[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3489. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 
6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 187, line 19, insert ``: Provided, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be used to submit to 
     Congress, not later than a year after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, a report that identifies jurisdictions that have 
     a high number of civil jury trials and the practices and 
     methods those jurisdictions use to encourage jury trials, 
     including docket management techniques, discovery practices, 
     and other methods to make jury trials a cost efficient and 
     effective option in civil litigation'' before the period at 
     the end.
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