CHAMBERS OF

THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

March 10, 1986

Dear Mr. Speaker:

By direction of the Supreme Court of the United States, I have the honor to submit to the Congress amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure which have been adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3772, and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2072.

Accompanying these rules is an excerpt from the report of the
Judicial Conference of the United States containing the Advisory
Committee notes submitted to the Court for its consideration pursuant
to Title 28, United States Code, Section 331.