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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 Tue Jan 05 19:26:08 -0600 2010 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 6348 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] 2769 N00007017 9029 Republican 202-225-3906 CA Darrell Issa 7.1875 http://www.issa.house.gov/ 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 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237317780 Tue Mar 17 15:23:00 -0500 2009 roll 223266 pass 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 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237317300 Tue Mar 17 15:15:00 -0500 2009 223265 Considered as unfinished business. 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 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237311240 Tue Mar 17 13:34:00 -0500 2009 223264 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 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237310400 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 223263 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 628. action 54398 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237310400 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 223262 Considered under suspension of the rules. action 54398 Tue Jan 05 06:59:15 -0600 2010 1237310400 Tue Mar 17 13:20:00 -0500 2009 223261 Mr. Johnson (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. 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 78 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