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| 102-hr-6185 | 102 | hr | 6185 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-30 | Pocket Vetoed by President. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 1 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Supreme Court to prescribe rules for appeal of interlocutory decisions to the courts of appeals. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a magistrate judge to: (1) revoke, modify, or reinstate (currently, revoke or reinstate) the probation of a defendant that such judge has sentenced; and (2) modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. Permits a district judge to designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge (including, in the case of revocation, a recommended sentence). Directs the magistrate judge to file his or her proposed findings and recommendations. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States, in the public interest, to designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon request by the chief judge or circuit justice of such circuit. (Current law makes no mention of the public interest and authorizes such action upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge or circuit justice of the circuit where the need arises.) Title II: Judicial Survivors' Annuities Improvements - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize judicial officials of the United States (officials) to elect to contribute 2.2 percent of their salary and 3.5 percent of their retirement salary (under current law, five percent of their salary) to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund. Requires an official who is not entitled to receive an immediate retirement salary upon leaving office but who is eligible to receive a deferred retirement salary at a later date… | 2025-08-26T15:14:50Z | |
| 102-s-3357 | 102 | s | 3357 | Punitive Damages Reform Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-10-06 | 1992-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Punitive Damages Reform Act of 1992 - Prohibits the award of punitive damages for any claim that arises under Federal law or that involves commerce within Federal jurisdiction, with respect to which a punitive fine is sought. Authorizes a court to assess a punitive fine with respect to a claim for which punitive damages were previously available, subject to the following requirements: (1) the plaintiff must plead that a punitive fine is sought; and (2) a prayer for such a fine shall be stricken prior to trial unless the plaintiff presents to the court, at least 30 days prior to trial, prima facie evidence sufficient to sustain the assessment of such a fine. Prohibits the assessment of a punitive fine unless: (1) the court finds that punishment and deterrence are warranted by the facts and circumstances of the case; (2) the plaintiff establishes by clear and convincing evidence that, relative to the act or omission on which the claim is based, the defendant (or, under specified circumstances, the defendant's agent) acted with malice; (3) the plaintiff establishes by clear and convincing evidence all other facts necessary to support the assessment of such a fine; and (4) economic damages, noneconomic damages, or a combination thereof, in excess of nominal damages, are awarded with respect to such claim. Requires: (1) the court to determine the liability of a defendant for a punitive fine unless the question of liability for punitive damages on a claim with respect to which the punitive fine is sought is one that was required to be referred to a jury prior to this Act's enactment, in which case the question shall be decided by a jury; and (2) any such jury to answer a special interrogatory as to whether the plaintiff has shown by clear and convincing evidence that the act or omission of the defendant on which the claim is based was performed with malice rather than being performed through mere negligence or gross negligence. Sets forth factors to be considered in determining the amount of a punitive fine to be as… | 2025-08-26T15:14:20Z | |
| 102-s-3317 | 102 | s | 3317 | A bill to amend the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to carry out research, and develop judicial training curricula, relating to child custody litigation. | Law | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize the use of Institute funds to conduct up to five projects to: (1) investigate and carry out research regarding State judicial decisions relating to child custody litigation involving domestic violence; (2) develop training curricula to assist State courts to develop an understanding of, and appropriate responses to, child custody litigation involving domestic violence; and (3) disseminate the results of such investigation and research and the curricula to State courts. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-3318 | 102 | s | 3318 | Battered Women's Testimony Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Battered Women's Testimony Act of 1992 - Directs the State Justice Institute to make grants to or enter into contracts with a single eligible entity to: (1) collect on a a nationwide basis and analyze information regarding the admissibility and quality of expert testimony on the experiences of battered women offered either as part of the defense or as part of the prosecution in criminal cases under State law and regarding sources of, and methods of obtaining, funds to pay costs incurred in providing such testimony, particular in cases in which the defendant or the prosecuting witness is an indigent woman; (2) develop training materials to assist battered women, operators of domestic violence shelters, advocates for battered women, and attorneys in using such testimony in appropriate cases and to assist individuals with expertise in the experiences of battered women in developing skills appropriate to providing such testimony; and (3) disseminate such information and training materials and provide related technical assistance to battered women, shelter operators, advocates, attorneys, and individuals providing testimony. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:01Z | |
| 102-s-3333 | 102 | s | 3333 | National Commission on Civil Justice Reform Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | National Commission on Civil Justice Reform Act of 1992 - Establishes the National Commission on Civil Justice Reform to: (1) solicit the views of a wide variety of individuals, businesses, and groups concerned about improving the fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the civil justice system in the United States; (2) evaluate the merits of current proposals to reform the system, including medical malpractice and product liability reform, and of emerging dispute resolution options to improve the system, including mediation and arbitration; (3) make legislative proposals for reforming the current system of litigating disputes in the Nation; and (4) prepare and submit to the Congress, the Chief Justice, and the President a report which includes legislative proposals in accordance with this Act. Sets forth provisions regarding membership, compensation, staff, powers, and termination of the Commission. Directs the Commission to submit to the Congress, the Chief Justice, and the President a report containing a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislative or administrative action as it considers appropriate. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T15:15:27Z | |
| 102-hr-6104 | 102 | hr | 6104 | To amend title 31, United States Code, to reduce the time period within which a member of the uniformed services or a Federal employee may make a claim against the Federal Government for losses to personal property incident to service when the personal property is in a commercial shipment or storage arranged or reimbursed by the Government. | Law | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1] | WA | R | M000736 | 0 | Amends Federal law to reduce from two years to one year the time period within which a member of the uniformed services or a Federal employee may make a claim against the Federal Government for losses of personal property incident to service when the personal property is in a commercial shipment or storage arranged or reimbursed by the Government. | 2021-06-02T15:12:33Z | |
| 102-sjres-345 | 102 | sjres | 345 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the Supreme Court or any inferior court of the United States from ordering the laying or increasing of taxes. | Law | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 13 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that neither the Supreme Court nor any inferior court of the United States shall have the power to instruct or order a State or political subdivision thereof, or an official of such State or political subdivision, to lay or increase taxes. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-5940 | 102 | hr | 5940 | Forfeiture Equity Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-09-15 | 1992-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. | House | Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | H000670 | 2 | Forfeiture Equity Act of 1992 - Requires the Attorney General to establish a system for paying State and local government sums in lieu of taxes which would be due on property civilly seized by the Attorney General if such property had not been seized. | 2025-08-26T15:14:01Z | |
| 102-hr-5933 | 102 | hr | 5933 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-09-14 | 1992-10-03 | Laid on the table. See S. 1569 for further action. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 1 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Supreme Court to prescribe rules for appeal of interlocutory decisions to the courts of appeals. Amends: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to require appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases arising under such Act to be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), subject to specified limitations; and (2) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to transfer all cases of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals to the Federal Circuit. Includes within the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit specified appeals under: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; (2) the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973; (3) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; and (4) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Abolishes the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and transfers any pending cases to the Federal Circuit. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a magistrate judge to: (1) revoke, modify, or reinstate (currently, revoke or reinstate) the probation of a defendant that such judge has sentenced; and (2) modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. Permits a district judge to designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge (including, in the case of revocation, a recommended sentence). Directs the magistrate judge to file his or her proposed findings and recommendations. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States, in the public interest, to designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon … | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-5811 | 102 | hr | 5811 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-08-11 | 1992-10-02 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 0 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 - Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court), consisting of a chief justice and six associate justices, with jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case or class of cases for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances described in this Act. Allows the Court to: (1) answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the case pending in the certifying court; and (2) order the certification of a question of law of another State to the highest court of such State. Provides for the temporary assignment of Court judges to and from other D.C. courts. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to the means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations to the District of Columbia for the establishment of the Court. Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts - Makes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, rather than the President, responsible for designating the chief justice or chief judge of a D.C. court. Directs the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to study and report to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia (for forwarding with any comments and recommendations to the Congress) on the feasibility of establishing a District of Columbia Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. | 2025-08-26T15:16:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5688 | 102 | hr | 5688 | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-07-23 | 1992-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-361. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 1 | Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the appointment of additional permanent bankruptcy judges for: (1) the districts of Arizona, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey; (2) the middle and southern district of Georgia; (3) the middle districts of Florida and Tennessee; (3) the central district of California; (4) the southern districts of Florida and New York; (5) the northern districts of Georgia and Texas; (6) the eastern districts of Pennsylvania and Virginia; and (7) the western district of Tennessee. Provides for the appointment of additional temporary bankruptcy judges for: (1) the northern district of Alabama; (2) the districts of Colorado, Delaware, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina; (3) the southern district of Illinois; (4) the western district of Texas; (5) the middle district of North Carolina; and (6) the eastern district of Tennessee. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to report to the Congress biennially on the continuing need for the bankruptcy judges authorized and any recommendations for the elimination of any authorized position when a vacancy exists. | 2021-09-25T05:34:27Z | |
| 102-hr-5597 | 102 | hr | 5597 | Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court Administration Act of 1991 | Law | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1] | RI | R | M000015 | 0 | Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court Administration Act of 1991 - Amends the Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 to remove the District of Rhode Island from the United States Trustee System until it elects to be included in the appropriate bankruptcy region or before October 1, 2002, whichever occurs earlier. | 2025-08-26T15:14:47Z | |
| 102-s-2869 | 102 | s | 2869 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-06-18 | 1992-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 0 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 - Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court), consisting of a chief justice and six associate justices, with jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case or class of cases for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances described in this Act. Allows the Court to: (1) answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the case pending in the certifying court; and (2) order the certification of a question of law of another State to the highest court of such State. Provides for the temporary assignment of Court judges to and from other D.C. courts. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to the means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations to the District of Columbia for the establishment of the Court. Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts - Makes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, rather than the President, responsible for designating the chief justice or chief judge of a D.C. court. Directs the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to study and report to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia (for forwarding with any comments and recommendations to the Congress) on the feasibility of establishing a District of Columbia Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. | 2025-08-26T15:15:23Z | |
| 102-s-2870 | 102 | s | 2870 | Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-06-18 | 1992-08-10 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 614. | Senate | Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH] | NH | R | R000497 | 34 | Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act (the Act) to: (1) authorize appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation for FY 1993 through 1997; (2) make Federal criminal laws against theft, fraud, and embezzlement applicable to Corporation funds; (3) make the Federal criminal statute against obstructing a Federal audit applicable with regard to auditors employed or retained by the Corporation; (4) make certain provisions of the False Claims Act applicable to the Corporation, any financial assistance recipient and other grantee or contractor of the Corporation (awardee), subgrantee or subcontractor of any such entity, or employee thereof (thus, giving the Attorney General the authority to bring a civil action against any person employed by or contracting with a recipient, subrecipient, grantee, or contractor who perpetuates a fraud with Corporation funds, but excluding from application to the Corporation and its recipients provisions which permit a private person to initiate a false claims action); and (5) specify that such provisions shall not be construed or interpreted to abrogate the authority of the Inspector General of the Corporation to carry out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978. Revises prohibitions on the use of Corporation funds for lobbying purposes to prohibit such use by any awardee: (1) to pay for publicity or propaganda intended or designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or State or local legislative bodies, or to influence any decision by a Federal, State, or local agency; (2) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone communication, letter, printed matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence; any decision by a Federal, State, or local agency, except when legal assistance is provided by an employee of an awardee of the Corporation to an eligible client on a particular matter which directly involves the client's legal rights or res… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5304 | 102 | hr | 5304 | Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act | Law | 1992-06-02 | 1992-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 2 | Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) facilitate enforcement of child support orders among the States; (2) discourage continuing interstate controversies over child support; and (3) avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict among State courts in the establishment of child support orders. Amends the Federal judicial code to declare that State authorities shall enforce any child support order according to its terms and shall not modify it, except in certain circumstances, if such order is made consistent with this Act by a court of another State. Confers continuing, exclusive jurisdiction upon the court of a State which has made a child support order consistent with the provisions of this Act, and which is either the child's State, or the State of one of the contestants. Grants a State court authority to modify a child support order made by the court of another State if: (1) it has jurisdiction to make such an order; and (2) the court of the other State no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction because it is no longer the child's State or the residence of any contestant, or each contestant has filed written consent for the State to modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of such order. Grants the court of a State which no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child support order authority to enforce it with respect to unsatisfied obligations which accrued before the date on which a modification was made by another State in accordance with this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-2785 | 102 | s | 2785 | False Claims Technical Amendment Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-05-21 | 1992-05-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | False Claims Technical Amendment Act of 1992 - Amends the False Claims Act to prohibit personal reward suits based on information obtained in the course or scope of government employment. | 2025-08-26T15:18:12Z | |
| 102-hconres-320 | 102 | hconres | 320 | Declaring the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution relating to compensation for Representatives and Senators. | Law | 1992-05-19 | 1992-05-21 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 0 | Declares that the proposed amendment to the Constitution providing that no law varying the compensation for Members of Congress shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, has been ratified by a sufficient number of States and has become a part of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sconres-120 | 102 | sconres | 120 | A concurrent resolution declaring an article of amendment to be the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-19 | 1992-05-21 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 9 | Declares a proposed article of amendment to the Constitution relating to the effective date of laws varying the compensation of Members of Congress to be valid as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. | 2021-06-02T15:41:28Z | |
| 102-sconres-121 | 102 | sconres | 121 | A concurrent resolution declaring the time for ratification to have lapsed for four proposed articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-19 | 1992-05-19 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Declares that the periods for ratification have lapsed for four proposed amendments to the Constitution relating to: (1) the size of the House of Representatives; (2) the acceptance of titles of nobility from foreign governments; (3) the protection of slavery from abolition by the Constitution and the Congress; and (4) the regulation of child labor. Declares that such amendments are no longer subject to ratification as part of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sres-298 | 102 | sres | 298 | A resolution declaring an article of amendment to be the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-19 | 1992-05-21 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 9 | Declares a proposed article of amendment to the Constitution relating to the effective date of laws varying the compensation of Members of Congress to be valid as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. | 2021-06-02T15:42:18Z | |
| 102-sconres-119 | 102 | sconres | 119 | A concurrent resolution to state the finding of Congress that the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to compensation for Members of Congress has been duly ratified, and for other purposes. | Law | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-14 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | States the finding of the Congress that: (1) the proposed Constitutional amendment, relating to the prohibition against varying the compensation of Members of Congress until an intervening election of Representatives, has been duly ratified; (2) the Archivist has stated that he shall publish such amendment as part of the Constitution; and (3) the Congress shall enact all laws relating to compensation of Members of Congress pursuant to such amendment. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hconres-319 | 102 | hconres | 319 | Declaring that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the altering of compensation of Senators and Representatives without an intervening election of Representatives, is valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Erdreich, Ben [D-AL-6] | AL | D | E000201 | 2 | Declares the proposed amendment to the Constitution that prohibits the alteration of the compensation of Members of Congress until an election of Representatives has intervened to be valid and a part of the Constitution. | 2021-06-02T13:57:23Z | |
| 102-sconres-117 | 102 | sconres | 117 | A concurrent resolution declaring an article of amendment to be part of the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Declares the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution, providing that no law varying the compensation for the services of Members of Congress shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, to be part of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sconres-118 | 102 | sconres | 118 | A concurrent resolution declaring the ratification of the twenty-seventh Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 15 | Declares the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution, providing that no law varying the compensation for the services of Members of Congress shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, to be part of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sjres-299 | 102 | sjres | 299 | A joint resolution to state the finding of Congress that the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to compensation for Members of Congress has been duly ratified, and for other purposes. | Law | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 0 | States the finding to the Congress that the proposed amendment to the Constitution (relating to the prohibition to vary the compensation of Members of Congress until an intervening election of Representatives) has been duly ratified. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sres-295 | 102 | sres | 295 | A resolution requesting the Archivist of the United States to report to the Senate on ratification by the States of proposed constitutional amendment. | Law | 1992-05-12 | 1992-05-12 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 2 | Requests the Archivist to communicate to the Senate a list of the States whose legislatures have ratified the proposed amendment to the Constitution on the effective date of laws varying the compensation of Members of Congress, along with copies of all the resolutions of ratification he or she receives. | 2021-06-02T15:14:47Z | |
| 102-hconres-317 | 102 | hconres | 317 | Declaring the ratification of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 1992-05-11 | 1992-05-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 38 | Declares the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution, providing that no law varying the compensation for the services of Members of Congress shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, to be part of the Constitution. | 2021-06-02T13:57:23Z | |
| 102-hr-5113 | 102 | hr | 5113 | To abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals. | Law | 1992-05-07 | 1992-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Luken, Charles [D-OH-1] | OH | D | L000507 | 8 | Amends the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals (TECA). Specifies that appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases and controversies arising under such Act may be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the appeal is from a final decision of the district court or is an interlocutory appeal permitted under the Federal judicial code. Amends: (1) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to substitute the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for TECA with respect to judicial review of emergency orders under such Act; and (2) the Federal judicial code to grant such Court exclusive jurisdiction over appeals under specified provisions of such Act, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Provides for the handling of cases pending before TECA. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-sconres-114 | 102 | sconres | 114 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which varies compensation of Members of Congress until after the next election of Representatives. | Law | 1992-05-06 | 1992-05-06 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] | OK | R | N000102 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that at least one of the remaining 13 States should ratify the proposed second amendment to the Constitution which would delay the effect of any law which varies the compensation of Members of Congress until the next election of Representatives (these States are California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington). | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-4912 | 102 | hr | 4912 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to remove from the district courts jurisdiction over actions to determine questions regarding inmate capacity at State penal and correctional institutions. | Law | 1992-04-09 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] | TX | D | G000134 | 9 | Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that the district courts shall not have jurisdiction over any action to determine questions regarding the inmate capacity of any State penal or correctional institution. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-s-2521 | 102 | s | 2521 | Court of Federal Claims Technical and Procedural Improvements Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-04-02 | 1992-04-29 | Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-1087. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 0 | Court of Federal Claims Technical and Procedural Improvements Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to change the name of the U.S. Claims Court to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Claims Court). Specifies that: (1) if a judge of such court is not reappointed, such judge may continue in office until a successor is appointed and takes office; (2) the annuity of a Claims Court judge on senior status after age 65 shall be comparable to that of other senior status Federal trial judges insofar as social security taxes and payments are concerned; and (3) Claims Court judges are judicial officers eligible for coverage under specified annuity and insurance programs. Extends to Claims Court judges the same treatment afforded to other Federal trial judges with respect to earned military retirement pay. Makes technical and conforming amendments regarding the recall of a senior Claims Court judge. Authorizes: (1) Claims Court judges to hire the same number of law clerks as U.S. district court judges; (2) the Claims Court to hold court throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions (currently, court may only be held in the District of Columbia (DC) and in four locations outside DC); and (3) the chief judge of the Claims Court to issue an order authorizing a judge of such court to conduct proceedings in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such proceedings. Directs that the facilities of the Federal courts, as well as other comparable facilities administered by the General Services Administration, be made available for proceedings outside DC. Provides the Claims Court with declaratory judgment jurisdiction. Extends ancillary jurisdiction to a tort claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act when such claim is related to an action otherwise within the court's subject matter jurisdiction. Repeals a provision denying the Claims Court jurisdiction with respect to claims pending in other courts. Makes certification of claims under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 non-jurisdictional. Makes ap… | 2025-08-26T15:16:10Z | |
| 102-hr-4721 | 102 | hr | 4721 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-04-01 | 1992-08-11 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 0 | District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1992 - Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court) consisting of a chief justice and six associate justices with jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case or class of cases for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances described in this Act. Allows the Court to: (1) answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the case pending in the certifying court; and (2) order the certification of a question of law of another State to the highest court of such State. Provides for the temporary assignment of Court judges to and from other D.C. courts. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to the means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations to the District of Columbia for the establishment of the Court. Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts - Makes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, rather than the President, responsible for designating the chief justice or chief judge of a D.C. court. Directs the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to study and report to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia (Joint Committee), for forwarding with any comments and recommendations to the Congress, on the feasibility of establishing a District of Columbia Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Title III: Judicial … | 2025-08-26T15:15:07Z | |
| 102-s-2502 | 102 | s | 2502 | Attorney Accountability Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-03-31 | 1992-04-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Attorney Accountability Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require the Federal courts to award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing defendant after the entry of a final judgment in any civil action, except where to do so would be against equity and good conscience. Authorizes the court, in an action involving multiple parties, to apportion the payment of such fees. Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to class action suits. Provides that in any case in which such fees are awarded and: (1) the court finds that the attorney for a plaintiff has violated rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (signing of papers; sanctions), the court shall reimburse the plaintiff for the amount awarded; and (2) the attorney for the plaintiff has a contingency fee agreement with the plaintiff, the court shall order the attorney to pay a portion of the fees awarded to the defendant under this Act equal to the amount of the total fees awarded multiplied by the contingency fee percentage under such agreement. Specifies that such provisions shall preempt any other Federal law relating to attorney fees to the extent such law is inconsistent with this Act. | 2025-08-26T15:17:28Z | |
| 102-hr-4611 | 102 | hr | 4611 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to include Members of Congress among the officers and employees of the Government with respect to whom independent counsel would be appointed in certain circumstances. | Law | 1992-03-26 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 29 | Amends the Federal judicial code to include Members of Congress among the Government officials with respect to whom independent counsel provisions apply. | 2021-06-02T14:51:10Z | |
| 102-hr-4563 | 102 | hr | 4563 | False Claims Amendments Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-03-25 | 1992-08-12 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] | CA | D | B000410 | 0 | False Claims Amendments Act of 1992 - Amends the False Claims Act to permit the Federal Government to obtain the dismissal of a qui tam action if: (1) the person bringing the action learned of the information that underlies the alleged violation in the course of the person's employment by the Government; (2) such person, before bringing the action, did not disclose in writing substantially all material evidence and information that relates to the alleged violation to the agency Inspector General or (where the agency has no Inspector General) the Attorney General; and (3) the Attorney General has not filed an action based on such information. Permits the Government to seek one 12-month extension of the 12-month waiting period upon a showing that the additional period is necessary for the Government to decide whether or not to file a false claims suit. Allows a court to consider such a motion in camera. Eliminates the limitation on qui tam awards. Recasts the categories of lawsuits that are jurisdictionally barred. Excludes from False Claims Act coverage certain violations under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Provides that whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act shall be governed by the same standard that generally applies to Federal employees under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. Establishes the applicability of various provisions of this Act and amendments to the False Claims Act enacted in 1986 and 1988. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-2283 | 102 | s | 2283 | State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-02-27 | 1992-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 1 | State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 1992 - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to: (1) authorize appropriations through FY 1996 to carry out the activities of the State Justice Institute; and (2) restrict Institute grants and cooperative agreements to State or local governments (currently authorized for Federal, State, or local governments) other than a court. | 2025-08-26T15:13:43Z | |
| 102-hr-4321 | 102 | hr | 4321 | To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act relating to judicial review of a denial of a claim under that Act. | Law | 1992-02-26 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1] | UT | R | H000172 | 0 | Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to permit an individual whose claim for compensation is denied to seek judicial review in an appropriate U.S. district court. Requires the court to: (1) review the denial based solely on the administrative record; and (2) hold unlawful and set aside such denial if it is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law. | 2021-06-02T14:48:42Z | |
| 102-hr-4225 | 102 | hr | 4225 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the residency requirement for United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys. | Law | 1992-02-14 | 1992-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to allow each: (1) U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, or the Eastern District of New York to reside within 50 (currently, 20) miles of the district for which he or she is appointed; and (2) assistant U.S. attorney for any district to reside within 50 miles of that district. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-4155 | 102 | hr | 4155 | Access to Justice Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-02-04 | 1992-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-21] | NY | R | F000141 | 25 | Access to Justice Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that, in determining whether a matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $50,000 for purposes of Federal diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, the amount of damages for pain and suffering or mental anguish, punitive or exemplary damages, and attorney fees or costs shall not be included. Provides that on February 1 of each year the threshold amount for diversity jurisdiction (currently, $50,000) shall be adjusted to the nearest thousand dollars to reflect change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Entitles the prevailing party in a diversity action to attorney fees only to the extent that such party prevails on any position or claim advanced during the action. Specifies that such fees shall be paid by the nonprevailing party up to the amount of such fees of the nonprevailing party or, if the nonprevailing party receives services under a contingent fee agreement, the reasonable value of such services. Requires the counsel of record in any such action, in order to receive attorney fees, to maintain accurate, complete records of hours worked on the matter regardless of the fee arrangement. Authorizes the court to limit fees recovered to the extent that it finds special circumstances that make payment of such fees unjust. Makes provisions of this Act (with respect to attorney fees in diversity cases) inapplicable to actions removed from State court or in which the United States, any State, or any agency, officer, or employee thereof is a party. Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act to bar the award of attorney fees in excess of $75 per hour unless the court determines that an increase in the cost of living, as reflected by the change in the CPI-U (currently, unless the court determines that such an increase, or a special factor, such as the limited availability of qualified attorneys for the proceedings involved) justifies a higher fee. Sets forth provisions for the calculation of such cost of living adjust… | 2025-08-26T15:15:02Z | |
| 102-s-2180 | 102 | s | 2180 | Access to Justice Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-02-04 | 1992-03-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 11 | Access to Justice Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that, in determining whether a matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $50,000 for purposes of Federal diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, the amount of damages for pain and suffering or mental anguish, punitive or exemplary damages, and attorney fees or costs shall not be included. Provides that on February 1 of each year the threshold amount for diversity jurisdiction (currently, $50,000) shall be adjusted to the nearest thousand dollars to reflect change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Entitles the prevailing party in a diversity action to attorney fees only to the extent that such party prevails on any position or claim advanced during the action. Specifies that such fees shall be paid by the nonprevailing party up to the amount of such fees of the nonprevailing party or, if the nonprevailing party receives services under a contingent fee agreement, the reasonable value of such services. Requires the counsel of record in any such action, in order to receive attorney fees, to maintain accurate, complete records of hours worked on the matter regardless of the fee arrangement. Authorizes the court to limit fees recovered to the extent that it finds special circumstances that make payment of such fees unjust. Makes provisions of this Act (with respect to attorney fees in diversity cases) inapplicable to actions removed from State court or in which the United States, any State, or any agency, officer, or employee thereof is a party. Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act to bar the award of attorney fees in excess of $75 per hour unless the court determines that an increase in the cost of living, as reflected by the change in the CPI-U (currently, unless the court determines that such an increase, or a special factor, such as the limited availability of qualified attorneys for the proceedings involved) justifies a higher fee. Sets forth provisions for the calculation of such cost of living adjustm… | 2025-08-26T15:14:34Z | |
| 102-hr-4144 | 102 | hr | 4144 | State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-01-30 | 1992-02-20 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 7 | State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 1992 - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to: (1) authorize appropriations through FY 1996 to carry out the activities of the State Justice Institute; and (2) restrict Institute grants and cooperative agreements to State or local governments (currently authorized for Federal, State, or local governments) other than a court. | 2025-08-26T15:15:12Z | |
| 102-sjres-244 | 102 | sjres | 244 | A joint resolution to recognize and honor the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on its Centennial for its contribution to a strong federal system of government. | Law | 1992-01-30 | 1992-03-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] | WY | R | S000429 | 54 | Recognizes and commemorates the centennial of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Requests the President to issue a proclamation observing the centennial from January 1 through December 31, 1992. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-4096 | 102 | hr | 4096 | District of Columbia Justice Reform Act of 1992 | Law | 1992-01-22 | 1992-09-29 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | District of Columbia Justice Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the maximum amount in controversy permitted for cases under the jurisdiction of the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the Superior Court. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 102-hconres-255 | 102 | hconres | 255 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States, in order to expedite the dispute settlement process for grandparent visitation privileges, are encouraged to adopt uniform visitation rights laws, modeled after a federally commissioned American Bar Association report. | Law | 1991-11-26 | 1992-07-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Santorum, Rick [R-PA-18] | PA | R | S000059 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that States refer to the following guidelines (developed by a specified federally-funded project of the American Bar Association) to expedite the resolution of grandparents' visitation disputes: (1) attorneys, court personnel, and other professionals should be encouraged to refer persons involved in such disputes to mediation services and such services should strive to develop agreements between the disputants regarding visitation, to reduce acrimony between the parties, and to minimize trauma for the child involved; (2) judges presiding in such cases should be encouraged to refer parties to mediation; and (3) State legislators should enumerate specific factors for courts to consider in determining whether grandparent visitation is in a child's best interest. | 2021-06-02T13:56:59Z | |
| 102-hr-3964 | 102 | hr | 3964 | To amend chapters 85 and 87 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action challenging an award of a defense procurement contract in an amount in excess of $25,000,000, and for other purposes. | Law | 1991-11-26 | 1992-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction, and exclusive venue, over any civil action challenging the award of a defense procurement contract in an amount in excess of $25,000. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-s-2054 | 102 | s | 2054 | A bill to confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court with respect to land claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe. | Law | 1991-11-26 | 1992-01-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Confers jurisdiction upon the U.S. Claims Court to hear and render judgment on land claims by the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe of New Mexico against the United States. Authorizes such Court to award: (1) interest accrued from the date such lands were acquired by the United States; and (2) cost of suit and reasonable attorney's fees to any prevailing party, other than the United States. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) jurisdictional limitations; (2) exhaustion of administrative remedies (not required); and (3) standards for determining reasonable attorney's fees. Specifies that any award made to other Indian tribes with respect to lands subject to such claims shall not be considered a defense, estoppel, or set-off to such claim or otherwise affect relief stemming from such claim. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hres-290 | 102 | hres | 290 | Urging the President to proclaim Sunday, December 15, 1991, as a National Day of Thanksgiving for the Bill of Rights and for the contributions of Patrick Henry to the Bill of Rights. | Law | 1991-11-20 | 1991-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 0 | Declares that the House of Representatives urges the President to proclaim Sunday, December 15, 1991, as a day to offer thanksgiving for the Bill of Rights, and to honor that noble patriot and statesman, Patrick Henry, for his monumental effort to obtain these rights for all Americans. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hjres-375 | 102 | hjres | 375 | Recognizing December 15, 1991, as the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights. | Law | 1991-11-18 | 1991-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 30 | Recognizes December 15, 1991, as the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-hr-3795 | 102 | hr | 3795 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 3 divisions in the Central Judicial District of California. | Law | 1991-11-18 | 1992-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 102-357. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 3 | Divides the Central Judicial District of California into three divisions: (1) the Eastern Division comprising the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino, the court for which shall be held in the city of Riverside, the city of San Bernardino, or within five miles from the boundary of either city; (2) the Western Division comprising the counties of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, the court for which shall be held at Los Angeles; and (3) the Southern District comprising Orange County, the court for which shall be held at Santa Ana. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-3803 | 102 | hr | 3803 | Federal Court Settlements Sunshine Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-11-18 | 1992-09-10 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 25 | Federal Court Settlements Sunshine Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require public disclosure of settlements of civil actions to which the United States is a party, with exceptions. | 2025-08-26T15:14:11Z | |
| 102-s-1979 | 102 | s | 1979 | Lawsuit Reform Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-11-15 | 1992-01-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 1 | Lawsuit Reform Act of 1991 - Sets forth uniform national standards regarding liability in tort actions. Preempts and supersedes inconsistent Federal and State laws. Provides for an award of costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party, with an exception and certain limitations. Provides that all claims which are subject to the provisions of this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility, unless persons acting in concert caused the injury or damage. Declares that it shall be a complete defense to any civil action under this Act if: (1) the claimant was intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or any drug; and (2) as a result of such intoxication or influence, the claimant was more than 50 percent responsible for causing the accident which resulted in his harm. Requires the attorneys to advise each party of the existence and availability of alternative dispute resolution options and to file notice with the court certifying that the clients were so advised. Requires that damage awards be reduced by any amount received as workers' compensation benefits where the employer or the insurance carrier does not have a lien against the claimant's recovery in a separate action. Prohibits a non-natural person from bringing a civil action for deprivation of rights, except that an entity whose primary purpose is to protect constitutional rights may bring such action to protect any such right. Limits the awarding of damages against a local government. | 2025-08-26T15:14:10Z | |
| 102-hr-3771 | 102 | hr | 3771 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 2 divisions in the Central Judicial District of California. | Law | 1991-11-14 | 1991-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 3 | Divides the Central Judicial District of California into three divisions: (1) the Eastern Division comprising the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino, the court for which shall be held in the city of Riverside, the city of San Bernardino, or within five miles from the boundary of either city; (2) the Western Division comprising the counties of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, the court for which shall be held at Los Angeles; and (3) the Southern District comprising Orange County, the court for which shall be held at Santa Ana. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-3772 | 102 | hr | 3772 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of an additional place of holding court in the Central Judicial District of California. | Law | 1991-11-14 | 1991-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 3 | Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the establishment of an additional place of holding court in the Central Judicial District of California within five miles of either Riverside or San Bernadino, California. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-s-1969 | 102 | s | 1969 | A bill to provide for a 6-month extension of the commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. | Law | 1991-11-14 | 1991-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends Federal law to extend from December 31, 1991, through June 30, 1992, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3728 | 102 | hr | 3728 | To provide for a 6-month extension of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. | Law | 1991-11-07 | 1991-12-03 | Became Public Law No: 102-181. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] | IL | R | C000873 | 7 | Amends Federal law to extend from December 31, 1991, through June 30, 1992, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3686 | 102 | hr | 3686 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to make changes in the places of holding court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. | Law | 1991-10-31 | 1992-04-21 | Became Public Law No: 102-272. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to change the places of holding court in the Eastern District of North Carolina to exclude Clinton and Washington and to include Greenville, North Carolina. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3666 | 102 | hr | 3666 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional place of holding court for the Eastern District of Texas. | Law | 1991-10-30 | 1992-01-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | House | Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] | TX | D | B000880 | 1 | Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for an additional place of holding court for the Eastern District of Texas in Plano, Texas. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1837 | 102 | s | 1837 | A bill to repeal a provision of Federal tort claim law relating to contractor liability for injury or loss of property arising out of atomic weapons testing programs, and for other purposes. | Law | 1991-10-17 | 1991-10-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to repeal provisions allowing actions against the United States for liability of Federal contractors for injury, death, or loss of property arising out of atomic weapons testing programs. Provides that the period beginning on October 19, 1984, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act shall not be taken into account in computing the authorized Federal or State statute-of-limitations period for such actions. Provides certain other extensions of such actions under applicable Federal law. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sres-194 | 102 | sres | 194 | A resolution relative to appointments to the United States Supreme Court. | Law | 1991-10-15 | 1991-10-15 | Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President, in determining whom to name to any future Supreme Court vacancies, should keep philosophical balance in mind; and (2) before a name is submitted to the Senate there should be informal, bipartisan consultation with some Members of the Senate on who is to be named to such court. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1818 | 102 | s | 1818 | A bill to permit certain justices and judges to retire to senior service, at reduced pay, upon attaining the age of seventy. | Law | 1991-10-08 | 1991-10-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Permits justices and judges who have completed at least five, but less than ten, years of service, and who meet specified other requirements, to retire in senior status, at reduced pay, upon reaching age 70. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3463 | 102 | hr | 3463 | Sexual Violence and Child Abuse Victims Rights Act | Law | 1991-10-01 | 1992-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 13 | Sexual Violence and Child Abuse Victims Rights Act - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to permit: (1) evidence of similar crimes committed by the defendant in a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of sexual assault or child molestation; and (2) evidence of similar offenses in a civil case predicated on a party's alleged sexual assault or child molestation offense. | 2025-08-26T15:13:33Z | |
| 102-hr-3375 | 102 | hr | 3375 | Consumer Price Reduction Act | Law | 1991-09-24 | 1991-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 7 | Consumer Price Reduction Act - Requires, in product liability actions, application of the law of: (1) the State in which the product was first sold to a retail purchaser in actions against the manufacturer; and (2) the State in which the product was first sold to a retail purchaser in actions against the seller. Requires punitive damages awarded in product liability actions governed by those rules to be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund established by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Requires costs and attorney's fees to be awarded to the prevailing party. | 2025-08-26T15:18:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3318 | 102 | hr | 3318 | Maritime Comparative Responsibility Act | Law | 1991-09-12 | 1992-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] | MD | R | B000392 | 0 | Maritime Comparative Responsibility Act - Provides that, in any action for personal injury, death, or both, arising out of a maritime tort which occurs on or after the date of enactment of this Act: (1) any contributory fault chargeable to a claimant shall diminish proportionately the amount awarded as compensatory damages for an injury attributable to the claimant's contributory fault but shall not bar recovery; and (2) legal causation requirements shall apply both to fault as the basis for liability and to contributory fault. Requires the court, in an action involving fault of more than one party to the action (unless otherwise agreed by all parties), to instruct the jury to answer special interrogatories (or if there is no jury, to make findings) indicating: (1) the amount of damages each claimant would be entitled to recover if contributory fault is disregarded; (2) the percentage in which the contributory fault, if any, of each claimant has contributed to causing that claimant's injury; and (3) the proportionate relationship of the fault of each of the other parties to each claim. (Authorizes the court, for this purpose, to determine that two or more persons be treated as a single party.) Directs: (1) the trier of fact, in determining the proportionate degree of fault, to consider both the nature of the conduct of each party at fault and the extent of the causal relation between the conduct and the damages claimed; and (2) the court to determine the award of damages to each claimant in accordance with the findings, subject to any reduction under this Act, and to enter judgment jointly and severally against each party liable (and to determine and state in the judgment each party's share of the judgment of each claimant according to their respective proportionate fault). Requires the court, upon motion made within one year after judgment is entered, to: (1) determine whether all or part of a party's share of a judgment is uncollectible from that party; and (2) reallocate any uncollectible amount among the … | 2025-08-26T15:16:45Z | |
| 102-s-1705 | 102 | s | 1705 | A bill to resolve claims of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana arising out of a judgment fund distribution. | Law | 1991-09-12 | 1991-10-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 0 | Grants the U.S. District Court for Montana jurisdiction to receive, hear, determine, and render judgment on any claim of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Montana arising out of, or in connection with, the judgment fund distributed to the tribes by Federal law. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3206 | 102 | hr | 3206 | To prohibit the award of costs (including attorney's fees) against a judicial officer for acts or omissions occurring in a judicial capacity. | Law | 1991-08-02 | 1992-10-06 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 3 | Prohibits the award of costs, including attorney's fees, against a judge or judicial officer who would be immune from actions for damages arising out of the same act or omission about which the complaint is made in the action or proceeding. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-3226 | 102 | hr | 3226 | To require reports relating to certain contributions received for the purpose of supporting or defeating the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee by the Senate. | Law | 1991-08-02 | 1991-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 9 | Requires each person who receives contributions totaling $5,000 for the purpose of supporting or defeating the confirmation by the Senate of a nominee for the office of justice of the Supreme Court to file reports (in addition to any report required under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (FRLA)) with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mandates that such reports: (1) be filed with respect to each incremental total of $5,000 of contributions received, and of expenditures made, by the person filing the report; (2) be filed not later than five days after the applicable incremental total is attained; and (3) contain the name, address, description of occupation or business, amount, and other identifying information relating to any contribution (or expenditure) of $100 or more received (or made) by such person. Directs the Clerk to apply the principles and procedures applicable to contributions and expenditures under the FRLA. Provides for fines, imprisonment of not more than five years, or both for violations of this Act. | 2021-06-02T14:39:18Z | |
| 102-s-1686 | 102 | s | 1686 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-08-02 | 1991-08-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 8 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1991 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of the States of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada and Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, consisting of 19 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the Twelfth Circuit, composed of the States of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of nine judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle. | 2025-08-26T15:16:42Z | |
| 102-hconres-194 | 102 | hconres | 194 | Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States delaying the effect of any law which varies the compensation of Members of Congress until after the next election of Representatives. | Law | 1991-08-01 | 1992-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 59 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that at least three of the remaining 15 States should ratify the proposed second amendment to the Constitution which would delay the effect of any law which varies the compensation of Members of Congress until the next election of Representatives (these States are Alabama, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington). | 2021-06-02T13:56:40Z | |
| 102-hr-3125 | 102 | hr | 3125 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish a new judicial district in California to be comprised of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. | Law | 1991-07-31 | 1991-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | D000044 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to add a new judicial district in California to be comprised of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. Provides that court for the new Western District shall be held in Santa Ana and at a site that jointly serves Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Provides that any district judge of the Central District of California whose official duty station is in Orange, Riverside, or San Bernardino County on the day before the effective date of this Act shall be a district judge of the Western District. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Western District. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-3116 | 102 | hr | 3116 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge for the Western Judicial District of Tennessee. | Law | 1991-07-30 | 1991-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] | TN | D | T000038 | 2 | Amends the judicial code to provide for the appointment of one additional bankruptcy judge for the Western District of Tennessee. | 2021-06-02T14:38:47Z | |
| 102-s-1569 | 102 | s | 1569 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 | Law | 1991-07-26 | 1992-10-29 | Became Public Law No: 102-572. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 2 | Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Supreme Court to prescribe rules for appeal of interlocutory decisions to the courts of appeals. Amends: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to require appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases arising under such Act to be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), subject to specified limitations; and (2) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to transfer all cases of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals to the Federal Circuit. Includes within the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit specified appeals under: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; (2) the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973; (3) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; and (4) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Abolishes the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and transfers any pending cases to the Federal Circuit. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a magistrate judge to: (1) revoke, modify, or reinstate (currently, revoke or reinstate) the probation of a defendant that such judge has sentenced; and (2) modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. Permits a district judge to designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge (including, in the case of revocation, a recommended sentence). Directs the magistrate judge to file his or her proposed findings and recommendations. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States, in the public interest, to designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon … | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-3009 | 102 | hr | 3009 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 2 divisions in the Central Judicial District of California. | Law | 1991-07-24 | 1991-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 3 | Divides the Central Judicial District of California into two divisions: (1) the Eastern Division comprising the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino, the court for which shall be held in the city of Riverside, the city of San Bernardino, or within five miles from the boundary of either city; and (2) the Western Division comprising the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, the court for which shall be held at Los Angeles and Santa Ana. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-2997 | 102 | hr | 2997 | To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of one additional bankruptcy judge for the district of Colorado. | Law | 1991-07-23 | 1991-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 5 | Amends the Federal judicial code to increase the number of bankruptcy judgeships in the district of Colorado. | 2021-06-02T14:37:58Z | |
| 102-s-1521 | 102 | s | 1521 | Pornography Victims' Compensation Act of 1992 | Law | 1991-07-22 | 1992-08-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 15 | Pornography Victims' Compensation Act of 1992 - Authorizes a victim of a sex offense or a guardian, immediate family member, or estate of such a victim to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court or State court against a producer, distributor, exhibitor, renter, or seller of obscene material or child pornography that affects interstate or foreign commerce to recover damages suffered as a result of the sex offense. Directs that any such action in which it is alleged that exposure of the sex offender to the material was a substantial cause of the commission of a sex offense, be brought in a court sitting in the Federal judicial district in which the material or pornography was exhibited, rented, or sold to the offender, and not be transferred to a court in any other district. Requires the plaintiff, in order to recover in a civil action brought under this Act, to prove by a preponderance of evidence (with exceptions) that: (1) the victim was a victim of a sex offense for which the offender was convicted (or, if the offender was not convicted and is deceased, the plaintiff must establish beyond a reasonable doubt in the civil action that the sexual offense was committed by the offender against the victim); (2) exposure of the offender to the material or pornography was a substantial cause of the offense; (3) the defendant is: (a) a producer or distributor of material that was produced or distributed by the defendant after the date of enactment of this Act and that was exhibited, rented, or sold to the offender; (b) an exhibitor, renter, or seller of the material that exhibited, rented, or sold the material to the offender after such date; (c) a producer or distributor of pornography that was produced or distributed by the defendant after May 21, 1984, and was exhibited, rented, or sold to the offender; or (d) an exhibitor, renter, or seller of child pornography that exhibited, rented, or sold child pornography to the offender after May 21, 1984; (4) the defendant was convicted of a violation of Federal, State… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1494 | 102 | s | 1494 | Federal Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-07-18 | 1991-08-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 0 | Federal Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1991 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Establishes an intercircuit conflict resolution demonstration program under which the Supreme Court may issue an order of reference with regard to a matter as to which the lower courts are in disagreement. Directs the Clerk of the Supreme Court, in such event, to select at random a court of appeals to hear the case for a decision en banc (which decision shall be final, subject to discretionary review by the Supreme Court within 30 days). Authorizes the Supreme Court to issue temporary rules supplemental to its own rules and to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure governing the procedure in the Supreme Court and the courts of appeals in cases referred under this Act. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to establish a committee to monitor and evaluate, and to report to the Congress and the Judicial Conference on, the operation and effect of this title. Requires each committee of the Congress to include with any bill or resolution reported from such committee to the Senate or House of Representatives a judicial impact statement that represents that specified issues have been considered, including: (1) whether a private cause of action is contemplated; (2) the definition of key terms; (3) the types of relief available; (4) whether retroactive applicability is intended; and (5) the viability of private arbitration and other dispute resolution agreements under enactment and relief provisions. Requires each Member of the Congress, to the greatest extent practicable, to consider such issues for any bill or resolution introduced and any amendment proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. Mandates that all submissions of budget requests and information related to the formulation of the budget submitted by the President for the Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit be made to the Office of Management and Budget through… | 2025-08-26T15:18:26Z | |
| 102-s-1487 | 102 | s | 1487 | A bill to amend section 97 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for Federal district court to be held in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. | Law | 1991-07-17 | 1991-08-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | Provides that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky shall be held in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in addition to those places currently provided by law. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1437 | 102 | s | 1437 | A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to preclude the application of sovereign immunity in certain circumstances where a foreign state has taken property in violation of international law outside its territory. | Law | 1991-07-09 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to preclude the application of soverign immunity in cases in which rights in property taken in violation of international law are at issue and property was taken from within the boundaries of another foreign state and the foreign state (or agency of instrumentality thereof) taking the property owns or operates property in the United States in connection with a commercial activity. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1427 | 102 | s | 1427 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge. | Law | 1991-06-28 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH] | NH | R | R000497 | 1 | Amends the judicial code to provide for the appointment of one additional bankruptcy judge for the district of New Hampshire. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-2783 | 102 | hr | 2783 | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the feasibility and desirability of resolving medical malpractice claims in the same manner provided for resolving workmen's compensation claims. | Law | 1991-06-26 | 1992-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study and report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability of developing and implementing a system for the resolution of medical malpractice claims filed in State or Federal courts under which such claims would be resolved in the same manner provided under State law for the resolution of workmen's compensation claims. | 2021-06-02T14:35:44Z | |
| 102-s-1375 | 102 | s | 1375 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges in Pennsylvania. | Law | 1991-06-25 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Provides for the appointment of two additional bankruptcy judges for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1356 | 102 | s | 1356 | A bill to amend section 104(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, to designate Tupelo, Mississippi, as an authorized site for holding Federal court. | Law | 1991-06-24 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to designate Tupelo, Mississippi, as an authorized site for holding Federal court. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-2701 | 102 | hr | 2701 | Professionals' Liability Reform Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-06-20 | 1991-07-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 6 | Professionals' Liability Reform Act of 1991 - Establishes certain limitations and procedures regarding professional liability actions. Preempts certain State laws. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit any State from developing or implementing alternative procedures for: (1) expediting the adjudication of professional liability claims; (2) resolving professional liability disputes; or (3) compensating for harm caused by professional services. Requires professional liability actions to be brought within three years after the claimant discovered, or should have discovered, the harm. Requires the claimant, in any professional liability action, to establish: (1) that the professional negligently rendered professional services and that such negligence was the proximate cause of the harm; or (2) in a claim for economic injury, that the professional negligently rendered professional services to and for the direct and intended benefit of the claimant, and such services were the proximate cause of the harm. Requires the claimant to establish that, at the time such services were provided, knowledge of the circumstances that caused the harm and a practical means to eliminate such circumstances were reasonably available. States that a professional shall not be liable in a professional liability action in which: (1) the professional's services were rendered to an agency of the Federal or State government; (2) Federal or State contract specifications existed which were material to the claim; and (3) the services rendered conformed to such specifications. Permits future damage awards exceeding $100,000 to be made by periodic payments. Requires that damage awards be offset by any amount received as compensation for the same injury. Establishes a contingency fee schedule for plaintiffs' attorneys. States that the principles of comparative liability shall apply unless persons engaged in concerted action which proximately caused the harm. Permits the awarding of punitive damages only where the conduct of the defend… | 2025-08-26T15:16:51Z | |
| 102-hr-2710 | 102 | hr | 2710 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of an additional bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Tennessee. | Law | 1991-06-20 | 1991-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5] | TN | D | C000503 | 7 | Amends the judicial code to provide for the appointment of one additional bankruptcy judge for the middle district of Tennessee. | 2021-06-02T14:35:25Z | |
| 102-s-1343 | 102 | s | 1343 | Volunteer Protection Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-06-20 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 4 | Volunteer Protection Act of 1991 - Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations or government entities shall be immune from personal financial liability for acts on behalf of the organization or entity. Sets forth exceptions to and conditions on the granting of such immunity that a State may impose. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by one percent the fiscal year allotment which would otherwise be made to a State to carry out the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State has, within two years, certified to the Secretary that it has enacted a State law which provides such immunity. Provides for the continuation of such increase based on an annual recertification. | 2025-08-26T15:15:24Z | |
| 102-hr-2665 | 102 | hr | 2665 | United States Marshals Association Establishment Act | Law | 1991-06-18 | 1992-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 1 | United States Marshals Association Establishment Act - Establishes the United States Marshals Association as a charitable, nonprofit corporation to strengthen public knowledge of law enforcement and of the U.S. Marshals Service, to promote the exchange of information among private and public institutions and individuals about, and research of, law enforcement and justice systems issues, and to promote the general welfare of law enforcement. Authorizes the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service to provide personnel, facilities, and other administrative services to the Association and to accept voluntary services of the Association. Specifies that no part of the income or assets of the Association shall inure to any member or officer of the Association or Director of the Board or be distributed to any such person, with exceptions for reasonable compensation or reimbursement for actual necessary expenses. Bars the Association from making loans to any Director or officer or employee of the Association, or from issuing stock or declaring or paying dividends. Specifies that the Association and any agent of the Association shall be considered an employer for purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 if the Association is engaged in an industry affecting commerce and meets the minimum employee requirements set forth in such Acts. Makes it unlawful for the Association, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, to: (1) fail or refuse to accept an individual into membership; (2) expel such individual from membership; (3) suspend such individual's membership; or (4) discriminate against such individual with respect to any of the benefits or obligations of membership. Authorizes: (1) a right of action to enforce such prohibition; and (2) the court to grant injunctive or other equitable relief. Authorizes the Association to acquire the assets of the United States Marshals Association, a nonprofit organization organized under th… | 2025-08-26T15:18:24Z | |
| 102-s-1316 | 102 | s | 1316 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the admissibility in evidence of foreign records of regularly conducted activity. | Law | 1991-06-18 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to bar the exclusion as evidence by the hearsay rule, in any civil proceeding in a court of the United States, of a foreign record of regularly conducted activity if a foreign certification attests that: (1) such record was made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth, or from information transmitted, by a person with knowledge of those matters; (2) such record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted business activity; (3) the business activity made such a record as a regular practice; and (4) if such record is not the original, it is a duplicate of the original. Allows exclusion of such records if the source of information or method or circumstances of preparation indicate lack of trustworthiness. Provides that a foreign certification under this Act shall authenticate such record or duplicate. Specifies that: (1) a party intending to offer in evidence a foreign record of regularly conducted activity shall provide written notice of such intention to each other party as soon as practicable after a responsive pleading has been filed; (2) a motion opposing admission in evidence of such record shall be made by the opposing party and determined by the court before trial; and (3) failure by a party to file such motion before trial shall constitute a waiver of objection to such record or duplicate, but the court for cause shown may grant relief from such waiver. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-1284 | 102 | s | 1284 | A bill to make certain technical corrections in the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. | Law | 1991-06-12 | 1991-12-09 | Became Public Law No: 102-198. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Makes technical corrections to the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. Extends to retired justices of the U.S. Supreme Court the exemption for teaching income from the requirement that outside income for a judge may not exceed 15 percent of his or her annual salary. Specifies that if a U.S. claims court judge separates from Government service and has a Thrift Savings Plan balance of $3,500 or less, the Executive Director of the Thrift Board may send such judge his or her nonforfeitable account balance in a single payment unless the judge elects another option. Extends until March 31, 1993 (currently, 1992) the deadline for a report by the Judicial Conference on implementation of the Criminal Justice Act program. Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that the filing of a notice of (currently, petition for) removal of a criminal prosecution shall not prevent the State court in which such prosecution is pending from proceeding further, except that a judgment of conviction shall not be entered unless the prosecution is first remanded (currently, petition is first denied). Revises provisions with respect to the time for appeal to the court of appeals. Authorizes the district court: (1) upon motion filed within 30 days after the expiration of the time otherwise set for bringing appeal, to extend the time for appeal upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause; and (2) if it finds that a party entitled to notice of the entry of a judgment or order did not receive such notice from the clerk or any party within 21 days of its entry and that no party would be prejudiced, upon motion filed within 180 days after entry of the judgment or order or within seven days after receipt of such notice, whichever is earlier, to reopen the time for appeal for a period of 14 days from the date of entry of the order reopening the time for appeal. (Current law provides that in any action, suit or proceeding in admiralty, the notice of appeal shall be filed within 90 days after the entry of the order, judgment, or decree appeal… | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-s-1250 | 102 | s | 1250 | Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-06-06 | 1991-07-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1991 - Requires each clerk of a Federal or State criminal court to report to the Internal Revenue Service the name and taxpayer identification number of any individual charged with a criminal offense who posts cash bail, or on whose behalf cash bail is posted, in an amount exceeding $10,000, and any individual or entity posting such cash bail for such individual. | 2025-08-26T15:15:13Z | |
| 102-hr-2450 | 102 | hr | 2450 | Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-05-23 | 1992-01-28 | Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-982. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 1 | Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to grant Federal district courts original jurisdiction over civil actions arising out of a single accident that results in the death or injury of 25 or more natural persons, provided the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000 per person and minimal diversity of citizenship exists. Authorizes venue in any district in which a defendant resides or in which a substantial part of the accident occurred. Expands district court authority over such transferred actions (previously covered only pretrial proceedings) to permit joint trial of liability issues and of punitive damage issues. Calls for remand of damage determinations (other than punitive damages), including the possibility of remand to State courts in which actions were originally filed, unless the Federal court finds that it would serve the convenience of parties and witnesses and the interests of justice to retain the damages phase of the action as well. Permits removal of actions from State to U.S. district courts to invoke the proposed jurisdiction and to join actions within the jurisdiction pending before the Federal court. Authorizes removal before trial within 30 days of a defendant's becoming a party to a suit under this Act, or at a later time with leave of the district court. Establishes a presumption in favor of discretionary remand to State courts for damages determinations after rulings on liability. Provides that the district court in which an action under this Act is pending shall determine the source of the applicable substantive law and is not bound by the choice of law rules of any State. Requires the responsible district court to enter an order designating the jurisdiction whose law is to be applied in all actions under this Act arising from the same incident. Identifies factors that may be relevant in such choice of law determinations. Authorizes the court to allow the law of more than one State to be applied with respect to a party, claim, or other elemen… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-sjres-150 | 102 | sjres | 150 | A joint resolution to designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day". | Law | 1991-05-23 | 1991-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | Senate | Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA] | GA | D | F000329 | 94 | Designates June 15, 1991, as Magna Carta Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-2421 | 102 | hr | 2421 | To require random drug testing of Federal judicial branch officers and employees. | Law | 1991-05-21 | 1991-06-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to require random drug testing of officers and employees within the judicial branch. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 102-hr-2371 | 102 | hr | 2371 | Judicial Nomination and Confirmation Reform Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-05-16 | 1992-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-13] | FL | R | G000336 | 16 | Judicial Nomination and Confirmation Reform Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require the President to submit a nomination to the Senate to fill a vacancy in the office of a justice or judge within 180 calendar days after the vacancy occurs. Sets forth conditions and procedures for obtaining an extension of such time limitation. Requires the Senate Judiciary Committee, within 90 calendar days after receiving such a nomination, to review the nomination and report it to the Senate for advice and consent. Directs that: (1) a nomination not reported to the Senate within such time limit be discharged from the Committee, without recommendation, for a vote by the Senate on confirmation; and (2) the Senate vote on such confirmation no later than 30 calendar days after receiving it. | 2025-08-26T15:15:02Z | |
| 102-hr-2357 | 102 | hr | 2357 | To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of foreign states, to grant the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases involving tortious conduct occurring in a foreign state. | Law | 1991-05-15 | 1992-09-23 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 516. | House | Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] | FL | D | S000586 | 16 | Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in any case in which money damages are sought against such state for personal injury or death of a U.S. citizen occurring in such state and caused by the torture or extrajudicial killing of that citizen by such state or by any official or employee of such state while acting within the scope of his or her office or employment, with exceptions. Makes an exception to immunity from attachment where the judgment relates to a claim for which the foreign state is not immune by virtue of such provision, regardless of whether the property is or was involved in the act upon which the claim is based. Specifies that property located in the United States of an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state engaged in commercial activity in this country shall not be immune from attachment or execution if the judgment relates to a claim for which the agency or instrumentality is not immune, regardless of whether the property is or was involved in the act upon which the claim is based. | 2021-06-02T14:21:25Z | |
| 102-hr-2324 | 102 | hr | 2324 | Incarcerated Witness Fees Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-05-14 | 1992-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 102-417. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 2 | Incarcerated Witness Fees Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit any witness who is incarcerated at the time that his or her testimony is given from receiving witness fees (except a material witness detained for testimony). Makes this Act effective upon its enactment date and applicable to witness fees not yet received by such date. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-2261 | 102 | hr | 2261 | United States Marshal Service Amendments Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-05-08 | 1992-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 1 | United States Marshal Service Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to make incarcerated persons ineligible for witness fees. Amends the Federal criminal code to require that, if the Attorney General authorizes protection to an alien under the witness protection program, the appropriate U.S. officials provide such alien with appropriate immigration visas and allow such alien to remain in the United States as long as that alien abides by all U.S. laws and guidelines, rules, and regulations for protection. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon determining that the granting of permanent resident status to such alien is in the public interest and necessary for the safety and protection of such alien, to grant such status without regard to the alien's admissibility under the immigration laws or any other laws and regulations, subject to specified conditions. Specifies that permanent resident status shall not be granted under this Act to an alien who would be excluded because of felony criminal convictions, unless the Attorney General determines that granting such status is necessary to the interests of justice. Limits the number of aliens and members of their immediate families entering the United States under this Act to 100 persons in any one fiscal year. | 2025-08-26T15:14:48Z | |
| 102-hconres-143 | 102 | hconres | 143 | Congratulating the people of the State of New York on the occasion of the tricentennial of the establishment of the Supreme Court of New York. | Law | 1991-05-06 | 1991-05-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15] | NY | R | G000417 | 27 | Declares that the Congress congratulates the people of New York on the occasion of the tricentennial of the establishment of the Supreme Court of New York. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 102-s-986 | 102 | s | 986 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to expand the original jurisdiction of Federal district courts in certain civil actions. | Law | 1991-05-06 | 1992-01-27 | Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held at Harrisburg, PA and Allentown, PA. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-803. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Creates a private right of action for customs fraud. Authorizes injunctive and other equitable relief and recovery of damages and costs, including attorney's fees. Grants the district courts original jurisdiction over any such action. Directs the court to permit the United States to intervene in any such action as a matter of right. Specifies that court orders under this Act are subject to nullification by the President pursuant to presidential authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the provisions of this Act are consistent with, and in accord with, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-hr-2184 | 102 | hr | 2184 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for jury trials in tort actions against the United States involving death or serious bodily injury. | Law | 1991-05-01 | 1991-10-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] | FL | D | S000586 | 0 | Amends the Federal judicial code to permit a jury trial in civil actions against the United States for money damages for death or serious bodily injury caused by the negligent act or omission of any Government employee while acting within the scope of employment, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred. | 2021-06-02T14:20:31Z | |
| 102-s-983 | 102 | s | 983 | Pornography Victims' Compensation Act of 1991 | Law | 1991-04-25 | 1991-07-23 | Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 8 | Pornography Victims' Compensation Act of 1991 - Creates a cause of action against a producer, distributor, exhibitor, or seller of sexually explicit material by a victim of a rape, sexual assault, or sexual crime or by the estate, guardian, or survivors of any such victim. Conditions the recovery of damages on proof by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the victim was a victim of a rape, sexual assault, or a sexual crime; (2) the material is sexually explicit in nature and was a proximate cause of the offense; (3) the defendant is a producer or distributor of the material or exhibited or sold it to the sexual offender and should have known that the material was sexually explicit; and (4) the sale or transfer of the material affects interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth criteria by which the finder of fact may reasonably infer that such material was a proximate cause of the offense, including unusual similarities between the acts described or depicted and the actual offense, testimony of the offender, and testimony by experts who have examined the offender that such material influenced or incited the commission of the offense. Authorizes the award of damages for economic loss, compensation for pain and suffering, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs to prevailing plaintiffs. Directs the finder of fact, in determining whether the sexually explicit material was a proximate cause of the offense by influencing or inciting the offender to commit the offense, to consider all relevant information, including: (1) possession by the sexual offender of the material produced, distributed, exhibited, or sold by the defendant; (2) whether such material depicts or describes violent behavior or acts, or children or child-like subjects participating in sexual activity; and (3) whether any language or matter contained in such material would tend to promote violent sexual acts or the sexual abuse of children or others. Sets a statute of limitations of six years from the date the right of action first accrued or, in th… | 2025-08-26T15:18:13Z | |
| 102-hr-2039 | 102 | hr | 2039 | Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992 | Law | 1991-04-24 | 1992-06-16 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to authorize appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation for FY 1992 through 1996. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) apply Federal criminal laws against theft, fraud, and embezzlement to Corporation funds; and (2) make the Federal criminal statute against obstructing a Federal audit applicable with regard to auditors employed or retained by the Corporation. Specifies that certain provisions of the False Claims Act apply to the Corporation, any financial assistance recipient and other grantee or contractor of the Corporation (awardee), subgrantee or subcontractor of any such entity, or employee thereof (thus, giving the Attorney General the authority to bring a civil action against any person employed by or contracting with a recipient, subrecipient, grantee, or contractor who perpetuates a fraud with Corporation funds, but excluding from application to the Corporation and its recipients provisions which permit a private person to initiate a false claims action). Revises prohibitions on the use of Corporation funds for lobbying purposes to prohibit use of Corporation funds by any awardee to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, or for publicity or propaganda intended or designed to influence any: (1) decision by a Federal, State, or local agency, except when legal assistance is provided by an employee of an awardee of the Corporation to an eligible client on a particular matter which directly involves the client's legal rights or responsibilities; or (2) Member of Congress or other Federal, State, or local elected official to favor or oppose any legislation, referendum, initiative, constitutional amendment, or similar procedure of the Congress, State legislature, local council, or similar governing body. Permits the use of such funds in connection with any communication: (1) made in response to a Federal, State, or local … | 2021-06-07T13:21:14Z |
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