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| 113-s-2769 | 113 | s | 2769 | A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts. | Law | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 2 | Amends the federal judicial code with respect to the jurisdiction of federal courts over civil actions pending in, or on appeal from, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (USCFC) when the plaintiff also has pending in another federal court a civil action that includes a claim against the United States (or an agency or officer of the United States) arising from the same set of operative facts. Requires the court presiding over the action that was filed later to stay the later action until the action that was filed first is no longer pending. (Currently, the USCFC is prohibited from having jurisdiction of any claim in which the plaintiff has pending in any other court any suit or process against the United States or any person who was acting or professing to act under the authority of the United States.) Provides an exception to the requirement to stay the later action if: (1) the parties in each of the actions agree, or (2) the required stay is not in the interests of justice. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2769 |
| 113-s-2770 | 113 | s | 2770 | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act | Law | 2014-07-31 | 2014-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] | MT | D | W000818 | 0 | Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act - Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act and the federal judicial code to require the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States to submit to Congress and make publicly available on an Internet website an annual report on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded to prevailing parties other than the United States in certain administrative proceedings and civil action court cases (excluding tort cases) to which the United States is a party, including settlement agreements. Requires such reports to describe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and impact of such awards. Directs the Chairman to create and maintain a searchable database on an Internet website containing specified information with respect to each award, including: if available, the case name and number of, as well as a hyperlink to, any case in which the party other than the agency is not an individual; the name of the agency involved; for an award to an individual, a statement that excludes any personally identifiable information but indicates that the award was made to an individual; for an award made to a party other than an individual, the name of the party; the amount of the award; and the basis for finding that the position of the agency concerned was not substantially justified. Directs the head of each agency (including, with respect to court cases, the Attorney General [DOJ] and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) to provide the Chairman all information requested to produce such reports. | 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2770 |
| 113-s-2364 | 113 | s | 2364 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-20 | 2014-05-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 4 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court, in any civil action in which the pleadings state facts relevant to protecting public health or safety, from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement agreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records, subject to exceptions, unless the court has first made independent findings of fact that: (1) the order would not restrict the disclosure of information relevant to the protection of public health or safety or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of past, present, or potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the confidentiality interest asserted. Prohibits a court from approving any party's stipulation or request to stipulate to an order that would violate this Act. Prohibits such a court from: (1) approving or enforcing any provision of an agreement between or among parties, or an order entered under this Act, to the extent that it restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information (requires such information disclosed to a federal or state agency to be confidential to the extent provided by law); or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement described under this Act between or among parties to such civil action that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement, other than the amount paid, or from discussing the civil action, or evidence produced in it, that involves matters relevant to the protection of public health or safety. Excepts from this enforcement prohibition (thus allowing enforcement of) a settlement agreement provision about which the court finds that the public int… | 2023-01-11T13:26:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2364 |
| 113-s-2317 | 113 | s | 2317 | Safety Over Secrecy Act of 2014 | Law | 2014-05-12 | 2014-05-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | Safety Over Secrecy Act of 2014 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit courts, except when balancing confidentiality interests against public awareness interests in response to a party's motion, from approving or ordering the enforcement of any provision of a settlement agreement in a civil suit if: (1) a pleading in the suit alleges facts relevant to protecting the public from a hazard to public safety or health; and (2) the provision prohibits a party from disclosing settlement terms (other than the amount of any money paid under the settlement) or from discussing the suit, evidence produced in the suit, or the hazard to public safety or health. Defines "hazard to public safety or health" as an activity, substance, or condition that has a potential to cause harm to the health or safety of the public. Authorizes a court, upon a motion by a party to the settlement agreement, to approve or order enforcement of such a provision if: (1) the public interest in disclosure of facts relevant to protecting the public is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information or records, and (2) the requested order is no broader than necessary to protect such confidentiality. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the interest in protecting financial, medical, or other similar personal information relating to an identifiable individual outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Permits courts to redact language to accommodate personal privacy and public awareness. Prohibits courts from approving or ordering the enforcement of a settlement agreement provision in a civil suit that includes allegations concerning public safety and health hazards if the provision restricts a party from disclosing such information to a federal or state agency with law enforcement or regulatory authority over related activity. Requires facts disclosed to a federal or state agency to be protected as confidential under any other laws, regulations, or agreements. | 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2317 |
| 113-s-2027 | 113 | s | 2027 | A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. | Law | 2014-02-12 | 2014-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 1 | Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho. | 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2027 |
