{ "id": "98-292", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "98-292", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 103629, "date": "1998-03-26", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:55:16.965941", "title": "Promulgating Procedural Rules For the United States District Courts and Courts of Appeals", "summary": "By rules enabling acts, Congress has authorized federal courts to promulgate rules of procedure,\nbut\nit has generally reserved the right to review proposed rules before they become effective. On\noccasion, the Legislature has amended the changes submitted and it has also, sua \nsponte , made\namendments through legislation. This report sketches the manner in which procedural rules for\nUnited States district courts and United States courts of appeals are adopted or modified and the\nparticipants in the process. This report will be updated if changes take place in the way procedural\nrules are promulgated for the federal courts.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/98-292", "sha1": "9352fc07287891c967eea35cbee033e055cf642f", "filename": "files/19980326_98-292_9352fc07287891c967eea35cbee033e055cf642f.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/19980326_98-292_9352fc07287891c967eea35cbee033e055cf642f.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "American Law", "Foreign Affairs" ] }