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[H.R. 1927 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 249
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1927

                          [Report No. 114-328]

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class 
                           action litigation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

 Mr. Goodlatte (for himself and Mr. Franks of Arizona) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            November 5, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               22, 2015]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class 
                           action litigation.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Class Action Litigation 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CLASS MEMBER INJURY REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--No Federal court shall certify any proposed class 
seeking monetary relief for personal injury or economic loss unless the 
party seeking to maintain such a class action affirmatively 
demonstrates that each proposed class member suffered the same type and 
scope of injury as the named class representative or representatives.
    (b) Certification Order.--An order issued under Rule 23(c)(1) of 
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that certifies a class seeking 
monetary relief for personal injury or economic loss shall include a 
determination, based on a rigorous analysis of the evidence presented, 
that the requirement in subsection (a) of this section is satisfied.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 249

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1927

                          [Report No. 114-328]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class 
                           action litigation.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 5, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed