US Congress House Bill 3143 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 19 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act - Amends the federal judicial code to include among the exceptions to U.S. jurisdictional immunity of foreign states any statutory or common law tort claim arising out of an act of extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, terrorism, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act, or any claim for contribution or indemnity relating to a claim arising out of such an act. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose liability on, and grant U.S. district courts personal jurisdiction over, any person who commits, or aids, abets, or conspires with a person who commits, an act of international terrorism that injures a U.S. national; and (2) repeal provisions prohibiting civil actions against foreign states or foreign officials for damages related to acts of terrorism.

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2013-09-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB1535 (Same As) 2014-12-11 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3143/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3143/BILLS-113hr3143ih.pdf