[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1115, CLASS 
                      ACTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2003

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted a 
privileged report (Rept. No. 108-148) on the resolution (H. Res. 269) 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) 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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