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Removal Clarification Act of 2011

Introduced: January 20, 2011 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 9, 2011
Became Public Law No: 112-51.
Nov 9, 2011
Signed by President.
Nov 4, 2011
Presented to President.
Nov 1, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 31, 2011
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6925)
Oct 31, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6925)
Oct 17, 2011
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 197.
Oct 17, 2011
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Oct 13, 2011
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 1, 2011
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 28, 2011
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 28, 2011
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 4 (Roll no. 150). (text: CR H1371)
Feb 28, 2011
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1375-1376)
Feb 28, 2011
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Feb 28, 2011
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 368.
Feb 28, 2011
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1371-1372)
Feb 28, 2011
Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 28, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
Feb 28, 2011
Committee on The Budget discharged.
Feb 28, 2011
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-17, Part I.
Jan 26, 2011
Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.
Jan 26, 2011
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jan 26, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jan 20, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 20, 2011
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Feb 28, 2011 House · vote #150 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Passed 396–4 See who voted →
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 28, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Removal Clarification Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) 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.

What's happening now November 9, 2011

Became Public Law No: 112-51.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 368: Removal Clarification Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-368/
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