| 113-s-1868 | 113 | s | 1868 | A bill to provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to permanent judgeships. | Law | 2013-12-19 | 2013-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | HI | D | H001042 | 3 | Converts to permanent judgeships an existing temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii and an existing temporary judgeship for the district of Kansas. | 2023-01-11T13:23:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1868 |
| 113-s-1632 | 113 | s | 1632 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act | Law | 2013-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] | MS | R | W000437 | 11 | Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to submit to the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief was submitted; (2) to post prominently on the front page of the agency's website a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the agency's website next to the briefs pertaining to the rule, unless the agency determines not to finalize such proposed rule. Authorizes a designated state official, at any time after an agency head posts such a certification, to commence a civil action against the agency on the grounds that the rule violates the Tenth Amendment. Permits such state official, in addition to any other venue or jurisdiction provided by law, to bring such action in the U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the appropriate U.S. court of appeals, upon the filing of a notice by a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by the district court in such an action. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1632 |
| 113-s-1424 | 113 | s | 1424 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] | CT | D | M001169 | 6 | Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 - Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. | 2023-01-11T13:24:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1424 |
| 113-s-1385 | 113 | s | 1385 | Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-30 | 2013-09-10 | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-348. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 2 | Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 - Directs the President, with advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the sixth and ninth circuit courts of appeals and a temporary judge for the ninth circuit; and (2) permanent district judges for various judicial districts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin and temporary district judges for Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1385 |
| 113-s-1393 | 113 | s | 1393 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act | Law | 2013-07-30 | 2013-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 13 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944, and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity. Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action, and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the status of access to wartime records and archives concerning the wartime activities of any such railroad that engaged in the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1393 |
| 113-s-1288 | 113 | s | 1288 | Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-07-11 | 2013-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 2 | Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question. Removes a provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets. Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, including striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, nonmonetary directives, or penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence. | 2023-01-11T13:24:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1288 |
| 113-s-1236 | 113 | s | 1236 | Respect for Marriage Act | Law | 2013-06-26 | 2013-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 45 | Respect for Marriage Act - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal a provision that prohibited a state, territory, possession, or Indian tribe from being required to recognize any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a same sex marriage. Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of "marriage" and "spouse" to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Removes the definition of "spouse" (currently, a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife). | 2023-01-11T13:24:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1236 |
| 113-s-1207 | 113 | s | 1207 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Law | 2013-06-20 | 2013-06-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4795) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 4 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved. | 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1207 |
| 113-s-975 | 113 | s | 975 | Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act | Law | 2013-05-16 | 2013-12-19 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 277. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 5 | Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to the highest courts of states to conduct demonstration programs that: (1) assess adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, including the appointment and the monitoring of the performance of court-appointed guardians and conservators; and (2) implement changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments, such as requiring background checks for all potential guardians and conservators, and establishing systems that enable electronic filing and review of the annual accountings and other required conservatorship and guardianship filings. Requires any grants the Secretary awards to the highest state courts for such programs to be based on recommendations of the Attorney General and the State Justice Institute. Requires the highest court of a state awarded such a grant to collaborate with the state's own Unit on Aging and its Adult Protective Services agency in conducting the demonstration program. | 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/975 |
| 113-s-987 | 113 | s | 987 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-16 | 2013-11-06 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 238. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 28 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency of the federal government with the power to issue a subpoena or other compulsory process), in any proceeding or in connection with any issue arising under federal law, from compelling a covered journalist to disclose protected information, unless a U.S. judge in the jurisdiction where the compulsory process has been or would be issued determines, after providing notice and an opportunity for the journalist to be heard, that all reasonable alternative sources have been exhausted and that separate specified conditions have been met depending on whether the matter is a criminal investigation or prosecution. (Thus, establishes a qualified privilege for journalists to withhold confidential information unless a judge makes a determination to compel disclosure under conditions that apply differently in criminal and civil matters.) Defines a "covered journalist" as a person who: is, or on the date on which the protected information sought was obtained or created by the person asserting protection, was an employee, independent contractor, or agent of an entity or service that disseminates news or information by various means (newspaper; nonfiction book; wire service; news agency; news website, mobile application or other news or information service; news program; magazine or other periodical; or through television or radio broadcast, multichannel video programming distributor, or motion picture for public showing) and who, with the primary intent to investigate events and procure material to disseminate news to the public, engages, or as of the relevant date, engaged in the regular gathering, preparation, collection, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing on such matters through specified methods; or at the inception of the process of gathering the news or information sought, had the primary intent to investigate issues o… | 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/987 |
