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H.R. 758, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 114th
Date Requested May 14, 2015
Requested By House Committee on the Judiciary
Date Sent May 20, 2015
Description:

H.R. 758 would amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require courts to impose appropriate sanctions on attorneys, law firms, or parties who file frivolous lawsuits and require them to compensate parties injured by such conduct. Under current law, courts may, but are not required to, impose such sanctions.

Under the legislation, any monetary sanction imposed under Rule 11 would be paid by the parties to the suit. Thus, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would result in no significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 758 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

H.R. 758 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.

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