FEDERAL RULES
OF
EVIDENCE
DECEMBER 1, 2006
UN
UM
E PLURIBUS
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THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
109TH CONGRESS "
COMMITTEE PRINT
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No. 9
2nd Session
FEDERAL RULES
OF
EVIDENCE
DECEMBER 1, 2006
UN
UM
E PLURIBUS
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of
THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 2006
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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin, Chairman
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
CHRIS CANNON, Utah
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
RIC KELLER, Florida
DARRELL ISSA, California
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
MIKE PENCE, Indiana
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
STEVE KING, Iowa
TOM FEENEY, Florida
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
ZOE LOFGREN, California
SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
MAXINE WATERS, California
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
LINDA T. SÁNCHEZ, California
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
PHILIP G. KIKO, General Counsel—Chief of Staff
PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority Chief Counsel
(II)
FOREWORD
This document contains the Federal Rules of Evidence, as
amended to December 1, 2006. The rules were enacted by Public
Law 93–595 (approved January 2, 1975) and have been amended by
Acts of Congress, and fur