[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 29 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1934-S1935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MEASURE REFERRED

  The following bill was read the first and the second times by 
unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

       H.R. 2341. An act to amend the procedures that apply to 
     consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer 
     outcomes for

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     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.

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