,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 
,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1    
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4          
,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,rush1  
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 and ,mr4        
,espaillat7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #bh1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to establish a procedure for     
remand of a civil action that has been  
removed before service on a forum       
defendant1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,removal ,jurisdiction              
,clarification ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,removal before service on a forum      
defendant  7a7 ,removal ,section #addg  
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        

following3  7f7  7#a7 ,a court shall    
remand a case described in paragraph    
7#b7 to the ,state court from which it  
was removed if--  7,a7 within #cj days  
after filing of the notice of removal   
under section #addf7;a71 or within the  
time specified by ,state law for service
 of process1 whichever is shorter1 a    
defendant described in paragraph        
7#b77;,b7 is properly served in the     
manner prescribed by ,state law2 and    
7,b7 a motion to remand is made in      
accordance with1 and within the time    
specified by1 the first sentence of     
subsection 7c74  7#b7 ,this subsection  
shall apply to a case in which-- 7,a7 a 
civil action is removed solely on the   
basis of the jurisdiction under section 
#accb7;a7 of this title2 and  7,b7 at   
the time of removal1 any party in       
interest properly joined as a defendant 
is a citizen of the ,state in which such
 action is brought1 but has not been    
properly served4  4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendment ,section #addh of title #bh1  

,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking ,in all cases and inserting    
,except as provided in section          
#addg7;f71 in all cases4  7c7 ,effective
 date  7#a7 ,in general ,the amendments 
made by this ,act shall take effect upon
 the expiration of the #cj-;day period  
beginning on the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 and shall apply to any civil 
action commenced on or after such date4 
7#b7 ,commencement of ,state actions    
,with respect to a civil action         
commenced in ,state court and removed to
 ,federal court1 the civil action shall 
be deemed to have commenced on the date 
that the civil action was commenced1    
within the meaning of ,state law1 in    
,state court4