US Congress House Bill 1193 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 1 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity. Declares that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the extent to which the public has access to records, including archived information, with respect to the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps on such trains.

Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Altmire, Jason	Rep Andrews, Robert E.
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Bass, Karen	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.
Rep Bilirakis, Gus M.	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Brown, Corrine
Rep Buchanan, Vern	Rep Calvert, Ken	Rep Cardoza, Dennis A.	Rep Cicilline, David N.
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Costa, Jim	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.
Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario	Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Gibson, Christopher P.
Rep Grimm, Michael G.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.
Rep Higgins, Brian	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Israel, Steve
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep King, Peter T.	Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Miller, Jeff
Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.
Rep Posey, Bill	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Rehberg, Denny	Rep Rivera, David
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Ross, Dennis	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch
Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Turner, Robert L.
Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep West, Allen B.	Rep Wilson, Frederica S.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2011-03-17	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-03-17	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2011-03-17	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E528)

SB634 (Related) 2012-06-20 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN01193:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1193ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1193ih.pdf