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  "id": "RS20347",
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      "id": 102686,
      "date": "2001-02-20",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:27:14.619941",
      "title": "Class Actions: H.R. 1875, 106th Congress, the \"Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999\"",
      "summary": "H.R. 1875 , with some exceptions, reflects a preference for class actions to be\nadjudicated in federal courts rather than state courts. This report, gives a brief sketch of the proposal,\nthe pros and cons that have been advanced concerning the bill as passed by the House of\nRepresentatives,  (1)  and summarizes the action the 106th Congress took on\nthis legislation. It will not\nbe updated.\n     1.  \u00a0145  Cong. Rec.  H8595 (daily ed. Sept. 23,\n1999). The 106th Congress adjourned without taking further\naction. See also,  CRS Report RS20667(pdf)  for discussion of a similar Senate bill on class action reform.",
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