Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2372) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising under the Constitution.

The bill H.Res. 441, introduced in the 106th Congress on March 15, 2000, is titled "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2372) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law. It aims to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law claim is alleged, permit certification of unsettled State law questions essential to resolving Federal claims under the Constitution, and clarify when government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising under the Constitution."