US Congress House Bill 3196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on October 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-10-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Peremptory Challenge Act of 2011 - Amends the federal judicial code to require: (1) reassignment to another appropriate judicial officer of any civil or criminal case to be tried in a federal district court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or a bankruptcy court if all parties on one side file a reassignment request within 20 days (with certain exceptions) after initial assignment of a judicial officer; and (2) the chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit in which the case is to be tried, or another judge designated by the chief judge, to determine any question arising as to which parties should be grouped together as a side for such purpose.

Peremptory Challenge Act of 2011

Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]

Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2011-10-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3196/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3196/BILLS-112hr3196ih.pdf