    [House Document 118-31]
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    118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - -  House Document 118-31

             AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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           THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

     AMENDMENTS AND AN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 2072

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    April 25, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered
                                 to be printed

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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

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                            Supreme Court of the United States,
                                        Washington, DC, April 24, 2023.
    Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
    Speaker, House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC.
        Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the
    Congress amendments and an addition to the Federal Rules of
    Criminal 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 and additional 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
    19, 2022; a blackline version of the rules with committee
    notes; an excerpt from the September 2022 report of the
    Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Judicial
    Conference of the United States; and excerpts from the May 2022
    reports of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules.
                Sincerely,
                                          John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                         Chief Justice.

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