| 113-s-878 | 113 | s | 878 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-05-07 | 2013-12-17 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 25 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy. | 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/878 |
| 113-s-699 | 113 | s | 699 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-04-10 | 2013-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2566-2567) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 20 | Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judge for the second circuit court of appeals and one additional circuit judge for the eleventh circuit court of appeals. Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals. | 2022-11-15T16:33:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/699 |
| 113-s-647 | 113 | s | 647 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act | Law | 2013-03-21 | 2013-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 7 | No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. | 2022-03-03T21:28:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/647 |
| 113-s-575 | 113 | s | 575 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-14 | 2013-03-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1862-1863) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office. Requires the OIG to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the judicial branch, including the Supreme Court; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse. Provides for whistleblower protection. | 2022-11-15T16:34:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/575 |
| 113-s-445 | 113 | s | 445 | Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-03-04 | 2013-03-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 14 | Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a training and technical assistance program to teach employees of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies how to anticipate, survive, and respond to violent encounters during the course of their duties, including duties relating to security at state, county, and tribal courthouses. Requires the Director to give preference for any courthouse security training program to employees of jurisdictions that have magnetometers available at their courthouses. Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to require the State Justice Institute (a private nonprofit organization established to improve judicial administration in state courts) to include courthouse safety as a factor in the national assistance program under which it provides funding to state courts and related national and nonprofit organizations. Permits state and local courts and other organizations awarded funds pursuant to Institute grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to use such funds to improve safety and security in state and local courts. Requires, if such a grant is awarded to state or local courts without magnetometers, that specified matching funds be used acquire a magnetometer. Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that state or local courthouses having less security equipment than such courthouses require have an opportunity to request surplus security equipment (metal detectors, wands, baggage screening devices) before such equipment is made available to any other individual or entity. Requires that priority be given to courthouses that have no security equipment. | 2022-11-15T16:34:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/445 |
| 113-s-405 | 113 | s | 405 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 | Law | 2013-02-28 | 2013-02-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014-1015) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 7 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Allows a presiding judge to obscure the face and voice of an individual if good cause is shown that photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising such features would threaten the individual's safety, the court's security, the integrity of future or ongoing law enforcement operations, or the interest of justice. Prohibits a presiding judge from permitting the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any juror in a trial proceeding, or of the jury selection process. Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate mandatory guidelines which a presiding judge must follow for obscuring certain vulnerable witnesses. Prohibits any audio pickup or broadcast of conferences which occur in a court proceeding between attorneys and their clients, co-counsel of a client, adverse counsel, or counsel and the presiding judge, if the conferences are not part of the official record of the proceedings. | 2019-11-15T21:55:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/405 |
| 113-s-38 | 113 | s | 38 | Jury ACCESS Act | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] | NH | D | S001181 | 3 | Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2013 or the Jury ACCESS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition on exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status). | 2022-11-15T16:32:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/38 |
| 113-s-44 | 113 | s | 44 | MCAP Act | Law | 2013-01-22 | 2013-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 2 | Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2013 or MCAP Act - Prescribes requirements for lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Requires a court to impose sanctions for the filing of frivolous lawsuits. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000 from the provider or health care institution, but no more than $500,000 from multiple health care institutions. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to its percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Prescribes qualifications for expert witnesses. Requires the court to reduce damages received by the amount of collateral source benefits to which a claimant is entitled, unless the payor of such benefits has the right to reimbursement or subrogation under federal or state law. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer, and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Prohibits a health care provider from being named as a party in a product liability or class action lawsuit for prescribing or dispensing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drug, biological product, or medical device for an approved indication. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards. | 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/44 |
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