US Congress Senate Bill 2763 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-12-06 - By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 114-394.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (Sec. 5) This bill allows civil claims or causes of action for the recovery of artwork or certain other property lost between January 1, 1933, and December 31, 1945, because of Nazi persecution to be commenced within six years after the claimant's actual discovery of: (1) the identity and location of the artwork or other property, and (2) a possessory interest in the artwork or property. Such statutory limitation period of six years after actual discovery preempts any other statutes of limitation or defenses relating to the passage of time. Preexisting claims known by a claimant before enactment of this bill shall be considered discovered on the date of this bill's enactment if they were barred before, or not barred on, the date of enactment. This bill applies to claims or actions that are: (1) pending on the date of this bill's enactment, including an action for which the time to file an appeal has not expired; or (2) filed after enactment but before 2027. But the bill does not apply to claims barred on the day before enactment of this bill if: (1) the claimant had knowledge on or after January 1, 1999, and (2) six years have passed from the date such claimant acquired such knowledge and during which time the claim was not barred by a statute of limitations.

Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-06	Senate	By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 114-394.
2016-09-29	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
2016-09-29	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2016-09-15	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2016-06-07	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held with the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts.
2016-04-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1812-1813)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2763/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2763/BILLS-114s2763is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2763/BILLS-114s2763rs.pdf