[House Document 114-127]
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         AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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       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. 2075; ADDED BY 
   PUBLIC LAW 88-623, SEC. 1 (AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 103-394, SEC. 
104(f)); (108 STAT. 4110) AND 28 U.S.C. 331; JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 646 (AS 
     AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 110-177, SEC. 101(b)); (121 STAT. 2534)

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April 29, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 28, 2016.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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 
Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
United States pursuant to Section 2075 of Title 28, United 
States Code.
    Accompanying these rules are the following materials 
submitted to the Court for its consideration pursuant to 
Section 331 of Title 28, United States Code: a transmittal 
letter to the Court dated October 9, 2015; a redline version of 
the rules with Committee Notes; an excerpt from the September 
2015 Report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure 
to the Judicial Conference of the United States; and an excerpt 
from the May 6, 2015 Report of the Advisory Committee on 
Criminal Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
                                                     
                                                     
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