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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-25
FAIRNESS IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION ACT OF 2017
MARCH 7, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 985]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 985) to amend the procedures used in Federal court class ac-
tions and multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure fairer, more
efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 4
H earings ................................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 7
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 7
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 13
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 13
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 13
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 15
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 15
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 15
A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 15
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 16
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 38
D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 45
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