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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urgent Counter-Terrorism 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2002, and for 
other purposes.

             TITLE I--APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS

SEC. 101. APPROPRIATION.

    In addition to the amounts provided in any other Act, there is 
hereby appropriated $6,548,000,000 to the ``Defense Emergency Response 
Fund'' only for the purpose of upgrading critical defense and 
intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and to recover 
from the attacks of September 11, 2001.

SEC. 102. TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this Act, within 15 
days after the President makes an emergency designation under section 
301 for any amount specified in any section of title II, the Secretary 
of Defense shall transfer the requisite funds appropriated by section 
101 to appropriate accounts in the Treasury in accordance with the 
allocations specified in title II.

                     TITLE II--ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

SEC. 201. ANTI-TERRORISM INTELLIGENCE UPGRADES.

    To upgrade and improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism 
intelligence collection and analysis, to better protect intelligence 
resources from terrorist attack, and to accelerate the installation of 
real-time linkages between intelligence systems and military 
warfighting platforms, $2,001,000,000 of the funds appropriated in 
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $368,000,000 shall be available only to improve 
        Department of Defense and intelligence agency human 
        intelligence collection capabilities against terrorist 
        organizations to include additional manpower, additional 
        analytical capability, and agent operation expenses.
            (2) $245,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence to support critical foreign counter-
        intelligence force protection requirements and to provide 
        additional counter-terrorism assistance to the Federal Bureau 
        of Investigation in accordance with law.
            (3) $80,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence 
        tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination 
        capabilities.
            (4) $55,000,000 shall be available only to the Secretary of 
        Defense to upgrade counter-terrorism intelligence tasking, 
        processing, exploitation, and dissemination capabilities.
            (5) $497,000,000 shall be available only to procure and 
        support the enhancement and deployment of additional 
        Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets in 
        support of Operation Enduring Freedom and follow-on anti-
        terrorist operations.
            (6) $159,000,000 shall be available only to enhance Navy 
        and Air Force electronic networking of assets and time critical 
        targeting capabilities.
            (7) $182,000,000 shall be available only to procure Link 16 
        systems for tactical ISR platforms to allow real time data 
        exchange between combat and command and control platforms.
            (8) $415,000,000 shall be available only to the Director of 
        Central Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Defense, for intelligence agency physical security upgrades, 
        data survivability/continuity enhancements, and satellite 
        infrastructure improvements.

