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H.R. 5562 (ih) To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial. [Introduced in House] ...
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5562
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case
is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict
litigation cases for trial.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Multidistrict Litigation Act of
2000''.
SEC. 2. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION.
Section 1407 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the third sentence of subsection (a), by inserting
``or ordered transferred to the transferee or other district
under subsection (i)'' after ``terminated''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any action transferred under
this section by the panel may be transferred for trial purposes, by the
judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was
assigned, to the transferee or other district in the interest of
justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.
``(2) Any action transferred for trial purposes under paragraph (1)
shall be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory
damages to the district court from which it was transferred, unless the
court to which the action has been transferred for trial purposes also
finds, for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the
interests of justice, that the action should be retained for the
determination of compensatory damages.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to any civil action
pending on or brought on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5562
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case
is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict
litigation cases for trial.
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