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115TH CONGRESS
1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPORT
115-17
INNOCENT PARTY PROTECTION ACT
FEBRUARY 24, 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. 725]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 725) to amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent fraud-
ulent joinder, having considered the same, reports favorably there-
on without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................
Background and Need for the Legislation .............................................................
Hearings ...................................................................................................................
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................
Com m ittee Votes ......................................................................................................
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ...............................................................................
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures .................................................
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ..........................................................
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .....................................................................
Perform ance Goals and Objectives .........................................................................
Advisory on Earm arks .............................................................................................
Section-by-Section Analysis ....................................................................................
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .....................................
Dissenting Views .....................................................................................................
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