SEC. 202. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

    To upgrade and improve the ability of the United States to detect, 
prevent and respond to chemical and biological warfare terrorist 
attacks at home and abroad, $817,000,000 of the funds appropriated in 
section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $307,000,000 shall be available only for rapid 
        development and/or procurement and deployment of biological 
        weapons detection systems and chemical/biological 
        decontamination equipment at key military and civilian 
        facilities.
            (2) $82,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate 
        production of anthrax vaccines and smallpox vaccine samples, to 
        develop next generation anthrax vaccines, and to develop, test, 
        evaluate and procure new drug therapies to counter biological 
        threat agents.
            (3) $185,000,000 shall be available only to equip existing 
        Army National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support 
        teams (WMD-CST teams) with mobile analytical laboratory 
        capabilities and to establish, train and equip additional WMD-
        CST teams in the following States and territories in order to 
        complete the objective of establishing WMD-CST teams in each 
        State and territory:
                    (A) Alabama.
                    (B) Connecticut.
                    (C) Delaware.
                    (D) District of Columbia.
                    (E) Indiana.
                    (F) Kansas.
                    (G) Maryland.
                    (H) Michigan.
                    (I) Mississippi.
                    (J) Montana.
                    (K) Nebraska.
                    (L) New Hampshire.
                    (M) New Jersey.
                    (N) Nevada.
                    (O) North Carolina.
                    (P) North Dakota.
                    (Q) Oregon.
                    (R) Rhode Island.
                    (S) South Dakota.
                    (T) Tennessee.
                    (U) Utah.
                    (V) Vermont.
                    (W) West Virginia.
                    (X) Wisconsin.
                    (Y) Wyoming.
                    (Z) American Samoa.
                    (AA) Guam.
                    (BB) Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
            (4) $40,000,000 shall be available only for biological 
        weapons proliferation prevention activities under the 
        Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Of such funds, 
        $30,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Department of State--
        Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related 
        Programs'' only for the purpose of supporting expansion of the 
        Biological Weapons Redirect and International Science and 
        Technology Centers programs to prevent former Soviet weapons 
        experts from emigrating to proliferant States and to 
        reconfigure former Soviet biological weapons production 
        facilities for peaceful uses.
            (5) $68,000,000 shall be available only to support and 
        equip Marine Corps and Army chemical/biological warfare 
        response teams, including the procurement of additional mobile 
        decontamination units for these teams.
            (6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for the Army 
        Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program for State and 
        Federal technical assistance projects to ensure public safety 
        at chemical weapons storage facilities in the following States:
                    (A) Alabama.
                    (B) Arkansas.
                    (C) Colorado.
                    (D) Illinois.
                    (E) Indiana.
                    (F) Maryland.
                    (G) Kentucky.
                    (H) Oregon.
                    (I) Utah.
                    (J) Washington.
            (7) $60,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of interoperable communications equipment to enable Army 
        emergency response teams to communicate with local emergency 
        response personnel.
            (8) $50,000,000 shall be available only to implement short-
        term facility repairs and improvements at the biocontainment 
        research laboratories of the Army Medical Research Institute of 
        Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the 
        facilities of the Army Institute of Pathology (AFIP) at the 
        Walter Reed Medical Center for the purpose of improving quick 
        response to demands for confirmatory and diagnostic testing of 
        potential biological threats and to accelerate the development 
        of treatments and vaccines against biological agents.

SEC. 203. SPECIAL FORCES COUNTER-TERRORISM CAPABILITY.

    To upgrade and improve the ability of Special Forces to 
successfully operate in Operation Enduring Freedom and future anti-
terrorist operations, $755,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 
101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $50,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of AN/PRC 112B survival radios for SOF rescue/extraction teams 
        to provide geo-location and low probability of intercept/
        detection communications capability.
            (2) $90,000,000 shall be available only to procure common 
        missile warning systems and improved conventional munitions 
        dispensers for the MH-47 and MH-60 aircraft to enhance rotary 
        wing survivability.
            (3) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support 
        counter-terrorism full mission profile training to increase the 
        probability of mission success and decrease the possibility of 
        fratricide and to provide for shortfalls in flying hours 
        necessary to conduct such training and operations.
            (4) $125,000,000 shall be available only to support 
        survivability and mission enhancement upgrades for C-130, MH-
        53, and other SOF aircraft.
            (5) $165,000,000 shall be available only to procure 
        nonstandard weapons and ammunition, unconventional equipment 
        and supplies, and other SOF unique counter-terrorism 
        enhancements to current capabilities.
            (6) $200,000,000 shall be available only for SOCOM 
        equipment sustainment and refurbishment, and for procurement of 
        additional equipment.

SEC. 204. MUNITIONS AND ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT REPLENISHMENT AND UPGRADES.

