[House Document 112-104]
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112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-104
 
         AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                  THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT

                          OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
        ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072




May 7, 2012.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to 
                               be printed














                          LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 23, 2012.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Prbcedure 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 recommitted proposed amendments to Rules 5(d) and 
58 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to the Advisory 
Committee for further consideration.
            Sincerely,
                                       John G. Roberts, Jr.
                                                     Chief Justice.


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