[House Document 115-119]
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115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-119
 
          AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

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       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 SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 331

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 May 10, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed
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                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 26, 2018.
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 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 the following materials that 
were 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 4, 2017; a redline version of 
the rules with committee notes; an excerpt from the September 
2017 Report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure 
to the Judicial Conference of the United States; and an excerpt 
from the May 2017 Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil 
Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.













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