    To ensure an adequate supply of precision guided weapons and other 
weapons and munitions to fully prosecute Operation Enduring Freedom and 
future potential anti-terrorist operations, and to provide for the 
rapid development and deployment of promising anti-terrorist weapons, 
WMD defense capabilities, and added support to key tactical warfare 
systems, $912,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be 
allocated as follows:
            (1) $250,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate the 
        development and procurement of the tactical tomahawk cruise 
        missile.
            (2) $180,000,000 shall be available only for the 
        procurement of laser-guided bomb kits.
            (3) $125,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of 
        Army and Marine Corps small arms, small arms ammunition, and 
        night vision equipment.
            (4)(A) $250,000,000 shall be available only to 
        ``Operational Rapid Response Transfer Fund'', to remain 
        available for obligation until September 30, 2002, only for the 
        accelerated research, development, test, evaluation, 
        procurement, or deployment of military technologies, systems, 
        or other equipment necessary for improving the capability to 
        fight terrorism, protect the force, prepare for and respond to 
        terrorist attacks, or improve the capabilities of key tactical 
        systems.
            (B) The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds under this 
        paragraph only to operation and maintenance accounts, 
        procurement accounts, or research, development, test and 
        evaluation accounts.
            (C) Of the funds under this paragraph, $75,000,000 shall be 
        available only to support quick reaction activities to develop 
        and deploy promising new weapons and other WMD defense 
        capabilities that are recommended by the Department of Defense 
        Combating Terrorism Technology Task Force.
            (D) The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
written notification to the congressional defense committees prior to 
the transfer of any amount under this paragraph in excess of $5,000,000 
to a specific program, project, or activity.
            (E) None of the funds under this paragraph may be obligated 
        for new start projects without prior notification to the 
        congressional defense committees in conformance with normal 
        reprogramming procedures and guidelines.
            (5) $107,000,000 shall be available only to improve secure 
        communications capabilities of the Army Reserve components by 
        providing hardening, redundancy, storage, and information 
        assurance for network infrastructure.

SEC. 205. FORCE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY ACTIVITIES.

    To upgrade physical security at Department of Defense and 
intelligence agency installations, and to accelerate efforts to repair, 
reconstruct, and renovate the Pentagon Reservation, $966,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1)(A) $800,000,000 shall be available only to finance 
        accelerated building renovation activities for military command 
        centers and related activities at the Pentagon Reservation in 
        order to accelerate completion of the Pentagon renovation 
        project by at least 4 years from the current estimated 
        completion date of 2014.
            (B) None of the funds under this paragraph shall be 
        obligated until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense has 
        submitted to the Congress a revised Pentagon renovation plan to 
        include estimated total costs by year and by function, a 
        comprehensive construction schedule, an assessment of the 
        security and operational benefits derived from an accelerated 
        schedule, and a certification that it is the Secretary's best 
        estimate that expenditure of such funds will accelerate the 
        final completion of the Pentagon renovation by at least 4 
        years.
            (2) $45,000,000 shall be available only to procure patrol 
        boat equipment in support of enhanced Navy capabilities to 
        maintain threat standoff distances in foreign ports.
            (3) $30,000,000 shall be available only to procure security 
        equipment identified by the Navy to be necessary to increase 
        the security of military sealift ships.
            (4) $25,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade 
        firefighting self contained breathing equipment on Navy surface 
        ships.
            (5) $31,000,000 shall be available only for Navy and Air 
        Force anti-access equipment.
            (6) $25,000,000 shall be available only for Army anti-
        access equipment.
            (7) $10,000,000 shall be available only to modernize the 
        USS Comfort and USS Mercy hospital ships.

SEC. 206. ESSENTIAL AIRCRAFT UPGRADES.

    To make essential upgrades and improvements in aircraft 
capabilities for operating in the Central Asia region, $602,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $88,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of additional decoys, armor, and other self-protection upgrades 
        for Air Force aircraft.
            (2) $55,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of additional laser detecting sets and other self protection 
        and engine upgrades for Army (including SOCOM) helicopters.
            (3) $48,000,000 shall be available only for the procurement 
        of crashworthy UH-60 helicopter extended range fuel tanks.
            (4) $129,000,000 shall be available only to accelerate 
        planned electronic self protection, communications, navigation, 
        and engine upgrade modifications to combat search and rescue 
        helicopters.
            (5) $67,000,000 shall be available only to procure 
        additional Litening targeting pods for AV-8B Harrier aircraft.
            (6) $70,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade 
        strategic communications systems for the national airborne 
        command post.
            (7) $145,000,000 shall be available only to improve the 
        reliability of B-52 electronics and the maintainability of B-2 
        surfaces.

SEC. 207. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM OPERATIONAL COSTS.

