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HAMDT 325 (102nd)

Amendment sought to delete provisions relating to habeas corpus reform and would have barred federal courts from hearing any claim in a habeas corpus appeal that was "fully and fairly" adjudicated in state court; mandated that all habeas corpus appeals be filed within one year of state appeals; limited prisoners under a death sentence to a single federal habeas corpus petition; required that habeas corpus petitions be filed within six months in death penalty cases if the state has provided qualified counsel; and set time limits for federal courts to complete consideration of such petitions.