[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4173-4174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 2:03 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 720. An act to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of 
     Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 725. An act to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     prevent fraudulent joinder.
       H.R. 985. An act to amend the procedures used in Federal 
     court class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings 
     to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and 
     defendants, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 2 of the 
Migratory

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Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715a), and the order of the House of 
January 3, 2017, the Speaker appoints the following Member of the House 
of Representatives to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission: Mr. 
Thompson of California.

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