[House Document 116-144]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-144

 
               AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

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       THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY 
             THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072




August 7, 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 an amendment to the Federal Rules of Evidence that has 
been adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant 
to Section 2072 of Title 28, United States Code.
    Accompanying the amended rule 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 rule with committee note; 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 Evidence 
Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.
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