[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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JUDICIAL REFORM ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 1252), H2237 [22AP], H2256 [23AP], H2257 [23AP], H2262
[23AP], H2263 [23AP], H2267 [23AP], H2268 [23AP], H2272 [23AP],
H2280 [23AP], H2281 [23AP], H2282 [23AP], H2285 [23AP]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 1252): consideration, (see H. Res. 408), H2236 [22AP]
Letters
Limit Federal court authority to force State and local governments
to assess, levy, or collect taxes: Adam Lamarre, H2259 [23AP]
----- Carol A. Angelico, H2259 [23AP]
----- Earl and Ann Young, H2259 [23AP]
----- Roger T. Nelson, H2259 [23AP]
Remarks in House
Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over foreign manufacturers,
H2280 [23AP]
------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2257-H2262 [23AP], E673
[27AP]
------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
release orders, H2273-H2278 [23AP]
------ public availability of civil case settlements in which the
Government or its employees is a litigant, H2282 [23AP], H2283
[23AP]
------ reform habeas corpus procedures, H2252 [23AP]
Crime: limit definition of racketeering to profit-seeking purposes
or criminal offenses, H2285 [23AP], H2286 [23AP]
Enact (H.R. 1252), H2243-H2286 [23AP], E673 [27AP], E723 [30AP],
E2309 [12NO]
------ consideration (H. Res. 408), H2242 [23AP], H2243 [23AP]
Federal courts: allow the face and voice of witnesses to be
disguised during broadcast coverage of trial proceedings, H2267
[23AP], H2268 [23AP]
------ authority to bring a motion to reassign a case, H2263 [23AP]
------ limit protective orders and sealing of cases and settlements
relative to public health or safety, H2264-H2266 [23AP]
Federal employees: provide cost-of-living allowances to judges,
H2278 [23AP], H2279 [23AP]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 1252, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House)
(H. Res. 408) (H. Rept. 105-491), H2236 [22AP]
Summaries
Provisions (H.R. 1252), H2246-H2248 [23AP]
------ Coble Technical Amendment, H2257 [23AP]
Testimonies
Assignment of Death Penalty Cases to Judge John T. Nixon in
Tennessee: Charlotte Stout, H2252 [23AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 408. consideration of H.R. 1252, provisions, H2242 [23AP]