CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 2341), H857, H859, H861, H863, H866, H868, H869, H874, H877, H879, H880 [13MR]
———consideration (H. Res. 367), H845 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 2341): consideration (see H. Res. 367), H832 [12MR]
Letters
Provisions: Joan Claybrook and Frank Clemente, Public Citizen (organization), H848 [13MR]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 2341), H884 [13MR]
Remarks in House
Courts: disclosure of plaintiff attorney's fees in certain class action lawsuits, H864-H866 [13MR]
———ensure that class actions which are refused certification by a Federal court are remanded to the State court from which it was removed, H877-H879 [13MR]
———jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H866-H868 [13MR]
———prohibit any knowing participant in a conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism from having a class action removed to Federal court, H884 [13MR]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H874-H877 [13MR]
———prohibit the sealing of records in class action settlements where the health and safety of the public are at risk, H859, H860 [13MR]
———treatment of discovery orders in class action lawsuits when a party to the order withholds or destroys material, H861-H863 [13MR]
———treatment of foreign corporations that acquire domestic corporations in corporate repatriation transactions relative to State jurisdiction in class action lawsuits, H869-H871 [13MR]
Economy: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost, H843-H846 [13MR]
Enact (H.R. 2341), H847-H886, H899 [13MR], E353 [14MR], E388 [19MR], E412 [21MR]
———consideration (H. Res. 367), H838-H846 [13MR]
Judicial Conference of the U.S.: require report on class action settlements in Federal courts be submitted to Congress, H880-H882 [13MR]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 2341, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 367) (H. Rept. 107-375), H832 [12MR]
Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2341) (H. Rept. 107-370), H906 [13MR]
Texts of
H. Res. 367, consideration of H.R. 2341, provisions, H838 [13MR]