Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 297 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the amount in controversy requirement and remove the complete divers... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Purposes

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The purposes of this Act are to— assure fairer and more efficient civil litigation and prompt recoveries for claimants and defendants; enhance the integrity of the legal system of the United States by diminishing abuses in the civil litigation system; and restore the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States by ensuring Federal court consideration of major controversies, consistent with diversity jurisdiction principles.