[House Document 116-119]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-119


 
        AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

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       THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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  AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, PURSUANT TO 
                             2072 U.S.C. 28
                             

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April 28, 2020.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
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                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                    Washington, DC, April 27, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate 
Procedure that have been adopted by the Supreme Court of the 
United States pursuant to Section 2072 of Title 28, United 
States Code.
    Accompanying the amended 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 23, 2019; a redline version 
of the rules with committee notes; an excerpt from the 
September 2019 report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and 
Procedure to the Judicial Conference of the United States; and 
an excerpt from the May 2019 report of the Advisory Committee 
on Appellate Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
                                                     
                                                     
          
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