[House Document 115-35]
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115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-35

 
                   AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF

                          APPELLATE 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 APPELLATE 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 Appellate 
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; and an excerpt from the March 
2017 Report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure 
to the Judicial Conference of the United States.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
                                                     
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