HRES 180 · 115th Congress · Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend the procedures used in Federal court class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2017-03-08· Sponsored by Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(2017-03-09)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2017-03-09
Roll #139
Yea 233Nay 184
Democrats
0 Yea·184 Nay
Republicans
233 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2017-03-09
Roll #139
Yea 233Nay 184
Democrats
0 Yea·184 Nay
Republicans
233 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2017-03-09
Roll #138
Yea 233Nay 186
Democrats
0 Yea·186 Nay
Republicans
233 Yea·0 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend the procedures used in Federal court class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants.…

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