[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    FEDERAL COURTS JURISDICTION AND VENUE CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2011

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from 
the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 394) to amend title 28, United 
States Code, to clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for 
other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, to the end that the 
House concur in Senate amendment No. 1 and concur in Senate amendment 
No. 2 with the amendment I have placed at the desk.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendments 
and the proposed House amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Senate amendments:
       On page 9, line 17, strike ``1454'' and insert ``1455.''
       On page 12, after line 4, strike ``1454. Procedure for 
     removal of criminal prosecutions.'' and insert ``1455. 
     Procedure for removal of criminal prosecutions.''

  House amendment to Senate amendment No. 2:

       Add at the end the following:
       Redesignate section 104 as section 105 and insert the 
     following after section 103:

     SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

       Section 1446(g) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``subsections (b) and (c)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (b) of this section and paragraph (1) of section 
     1455(b)''.
       Amend the table of contents of the bill by striking the 
     item relating to section 104 and inserting the following:
Sec. 104. Technical amendment.
Sec. 105. Effective date.

  Mr. SMITH of Texas (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask that the 
reading be dispensed with.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the reading is dispensed 
with.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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