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House Calendar No. 61

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 269

[Report No. 108–148] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2003

Ms. PRYCE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) 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 
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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.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the procedures that 

6 apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure 

7 fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to out8 law certain practices that provide inadequate settlements 

9 for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive 

10 a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense 

11 of class members, to provide for clearer and simpler infor12 mation in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt 

13 consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, 

14 United States Code, to allow the application of the prin15 ciples of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class 

16 actions, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

17 bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be con18 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di19 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor20 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen-
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1 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

2 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 

3 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

4 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub5 stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 

6 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 

7 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 

8 points of order against the committee amendment in the 

9 nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the 

10 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

11 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com12 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 

13 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

14 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

15 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat16 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

17 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

18 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

19 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

20 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

21 such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid22 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

23 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

24 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

25 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 
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1 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com2 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre3 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

4 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter5 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

6 without instructions. 

House Calendar No. 61

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 269

[Report No. 108–148] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) 

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. 

JUNE 11, 2003

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed