To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the requirement for diversity of citizenship jurisdiction is met if any one party to the case is diverse in citizenship from any one adverse party in the case.

Bill: 115-hr-3487
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts

Jurisdiction and venue
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the federal judicial code to specify that U.S. district courts have jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship if at least one adverse party does not share the same citizenship as another adverse party. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3487 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2017 Mr. King of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the requirement for diversity of citizenship jurisdiction is met if any one party to the case is diverse in citizenship from any one adverse party in the case.

1. Diversity of citizenship jurisdiction Section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) For the purposes of this section, diversity of citizenship exists if at least one party adverse to any other party to the civil action does not share the same citizenship with that adverse party. .