[House Document 107-61]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-61


 
                    AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES
                          OF CIVIL PROCEDURES

                               __________

                             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




April 24, 2001.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 23, 2001.
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.
    The Supreme court also approved the abrogation of the Rules 
of Practice and Procedure under section 25 of an Act to Amend 
and Consolidate the Acts Respecting Copyright promulgated by 
the Court on June 1, 1909.
            Sincerely,
                                              William H. Rehnquist.