    To ensure that the military services are not required to make 
reductions in essential training, readiness, equipment maintenance, 
quality of life, or research and development programs in order to pay 
for the unbudgeted and unpredictable operational costs of Operation 
Enduring Freedom, and to ensure that the aging equipment being used in 
Operation Enduring Freedom is properly maintained, $495,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in section 101 shall be allocated as follows:
            (1) $220,000,000 shall be available only to supplement the 
        defense working capital funds for increased fuel, base 
        operations, and training costs.
            (2) $200,000,000 shall be available only for additional 
        spare parts to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
            (3) $75,000,000 shall be available only for increased depot 
        maintenance requirements resulting from Operations Noble Eagle 
        and Enduring Freedom.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

    The entire amount specified in any section of title II--
            (1) is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and
            (2) shall be available only if an official budget request 
        for the entire amount contained in such section, that includes 
        designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as 
        defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
        Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

SEC. 302. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    Within 15 days after the President makes an emergency designation 
under section 301 for the amount specified in any section of title II, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Congress a report 
specifying the accounts to which the funds involved are to be 
transferred and project level budget justifications for each transfer.

SEC. 303. MERGER OF AMOUNTS.

    Funds transferred under this Act shall be merged with, and shall be 
available for the same time period as, the appropriations to which the 
funds are transferred.

SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

    Funds transferred under this Act to accounts for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414).
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Urgent Counter-Terrorism Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates additional funds for FY 2002 to the Defense Emergency Response Fund solely for upgrading critical defense and intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Allocates such funds to the following categories: (1) anti-terrorism intelligence upgrades, including funds for the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) chemical and biological warfare defense capabilities, including funds for detection systems, vaccines, mobile laboratories, and public safety at chemical weapons storage facilities; (3) special forces counter-terrorism capability, including for survival radios, common missile warning systems, and nonstandard and unconventional weapons and equipment; (4) munitions and essential equipment replenishment and upgrades; (5) force protection and recovery activities, including renovations of the Pentagon Reservation; (6) essential aircraft upgrades; and (7) Operation Enduring Freedom operational costs.Designates all such funds as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, limiting their availability unless Congress receives a presidential budget request for the entire amount in such category.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine 
Support Act of 2017'' or the ``VETS Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1730A the following new section:
``Sec. 1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing 
              treatment via telemedicine
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding 
the licensure of health care professionals, a covered health care 
professional may practice the health care profession of the health care 
professional at any location in any State, regardless of where the 
covered health care professional or the patient is located, if the 
covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide 
treatment to an individual under this chapter.
    ``(b) Property of Federal Government.--Subsection (a) shall apply 
to a covered health care professional providing treatment to a patient 
regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient 
is located in a facility owned by the Federal Government during such 
treatment.
    ``(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
remove, limit, or otherwise affect any obligation of a covered health 
care professional under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.).
    ``(d) Covered Health Care Professional Defined.--In this section, 
the term `covered health care professional' means a health care 
professional who--
            ``(1) is an employee of the Department appointed under the 
        authority under sections 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, or 7408 of 
        this title, or title 5;
            ``(2) is authorized by the Secretary to provide health care 
        under this chapter;
            ``(3) is required to adhere to all quality standards 
        relating to the provision of telemedicine in accordance with 
        applicable policies of the Department; and
            ``(4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted 
        license, registration, or certification in a State to practice 
        the health care profession of the health care professional.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1730A the following new item:

