The 107th Congress adjourned without taking any action on the amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure, approved by the Supreme Court on April 29, 2002. Accordingly, the following amendments to the rules will take effect on December 1, 2002, including:

Changes to the Federal Rules will be effective on December 1, 2002. The following rules have been amended:

Appellate Rules: 1(b),4(a)(1)©,4(a)(5)(A)(ii),4(a)(7), 4(b)(5),5©,21(d),24(a),25©,25(d),26©, 36(b),45©,26(a)(2),4(a)(4)(A)(vi),27(a)(3)(A), 27(a)(4), 41(b), 26.1,27(d)(1)(B), 32(a)(2),32©(2), 28(j),31(b),32(d),32(a)(7)©,44

Bankruptcy Rules: 1004, 1004.1, 2004, 2015, 4004, 9014, 9027

Civil Rules: 7.1, 54, 58, 81(a)(2), Admiralty Rule C

Criminal Rules: Comprehensive Style Revisions 1-60 Substantive Amendments to 5, 5.1, 10, 12.2 12.4, 26, 30, 35, 43 Amendments to Implement USA Patriot Act of 2001 - 6 and 41

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