S 2419 · 97th Congress · Law

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, regarding venue, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1982-04-21· Sponsored by Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 558.(1982-05-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends Federal judicial procedure provisions relating to venue to provide that: (1) if proceedings have been instituted in two or more courts of appeals with respect to the same agency action and the first such proceeding was instituted more than five days before the second, the record shall be filed in that court in which the proceeding was first instituted; and (2) if the first such proceeding was not instituted more than five days before the institution of a later proceeding with respect to the same agency action and the agency has received written notice from the parties instituting each of these proceedings, the agency shall advise the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, with respect to the first proceeding and all proceedings instituted within five days after the first proceeding, that such multiple proceedings have been instituted and shall identify each court for which it has notice that such proceedings are pending. Directs the Administrative Office, pursuant to a system of random selection, to select the court in which the record shall be filed from those identified by the agency, in the situation where the first proceeding was not instituted more than five…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (18)

2 Democrats16 Republicans