    [House Document 106-227]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-227

                     FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES

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                                 COMMUNICATION

                                      from

                         THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME

                           COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

     AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE
                       COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072

    May 2, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to
                                   be printed
                             Supreme Court of the United States
                                         Washington, DC April 17, 2000.
    Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
    Speaker of the House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC
        Dear Mr. Speaker: By direction of the Supreme Court of the
    United States, I have the honor to submit to the Congress the
    amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that have
    been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant
    to Section 2072 of Title 28, United States Code.
         Accompanying these rules are excerpts from the report of
    the Judicial Conference of the United States containing the
    Committee Notes submitted to the Court for its consideration
    pursuant to Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code.
                Sincerely,
                                                  William H. Rehnquist.