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H.R. 6560 · 111th Congress

Removal Clarification Act of 2010

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 111th Congress ended.

No cosponsors.

  1. House Introduced Dec 21, 2010
  2. House Passed Dec 22, 2010

Removal Clarification Act of 2010 - Revises the federal judicial code to provide that a civil action or criminal prosecution that is commenced in a state court and that is against or directed to the United States or a federal agency or officer, or specified others, may be removed to an appropriate U.S. district court.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Dec 22, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Removal Clarification Act of 2010 - Revises the federal judicial code to provide that a civil action or criminal prosecution that is commenced in a state court and that is against or directed to the United States or a federal agency or officer, or specified others, may be removed to an appropriate U.S. district court.

Declares that civil actions and criminal prosecutions include any proceeding (whether or not ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent that in such proceeding a judicial order, including a subpoena for testimony or documents, is sought or issued. Limits removal of such a proceeding, if there is no other basis for removal, to only that specific proceeding, with the remainder of the civil action or criminal proceeding to remain in state court.

Declares that the 30-day notice of removal requirement shall be satisfied in any such civil or criminal proceeding in which such a judicial order is sought, or issued, or sought to be enforced, if the person or entity desiring to remove the proceeding files notice of removal not later than 30 days after receiving, through service, notice of the proceeding.

Provides that the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Removal Clarification Act of 2010

Latest action (Dec 22, 2010): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 21, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Dec 21, 2010
  2. House Passed Dec 22, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.