[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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S. 1256--A bill to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts 
    for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the 
    United States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of 
    Federal agencies, or other government officials, or entities 
    acting under color of State law, to prevent Federal courts from 
    abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions in 
    which no State law claim is alleged, to permit certification of 
    unsettled State law questions that are essential to Federal claims 
    arising under the Constitution, to allow for efficient 
    adjudication of constitutional claims brought by injured parties 
    in the United States district courts and the Court of Federal 
    Claims, to clarify when government action is sufficiently final to 
    ripen certain Federal claims arising under the Constitution, and 
    for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.


By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. 
Gramm, and Mr. Burns), S10428 [6OC]

  Cosponsors added, S10862 [20OC], S11300 [28OC]