3) With prior notice to the deponent and other parties, 
        any party may use another method to record the deponent's 
        testimony in addition to the method used pursuant to paragraph 
        (2). The additional record or transcript shall be made at that 
        party's expense unless the court otherwise orders.''.
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