``1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via 
                            telemedicine.''.
    (c) Report on Telemedicine.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
        shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives a report on the effectiveness of the use of 
        telemedicine by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include an assessment of the following:
                    (A) The satisfaction of veterans with telemedicine 
                furnished by the Department.
                    (B) The satisfaction of health care providers in 
                providing telemedicine furnished by the Department.
                    (C) The effect of telemedicine furnished by the 
                Department on the following:
                            (i) The ability of veterans to access 
                        health care, whether from the Department or 
                        from non-Department health care providers.
                            (ii) The frequency of use by veterans of 
                        telemedicine.
                            (iii) The productivity of health care 
                        providers.
                            (iv) Wait times for an appointment for the 
                        receipt of health care from the Department.
                            (v) The reduction, if any, in the use by 
                        veterans of in-person services at Department 
                        facilities and non-Department facilities.
                    (D) The types of appointments for the receipt of 
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were 
                provided during the 1-year period preceding the 
                submittal of the report.
                    (E) The number of appointments for the receipt of 
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were 
                requested during such period, disaggregated by Veterans 
                Integrated Service Network.
                    (F) Savings by the Department, if any, including 
                travel costs, of furnishing health care 


              

                through the use of telemedicine during such period.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
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.  Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 or the VETS Act of 2017  (Sec. 2) This bill allows a licensed health care professional of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to practice his or her profession using telemedicine at any location in any state regardless of where the professional or patient is located if the covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide VA medical or health services.   Such authority shall apply to a covered health care professional regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.   The bill defines &quot;covered health care professional&quot; as a health care professional who: (1) is a VA employee appointed under specified VA authorities or under the civil service; (2) is authorized by the VA to provide health care; (3) is required to adhere to all telemedicine quality standards; and (4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted state license, registration, or certification for such health care profession. The VA shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the VA's use of telemedicine.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Justice Reform Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP JURISDICTION; AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES 
              TO PREVAILING PARTY.

    (a) Award of Fees.--Section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The prevailing party in an action under this section shall 
be entitled to attorneys' fees only to the extent that such party 
prevails on any position or claim advanced during the action. 
Attorneys' fees under this paragraph shall be paid by the nonprevailing 
party but shall not exceed the amount of the attorneys' fees of the 
nonprevailing party with regard to such position or claim. If the 
nonprevailing party receives services under a contingent fee agreement, 
the amount of attorneys' fees under this paragraph shall not exceed the 
reasonable value of those services.
    ``(2) In order to receive attorneys' fees under paragraph (1), 
counsel of record in any actions under this section shall maintain 
accurate, complete records of hours worked on the matter regardless of 
the fee arrangement with his or her client.
    ``(3) The court may, in its discretion, limit the fees recovered 
under paragraph (1) to the extent that the court finds special 
circumstances that make payment of such fees unjust.
    ``(4) This subsection shall not apply to any action removed from a 
State court under section 1441 of this title, or to any action in which 
the United States, any State, or any agency, officer, or employee of 
the United States or any State is a party.
    ``(5) As used in this subsection, the term `prevailing party' means 
a party to an action who obtains a favorable final judgment (other than 
by settlement), exclusive of interest, on all or a portion of the 
claims asserted in the action.''.
    (b) Study and Report.--(1) The Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts shall conduct a study regarding the 
effect of the requirements of subsection (f) of section 1332 of title 
28, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, on 
the caseload of actions brought under such section, which study shall 
include--
            (A) data on the number of actions, within each judicial 
        district, in which the nonprevailing party was required to pay 
        the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party; and
            (B) an assessment of the deterrent effect of the 
        requirements on frivolous or meritless actions.
    (2) No later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress 
containing--
            (A) the results of the study described in paragraph (1); 
        and
            (B) recommendations regarding whether the requirements 
        should be continued or applied with respect to additional 
        actions.
    (c) Repeal.--No later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, this section and the amendment made by this section shall be 
repealed.

SEC. 3. OFFER OF JUDGMENT.

