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Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying any proposed class seeking monetary relief for personal injury or economic loss unless the party seeking to maintain such a class action affirmatively demonstrates that each proposed class member suffered an injury of the same type and scope as the injury of the named class representatives.
A court's certification of such a class must include a determination, based on a rigorous analysis of the evidence presented, that the requirements of this Act have been satisfied.
(Sec. 3) The bill also amends federal bankruptcy law concerning a trust formed under a reorganization plan following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation in order to assume the debtor's liability with respect to claims seeking recovery for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage allegedly caused by the presence of, or exposure to, asbestos or asbestos-containing products. Such a trust shall file with the bankruptcy court quarterly reports, available on the public docket, which describe each demand the trust has received from a claimant and the basis for any payment made to that claimant (excluding any confidential medical record or the claimant's full Social Security number). Upon written request, and subject to payment (demanded at the option of the trust) for any reasonable cost incurred by the trust to comply with such request, such a trust shall provide any information related to payment from, and demands for payment from, the trust to any party to any action in law or equity concerning liability for asbestos exposure.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1927 as passed House amended on Jan 8, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jan 8, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJan 8, 2016
House Jan 8, 2016 · the primary vote
To amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class action litigation
Passed
211 Yea 188 Nay 33 not voting · 1 present
Party-line vote 16 of 399 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1927 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1927 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
146 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.