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H.R.1852
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, James, Jr.(introduced 5/18/1999)
Related Bills: H.R.2112
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 See H.R.2112.
Title: 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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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
5/18/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
5/19/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
5/20/1999:
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
5/20/1999:
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
7/27/1999:
See H.R.2112.
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Rep Berman, Howard L. - 5/18/1999 Rep Coble, Howard - 5/18/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/18/1999--Introduced.

Multidistrict Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings to 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.