AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT: S. 2117 JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CITIZENS AND AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT: S. 2117 26-729 O Part 1 JANUARY 26, 1978 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1978 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts BIRCH BAYH, Indiana ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio STROM THURMOND, South Carolina PAUL LAXALT, Nevada FRANCIS C. ROSENBERGER, Chief Counsel and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON CITIZENS AND SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia HERMAN SCHWARTZ, Chief Counsel and Staff Director CONTENTS STATEMENTS BY SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota, chairman of the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio, chairman of the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Bell, Hon. Griffin B., Attorney General of the United States; accompanied by Irving Jaffe, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division... Statistics on Federal civil rights prosecutions of Federal employees as of Letter from Justice Department answering questions about disciplinary S. 2117 AND AMENDMENTS Letter of Attorney General to Vice President Mondale requesting intro- Copy of S. 2117, Amendments to the Federal Tort Claims Act__ Amendment of Chairman Eastland to S. 2117 regarding retroactivity.. Amendments proposed by Justice Department at January 26, 1978, hearing regarding "good faith," class actions, and section 2680 exemptions.... Amendment proposed by Justice Department in letter of April 10, 1978,1 Letter of Justice Department to Senator Metzenbaum, April 10, 1978, ex- S. 2117 with amendments proposed by the Justice Department.. Amendments to miscellaneous statutes (sections 9 and 10 of S. 2117). Letter of ACLU to Justice Department regarding S. 2117 as introduced, Letter of ACLU, Common Cause, Public Citizen, Council for Public Interest Law et al., regarding S. 2117 as introduced, November 21, 1977__ |