#aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#dhej  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title #bh1 
,united ,states ,code1 to adjust        
thresholds relating to jurisdiction for 
inflation4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,diversity          
,jurisdiction ,inflation ,adjustment    
,act4  #b4 ,inflation adjustments       
,section #accb of title #bh1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7a71 by striking of #ge1jjj  
and inserting described in subsection   
7b72 and  7#b7 by striking subsection   
7b7 and inserting the following3  7b7   
7#a7 ,the matter in controversy         
described in this subsection is not less
 than #aej1jjj1 as adjusted under       
paragraph 7#b71 exclusive of interest   
and costs4  7#b7 7,a7 ,in this          
paragraph-- 7i7 the term appropriate    
year means the calendar year preceding  
the calendar year in which the          
adjustment under paragraph 7#a7 is to   
take effect2 and  7ii7 the term         
,consumer ,price ,index means the       

,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 
,consumers published by the ,department 
of ,labor4  7,b7 ,effective on ,january 
#a1 #bjcj1 and ,january #a of each tenth
 year thereafter1 the dollar amount then
 in effect as the minimum amount in     
controversy applicable under paragraph  
7#a7 shall be adjusted by an amount1    
rounded to the nearest #be1jjj 7or1 if  
midway between multiples1 to the next   
higher multiple of #be1jjj7 which       
reflects the change in the ,consumer    
,price ,index for the month of          
,september of the appropriate year1 over
 the ,consumer ,price ,index for-- 7i7  
in the case of the initial adjustment1  
the month of ,september #bjbe2 and  7ii7
 in the case of each subsequent         
adjustment1 ,september of the year      
preceding the last adjustment4  7,c7    
,the ,director of the ,administrative   
,office of the ,united ,states ,courts  
shall determine the amount of each      
adjustment under paragraph 7#a7 and1 not
 later than ,november #ae of the        

appropriate year1 shall submit for      
publication in the ,federal ,register   
the amount 7and the percentage change in
 the ,consumer ,price ,index that is the
 basis for the amount7 and the new      
minimum amount in controversy to take   
effect on ,january #a of the succeeding 
calendar year4  7#c7 ,except when       
express provision therefor is otherwise 
made in a statute of the ,united        
,states1 where the plaintiff who files  
the case originally in the ,federal     
courts is finally adjudged to be        
entitled to recover less than the sum or
 value required under paragraph 7#a7    
without regard to any setoff or         
counterclaim to which the defendant may 
be adjudged to be entitled1 and         
exclusive of interest and costs1 the    
district court may deny costs to the    
plaintiff and1 in addition1 may impose  
costs on the plaintiff4  4  ,passed the 
,senate ,august #g1 #bjbf4,secretary