The Committee on Judicial Resources Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics approved creating seven new nature of suit codes and eliminating 13 nature of suit codes that are either obsolete or used so rarely that it is no longer necessary to have separate codes.

New Codes:

    * 367 TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
    * 375 False Claims Act
    * 448 Civil Rights - Education
    * 560 Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
    * 751 Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act
    * 896 Other Statutes - Arbitration
    * 899 Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Eliminated Nature of Suit Codes:

    * 444 Civil Rights - Welfare
    * 610 Forfeiture/Penalty - Agriculture
    * 620 Forfeiture/Penalty - Other Food & Drug
    * 630 Forfeiture/Penalty - Liquor Laws
    * 640 Forfeiture/Penalty - RR & Truck
    * 650 Forfeiture/Penalty - Airline Regulations
    * 660 Forfeiture/Penalty - Occupational Safety/Health
    * 730 Labor - Labor/Mgmt Reporting and Disclosure Act
    * 810 Other Statutes - Selective Service
    * 875 Other Statutes - Customer Challenge 12 USC 3410
    * 892 Economic Stabilization Act
    * 894 Other Statutes - Energy Allocation Act
    * 900 Other Statutes - Appeal of Fee Determination Under Equal Access to Justice Act

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