To exempt class action lawsuits brought by the attorney general of any State from the modified civil procedures required by this Act.

SA 5. Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Ms. Cantwell)
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 5, to amend the procedures that
apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer
outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes; as
follows:

On page 5, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
``(1) Attorney general.--The term `attorney general' means
the chief legal officer of a State.
On page 5, line 3, strike ``(1)'' and insert ``(2)''.
On page 5, line 5, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
On page 5, line 12, strike the period at the end and insert
the following: ``, but does not include any civil action
brought by, or on behalf of, any attorney general.''.
On page 5, line 13, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
On page 5, line 17, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
On page 5, line 21, strike ``(5)'' and insert ``(6)''.
On page 6, line 1, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(7)''.
On page 6, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

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``(8) State.--The term `State' means each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the
United States.
On page 14, strike lines 20 and 21, and insert the
following:
(1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
``(e) As used in this section--
``(1) the term `attorney general' means the chief legal
officer of a State; and
``(2) the term `State' means each of the several States of
the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and any territory or possession of the United
States.''; and
On page 15, line 7, insert ``, but does not include any
civil action brought by, or on behalf of, any attorney
general'' before the semicolon at the end.
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