SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY REFORM ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 2366), H474, H476, H478, H479 [16FE]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 2366): consideration (see H. Res. 423), H454 [15FE]
Letters
Provisions: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, H472 [16FE]
———Nancy Stoner, Natural Resources Defense Council, H483 [16FE]
———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H472 [16FE]
———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H472 [16FE]
Remarks in House
Courts: define ``punitive damages'' as those awarded to punish or deter similar behavior and not including civil penalties, fines, or treble damages assessed by a State or Federal agency, H478, H479 [16FE]
———define ``small business'' relative to revenue and clarify provisions on product liability, hate crimes, and State punitive damages application and opt-out procedures, H480-H485 [16FE]
Enact (H.R. 2366), H463-H486 [16FE]
———amendment process, H280 [10FE]
———consideration (H. Res. 423), H461-H463 [16FE]
Small business: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]
———limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476, H477 [16FE]
Remarks in Senate
Enact (H.R. 2366), S1753 [27MR], S1765 [28MR]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 2366, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 423) (H. Rept. 106-498), H454 [15FE]
Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 106-494), H218 [7FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 423, consideration of H.R. 2366, provisions, H461 [16FE]