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                      DECEMBER 15, 2015 
 
                       RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 114-38 
              TEXT OF H.R. 1927, FAIRNESS IN CLASS ACTION 
                         LITIGATION ACT OF 2015
                         
             [Showing the texts of H.R. 1927 and H.R. 526 as 
               reported by the Committee on the Judiciary; with 
               conforming changes.] 
               
               
               
1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the "Fairness in Class Ac-

3 tion Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Trans-

4 parency Act of 2015" 

5 SEC. 2. FAIRNESS IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.-No Federal court shall certify any 

7 proposed class seeking monetary relief for personal injury 

8 or economic loss unless the party seeking to maintain such 

9 a class action affirmatively demonstrates that each pro-

10 posed class member suffered the same type and scope of 

11 Jury as the named class representative or representa-

12 tives. 

13 (b) CERTIFICATION 0RDER.-An order issued under 

14 Rule 23(c)(l) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that 

15 certifies a class seeking monetary relief for personal injury 

16 or economic loss shall include a determination, based on 


17 a rigorous analysis of the evidence presented, that the re-

18 quirement in subsection (a) of this section is satisfied. 





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