[House Document 106-228]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-228


 
            AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME

                       COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
            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 Civil 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.