S.Amdt. 3489

SA 3489. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R.
6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 187, line 19, insert ``: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be used to submit to
Congress, not later than a year after the date of enactment
of this Act, a report that identifies jurisdictions that have
a high number of civil jury trials and the practices and
methods those jurisdictions use to encourage jury trials,
including docket management techniques, discovery practices,
and other methods to make jury trials a cost efficient and
effective option in civil litigation'' before the period at
the end.
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