    (a) In General.--Part V of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after chapter 113 the following new chapter:

                   ``CHAPTER 114--PRETRIAL PROVISIONS

``Sec.
``1721. Offer of judgment.
``Sec. 1721. Offer of judgment
    ``(a)(1) In any civil action filed in a district court, any party 
may serve upon any adverse party a written offer to allow judgment to 
be entered for the money or property specified in the offer.
    ``(2) If within 14 days after service of the offer, the adverse 
party serves written notice that the offer is accepted, either party 
may file the offer and notice of acceptance and the clerk shall enter 
judgment.
    ``(3) An offer not accepted within such 14-day period shall be 
deemed withdrawn and evidence thereof is not admissible, except in a 
proceeding to determine reasonable attorney fees.
    ``(4) If the final judgment obtained by the offeree is not more 
favorable than the offer made under paragraph (1) which was not 
accepted by the offeree, the offeree shall pay the offeror's reasonable 
attorney fees incurred after the expiration of the time for accepting 
the offer, to the extent necessary to make the offeror whole.
    ``(5) In no case shall an award of attorney fees under this section 
exceed the amount of the judgment obtained. The court may reduce the 
award of costs and attorney fees to avoid the imposition of undue 
hardship on a party.
    ``(6) The fact that an offer is made under this section shall not 
preclude a subsequent offer.
    ``(7)(A) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B), when the 
liability of 1 party has been determined by verdict, order, or 
judgment, but the amount or extent of the liability remains to be 
determined by further proceedings, any party may make an offer of 
judgment, which shall have the same effect as an offer made before 
trial.
    ``(B) The court may shorten the period of time an offeree may have 
to accept an offer under subparagraph (A), but in no case shall such 
period be less than 7 days.
    ``(b) A party making an offer shall not be deprived of the benefits 
of an offer it makes by an adverse party's subsequent offer, unless the 
subsequent offer is more favorable than the judgment obtained.
    ``(c) If the judgment obtained includes nonmonetary relief, a 
determination that it is more favorable to the offeree than was the 
offer shall be made only when the terms of the offer included all such 
nonmonetary relief.
    ``(d) This section shall not apply to class or derivative actions 
under rules 23, 23.1 and 23.2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
    ``(e)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the provisions of 
this section shall not be construed to prohibit an award or reduce the 
amount of an award a party may receive under a statute which provides 
for the payment of attorney's fees by another party.
    ``(2) The amount a party may receive under this section may be set 
off against the amount of an award made under a statute described in 
paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for 
part IV of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 113 the following:

``114. Pretrial provisions..................................    1721''.

SEC. 4. PRIOR NOTICE AS A PREREQUISITE OF FILING A CIVIL ACTION IN THE 
              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 23 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 483. Prior notice of civil action
    ``(a)(1) No less than 30 days before filing a civil action in a 
court of the United States the claimant intending to file such action 
shall transmit written notice to any intended defendant of the specific 
claims involved, including the amount of actual damages and expenses 
incurred and expected to be incurred. The claimant shall transmit such 
notice to any intended defendant at an address reasonably expected to 
provide actual notice.
    ``(2) For purposes of this section, the term `transmit' means to 
mail by first class-mail, postage prepaid, or contract for delivery by 
any company which physically delivers correspondence as a commercial 
service to the public in its regular course of business.
    ``(3) The claimant shall at the time of filing a civil action, file 
in the court a certificate of service evidencing compliance with this 
subsection.
    ``(b) If the applicable statute of limitations for such action 
would expire during the period of notice required by subsection (a), 
the statute of limitations shall expire on the thirtieth day after the 
date on which written notice is transmitted to the intended defendant 
or defendants under subsection (a). The parties may by written 
agreement extend that 30-day period for an additional period of not to 
exceed 90 days.
    ``(c) The requirements of this section shall not apply--
            ``(1) in any action to seize or forfeit assets subject to 
        forfeiture or in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, 
        conservatorship, or liquidation proceeding;
            ``(2) if the assets that are the subject of the action or 
        would satisfy a judgment are subject to flight, dissipation, or 
        destruction, or if the defendant is subject to flight;
            ``(3) if a written notice prior to filing an action is 
        otherwise required by law, or the claimant has made a prior 
        attempt in writing to settle the claim with the defendant;
            ``(4) in proceedings to enforce a civil investigative 
        demand or an administrative summons;
            ``(5) in any action to foreclose a lien; or
            ``(6) in any action pertaining to a temporary restraining 
        order, preliminary injunctive relief, or the fraudulent 
        conveyance of property, or in any other type of action 
        involving exigent circumstances that compel immediate resort to 
        the courts.
    ``(d) If the district court finds that the requirements of 
subsection (a) have not been met by the claimant, and such defect is 
asserted by the defendant within 60 days after service of the summons 
or complaint upon such defendant, the claim shall be dismissed without 
prejudice and the costs of such action, including attorneys' fees, 
shall be imposed upon the claimant. Whenever an action is dismissed 
under this subsection, the claimant may refile such claim within 60 
days after dismissal regardless of any statutory limitations period 
if--
            ``(1) during the 60 days after dismissal, notice is 
        transmitted under subsection (a); and
            ``(2) the original action was timely filed in accordance 
        with subsection (b).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 23 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``483. Prior notice of civil action.''.

