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 102 STAT. 4646

PUBLIC LAW 100-702—NOV. 19, 1988

TITLE II—FEDERAL JURISDICTIONDIVERSITY REFORM SEC. 201. AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY IN DIVERSITY CASES.

28 USC 1332 note.

(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY TO $50,000.—Subsections (a) and Oo) of section 1332 are each amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000". OJ) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to any civil action commenced on or after the 180th day after the date of enactment of this title. SEC. 202. DIVERSITY IN CASES INVOLVING MULTISTATS CORPORATIONS OR REPRESENTATIVE PARTIES.

Insurance.

28 USC 1332 note.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1332(c) is amended to read as follows: "(c) For the purposes of this section and section 1441 of this title— "(1) a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of any State , ^ by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business, except that in any direct action against the insurer of a policy or contract of liability insurance, I whether incorporated or unincorporated, to which action the insured is not joined as a party-defendant, such insurer shall be deemed a citizen of the State of which the insured is a citizen, as well as of any State by which the insurer has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business; and "(2) the legal representative of the estate of a decedent shall be deemed to be a citizen only of the same State as the decedent, and the legal representative of an infant or incompetent shall be deemed to be a citizen only of the same State as the infant or incompetent.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to any civil action commenced in or removed to a United States district court on or after the 180th day after the date of enactment of this title. SEC. 203. CITIZENSHIP OF PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN. (a) PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN CITIZENSHIP FOR DIVERSITY PUR-

28 USC 1332 note.

POSES.—Section 1332(a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this section, section 1335, and section 1441, an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence shall be deemed a citizen of the State in which such alien is domiciled.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to claims in civil actions commenced in or removed to the United States district courts on or after the 180th day after the date of enactment of this title.

TITLE III—FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER SEC. 301. FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER FOUNDATION.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 42 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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