[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 27 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2341, CLASS 
                      ACTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2002

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART (during special order of Mr. McInnis) from the 
Committee on Rules submitted a privileged report (Rept. No. 107-375) on 
the resolution (H. Res. 367) providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2341) to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of 
interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members 
and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate 
settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive 
a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class 
members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action 
settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class 
actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow the 
application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to 
interstate class actions, and for other purposes, which was referred to 
the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

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