Amendments Approved by the Supreme Court - Submitted to Congress (April 2006) - (Effective December 1, 2006)
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• August 2004 - December 2006 Amendments
  • Transmittal Letters to Congress and Supreme Court Orders
  • Summary of Proposed Amendments
  • Controversial Report
  • Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
    • Amendments Incorporated into Clean Version of the Rules
    • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report
    • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules
      
      
  • Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
  • Amendments Incorporated into Clean Version of the Rules
  • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report
  • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

  • Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

    • Amendments Incorporated into Clean Version of the Rules
    • E-Discovery Amendments and Committee Notes
    • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report (March 2005)
    • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report (September 2005)
    • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (December 2004)
    • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (July 2005)

  • Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
    • Amendments Incorporated into Clean Version of the Rules
    • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report
    • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules
      
      
  • Procedure Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence
    • Amendments Incorporated into Clean Version of the Rules
    • Excerpt of the Judicial Conference Report
    • Excerpt of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules

  
  

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