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3/17/2009--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Establishes a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts under which: (1) those district judges who request to hear cases involving patent or plant variety protection issues are designated by the chief judge to hear them; (2) such cases are randomly assigned to the district court judges, regardless of whether they are designated; (3) a judge not designated to whom such a case is assigned may decline to accept the case; and (4) a case so declined is randomly reassigned to one of those judges so designated.

1237348800 2009-03-18 Fri Nov 13 13:07:51 -0600 2009 introduced 54398 'case':19 'judg':22 'unit':8 'among':20 'court':11 'pilot':4 'state':9 'enhanc':14 'patent':18 'certain':7 'program':5 'district':10,21 'encourag':13 'expertis':16 'establish':2 67424 false official action 54398 1237348800 Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191431 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. I000056 1954-01-01 5122 211 Cannon House Office Building http://issa.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 49 202-225-3303 Darrell 'r':4 'ca':5 '-49':6 'rep':1 'issa':3,8,10 'darrel':2,7,9 M 400196 Issa Darrell_E._Issa Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49] 2374 N00007017 7770 Republican 202-225-3906 CA Darrell Issa 6.92857142857143 http://www.issa.house.gov/ C000556 1931-03-18 1955 2468 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/writerep 6 202-225-8611 Howard 'r':4 '-6':6 'nc':5 'rep':1 'cobl':3,8,10 'howard':2,7,9 M 400076 Coble Howard_Coble Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6] 877 N00002247 6645 Republican 202-225-3065 Presbyterian NC Howard Howard Coble 5.28571428571429 http://coble.house.gov/ J000288 1995 1133 Longworth House Office Building http://hankjohnson.house.gov/contact_hank_write.shtml 4 202-226-0691 Henry 'd':4 '-4':6 'ga':5 'rep':1 'hank':9 'henri':2,7,10 'johnson':3,8,11 M 412199 Johnson Hank_Johnson C. Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4] 563 Hank N00027848 6747 Democrat 202-225-1605 GA Hank Henry Johnson 5.07142857142857 http://hankjohnson.house.gov/ RepHankJohnson S001150 1960-06-22 2939 326 Cannon House Office Building http://schiff.house.gov/HoR/CA29/Contact+Information/Contact+Form.htm 29 202-225-5828 Adam 'd':4 'ca':5 '-29':6 'rep':1 'adam':2,7,9 'schiff':3,8,10 M 400361 Schiff Adam_B._Schiff B. Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29] 1339 N00009585 7345 Democrat 202-225-4176 CA Adam Schiff 2.68181818181818 http://schiff.house.gov/HoR/CA29/ action 54398 1237348800 Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191431 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. vote 54398 1237314180 Tue Mar 17 15:23:00 -0500 2009 roll 187961 pass 5344 130 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 409 - 7 (Roll no. 130). vote h action 54398 1237313700 Tue Mar 17 15:15:00 -0500 2009 187960 Considered as unfinished business. action 54398 1237307640 Tue Mar 17 13:34:00 -0500 2009 187959 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Issa objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. action 54398 1237306800 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 187958 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 628. action 54398 1237306800 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 187957 Considered under suspension of the rules. action 54398 1237306800 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 187956 Mr. Johnson (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. action 54398 1232600400 Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182029 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. introduced 54398 1232600400 Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182028 15 409 54398 Tue Mar 17 14:23:00 -0500 2009 true 5344 false 7 130 49 0 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 628 To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges true 2/3 Passed On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Tue Mar 17 15:06:21 -0500 2009 house