US Congress House Bill 1226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of State, with respect to covered countries, to annually include within either the relevant Annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices, the International Religious Freedom Report, or other appropriate report an assessment of the nature and extent of national laws or enforceable policies regarding the identification, return, or restitution of wrongfully seized or transferred Holocaust era assets and compliance with the goals of the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues, including: the return to the rightful owner of wrongfully seized or transferred property, including religious or communal property, or the provision of comparable substitute property or the payment of equitable compensation to the rightful owner; the use of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art and the Terezin Declaration in settling claims involving publicly and privately held movable property; the restitution of heirless property to assist needy Holocaust survivors; and progress on the resolution of claims for U.S. citizen Holocaust survivors and family members. "Covered countries" means signatories to the Terezin Declaration that are determined by the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues to be countries of particular concern with respect to such restitution.

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-02-27	House	Introduced in House

SB447 (Related) 2018-05-09 - Became Public Law No: 115-171. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1226/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1226/BILLS-115hr1226ih.pdf