Agenda F-18 (Summary)
Rules
September 2000

SUMMARY OF THE

REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure recommends that the Judicial Conference:

1. Approve proposed amendments to Bankruptcy Rules 1007, 2002, 3016, 3017, 3020, 9006, 9020, and 9022 and transmit them to the Supreme Court for its consideration with the recommendation that they be adopted by the Court and transmitted to Congress in accordance with the law.............................pp. 5-7

2. Approve the proposed revisions to Official Bankruptcy Form 7.............................p. 7

3. Approve proposed amendments to Civil Rules 5, 6, 65, 77, 81, and 82, and a proposed abrogation of the Copyright Rules and transmit these changes to the Supreme Court for its consideration with the recommendation that they be adopted by the Court and transmitted to Congress in accordance with the law ............pp. 9-12

The remainder of the report is submitted for the record, and includes the following items for the information of the Conference:

• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.....................................pp. 3-5
• Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure..................................pp. 5-9
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.............................................pp. 9-13
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.......................................pp.13-15
• Federal Rules of Evidence........................................................p. 15
• Rules Governing Attorney Conduct.........................................pp.15-16
• Privacy and Access to Electronic Case Files..............................p. 16
• Posting Local Rules on the Internet..........................................pp.16-17
• Long-Range Planning and Budgeting.........................................p. 17
• Report to the Chief Justice........................................................p. 17