[House Document 119-147]
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119th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-147










 
         AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

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       THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, PURSUANT TO 
                        SECTION 2072 OF TITLE 28








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April 9, 2026.--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered 
                             to be printed


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                        Supreme Court of the United States,
                                     Washington, DC, April 8, 2026.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker, United States House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to submit to the 
Congress an 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 the amended form 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 16, 2025; a blackline version 
of the form with committee note; an excerpt from the September 
2025 report of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure 
to the Judicial Conference of the United States; and an excerpt 
from the May 2025 report of the Advisory Committee on Appellate 
Rules.
            Sincerely,
                                      John G. Roberts, Jr.,
                                                     Chief Justice.










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