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                                                 House Calendar No. 131
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 367

                          [Report No. 107-375]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2341) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2002

    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2341) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2341) to amend the 
procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate 
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in 
the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be considered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are waived. At the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may 
have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House 
on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions.




                                                 House Calendar No. 131

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 367

                          [Report No. 107-375]

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2341) to amend the 
 procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to 
  assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw 
    certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class 
  members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate 
 amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for 
clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to 
assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 
 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of 
  Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                             March 12, 2002

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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