[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 269 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 61
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 269

                          [Report No. 108-148]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2003

    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate 
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be considered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House 
with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.




                                                  House Calendar No. 61

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 269

                          [Report No. 108-148]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                             June 11, 2003

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed