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September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Judiciary Reform, Organization and Operational Modernization (ROOM) Act of 2018, H.R. 6755. This bill, authored by Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), increases the number of federal district court judges by adopting the 2017 district court judgeship recommendations of the Judicial Conference in their entirety and includes several measures designed to improve the operation of the federal court system.
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September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the bipartisan Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act, H.R. 6758. This bill, authored by Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Chairman of the House Small Business Committee, would reauthorize the U.S.
September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. . – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Committee’s markup of the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act, H.R. 6758.
September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018 (H.R. 5634). This narrowly tailored, bipartisan bill is designed to facilitate and encourage federally-approved clinical trials testing the potential medicinal effects of chemicals found in the marijuana plant.
Specifically, the Medical Cannabis Research Act increases the number of federally-approved manufacturers of research-grade marijuana from one to three, and would set strict criteria for those manufacturers to obtain and renew their registrations.
September 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Committee’s markup of the Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018 (H.R. 5634).
September 11, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
September 11, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Due to a change in the House schedule, tomorrow’s Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee hearing has been postponed. Below is the House Judiciary Committee’s schedule for the remainder of the week.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1310:15 a.m.Full Committee MarkupH.R.
September 10, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the introduction of the Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018 (H.R. 6730). The Committee intends to markup the legislation this week.
The Injunctive Authority Clarification Act restores the traditional understanding that a federal court’s injunctive power extends only to the protection of the parties before it.
September 7, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved the Community Safety and Security Act (H.R. 6691) by a vote of 247-152 to remedy a recent Supreme Court decision and strengthen public safety.
Earlier this year, in United States v. Dimaya, the Supreme Court ruled that a clause in the U.S. Code which defines “crime of violence” is unconstitutionally vague, making it necessary for Congress to specify circumstances when a criminal offense should be deemed a crime of violence.
September 6, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018 (H.R. 5468) by a vote of 13-11. This legislation, sponsored by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) and cosponsored by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), eliminates bureaucratic delays and reforms litigation processes that will allow needed infrastructure projects to be completed in a timely manner.
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