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James Traficant: I offer an amendment to title III that deals with the Totten doctrine. Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Traficant: Page…

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
I offer an amendment to title III that deals with the Totten doctrine. Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. Traficant: Page 10, after line 15, insert the following new section: SEC. 306. ESTABLISHMENT OF 3-JUDGE DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR DETERMINATION, OF WHETHER CASES ALLEGING BREACH OF SECRET GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SHOULD BE TRIED IN COURT. (a) Assignment of Judges.--The Chief Justice of the United States shall assign 3 circuit judges or justices (which may include senior judges or retired justices) to a division of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for the purpose of determining whether an action brought by a person, including a foreign national, in a court of the United States of competent jurisdiction for compensation for services performed for the United States pursuant to a secret Government contract may be tried by the court. The division of the court may not determine that the case cannot be heard solely on the basis of the nature of the services to be provided under the contract.

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Introducing an amendment related to the Totten doctrine and secret government contracts.

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