[20020312]RS20987_第107届国会集体行动和拟议改革：2002年《集体诉讼公平法》.pdf

1 See CRS Report RS20667, Class Actions and Proposed Reform in 106th Congress: Class ActionFairness Act of 2000 and CRS Report RS20347, Class Actions: H.R. 1875, 106th Congress, the“Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999”.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20987Updated March 12, 2002Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 107th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2002Paul Starett Wallace, Jr.Specialist in American Public LawAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThe principal provisions of H.R. 2341 are concentrated on what sponsorscharacterize as the more serious abuses of the class action process. These provisionsreminiscent of proposals in the last Congress, are intended to make class actionprocedures more responsive to business community concerns and to provide additionalprotections for consumers.1 The bill reflects a preference for class actions to beadjudicated in federal courts and would enlarge U.S. district courts original jurisdictionover class actions with claims aggregating $2,000,000 or more (even if each of themembers of the class had not sustained damages in excess of $75,000 as is