[House Document 115-34]
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              AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

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       THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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 AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE 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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                        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 amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence 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 September 28, 2016; a redline version 
of the rules with committee notes; an excerpt from the 
September 2016 Report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and 
Procedure to the Judicial Conference of the United States; and 
an excerpt from the May 7, 2016 Report of the Advisory 
Committee on Evidence Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
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