SEC. 5. CIVIL RIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT.

    (a) Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies.--Section 7 of the Civil 
Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In any action brought pursuant to section 1979 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States, by any adult convicted of a crime 
confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility, the court 
shall continue such case for a period not to exceed 180 days in order 
to require exhaustion of such plain, speedy, and effective 
administrative remedies as are available.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting immediately after ``(b)'' the 
                following:
    ``(1) Upon the request of a State or local corrections agency, the 
Attorney General of the United States shall provide the agency with 
technical advice and assistance in establishing plain, speedy, and 
effective administrative remedies for inmate grievances.''.
    (b) Proceedings in Forma Pauperis.--Section 1915(d) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) The court may request an attorney to represent any such 
person unable to employ counsel and may dismiss the case if the 
allegation of poverty is untrue, or if satisfied that the action fails 
to state a claim upon which relief can be granted or is frivolous or 
malicious.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. EXPERT WITNESSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 119 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1828 the following new section:
``Sec. 1829. Multiple expert witnesses
    ``In any civil action filed in a district court, the court shall 
not permit opinion evidence on the same issue from more than 1 expert 
witness for each party, except upon a showing of good cause.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 119 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1828 the following new section:

``1829. Multiple expert witnesses.''.

SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act or the amendments made by this Act or 
the application of any provision or amendment to any person or 
circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and such 
amendments and the application of such provision and amendments to any 
other person or circumstance shall not be affected by that 
invalidation.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall become effective 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. This Act shall not apply to any action or 
proceeding commenced before such effective date.
answer:

Civil Justice Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to entitle the prevailing party in a diversity action to attorney's fees only to the extent that such party prevails on any position or claim advanced during the action.  Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to study and report to the Congress on the caseloads of such diversity actions and the awarding of attorney's fees therein.  Repeals such entitlement five years after the enactment of this Act. 
Outlines provisions under which any party to a civil action filed in a district court may serve upon, and have accepted by, any adverse party a written offer to allow judgment to be entered for the money or property specified in the offer.  Requires such offer to be accepted by the adverse party within 14 days or to be considered withdrawn. 
Requires a claimant, at least 30 days before filing suit in a civil action brought in a U.S. district court, to transmit written notice to any intended defendant at an address reasonably calculated to provide actual notice.  Directs the claimant, at the commencement of the action, to file in such court a certificate of service evidencing compliance with such provision. Provides for a 30-day extension of any applicable statute of limitations that would expire during the period of such notice.  Makes such provision inapplicable under specified circumstances. 
Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to provide that, in actions brought by any adult convicted of a crime and confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility, the court shall continue such case for up to 180 days in order to require the exhaustion of remedies.  (Current law calls for a 90-day extension if the court believes it to be appropriate and in the interests of justice.) 
Requires the Attorney General, upon the request of a State or local correctional facility, to provide technical advice and assistance in establishing plain, speedy, and effective administrative remedies for inmate grievances. 
Prohibits the district court in a civil action from permitting opinion evidence on the same issue from more than one expert witness for each party, except upon a showing of good cause.