[House Document 115-33]
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                   AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF

                            CIVIL PROCEDURE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

       THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

  AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE THAT HAVE BEEN 
ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2074(a); PUBLIC LAW 
                 100-702, SEC. 401(a); (102 STAT. 4649)
                 
                 

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May 4, 2017.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to 
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                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 27, 2017.
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 amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 
that has been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States 
pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United States Code.
    Accompanying this rule are 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 March 16, 2017; a redline version of 
the rule with committee note; an excerpt from the March 2017 
Report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to 
the Judicial Conference of the United States; and an excerpt 
from the December 9, 2016 Report of the Advisory Committee on 
Civil Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
                                                     
                                                     
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