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HR 2366 -- 02/14/2000 |
 | | As a result of the bill's incredibly broad scope, H.R. 2366 is likely to strand a large number of injured plaintiffs - individuals and businesses alike - with a less-than-full recovery because of the limits on collecting from other culpable defendants. |
 | | Because H.R. 2366 does not define "punitive damages," its limits on such damages could reasonably be read to cap the government's ability to impose civil penalties, civil fines, or treble damages - all of which are punitive in purpose. |
 | | The sweeping preemption of State law effectuated by H.R. 2366 is unjustified, unnecessary, and, in the Administration's view, unwise. |
| www.whitehouse.gov /omb/legislative/sap/106-2/HR2366-h.html (550 words) |
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