Federal Rules of Civil Procedure December 2022 Release along with House Document 117-110, the text of the amended rule, new supplemental rules, and accompanying committee notes effective December 1, 2022.
This document contains the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure together with forms, as amended to December 1, 2021. The rules have been promulgated and amended by the United States Supreme Court pursuant to law, and further amended by Acts of Congress. This document has been prepared by the Committee in response to the need for an official up-to-date document containing the latest amendments to the rules.
For the convenience of the user, where a rule has been amended a reference to the date the amendment was promulgated and the date the amendment became effective follows the text of the rule.
The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United States, prepared notes explaining the purpose and intent of the amendments to the rules.