HR 1210 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Holocaust Victims Insurance Relief Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 11, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Henry A. Waxman D-CA

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Latest action · Mar 28, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 11, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Holocaust Victims Insurance Relief Act of 2003 - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish and maintain a Holocaust Insurance Registry of information on holders, issuers, and related liable entities of Holocaust-era insurance policies that were: (1) in effect after January 30, 1933, and before December 31, 1945; and (2) issued to a policyholder domiciled in any area of Europe that was occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany or any ally or sympathizer during such period.

Requires: (1) insurers to file such information in an electronic format with the Secretary of Commerce by a specified deadline; (2) the Secretary to assess a civil penalty for each day of insurer noncompliance; and (3) the Secretary to notify each State's commissioner of insurance of the identity of any insurer that has failed to file either such information or to satisfy such civil penalty.

Declares that nothing in this Act preempts the right of any State to adopt or enforce any State law requiring an insurer to disclose information regarding insurance policies that may have been confiscated or stolen from victims of Nazi persecution.

Expresses the sense of Congress that if any litigation challenging such a State law is dismissed because the State's commissioner of insurance chooses to rely on this Act and therefore no longer seeks to enforce the State law, each party should bear its own legal fees and costs.

Cosponsors 63

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2003 to Oct 15, 2003; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 11, 2003
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-FLPeter DeutschOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 11, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleApr 1, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonApr 1, 2003
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteApr 1, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopApr 1, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMay 1, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.May 1, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 1, 2003
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenMay 7, 2003
D-TNJim CooperMay 7, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottMay 7, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverMay 7, 2003
D-WABrian BairdMay 22, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeJul 7, 2003
D-CARobert T. MatsuiJul 7, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinJul 7, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownJul 7, 2003
D-CAJane HarmanJul 9, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaJul 9, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezJul 25, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJul 25, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooSep 5, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaSep 5, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardSep 23, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOct 15, 2003

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Mar 11, 2003
Capital Markets Subcommittee
Referred Mar 28, 2003
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Mar 11, 2003
Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Subcommittee
Referred Mar 25, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
  2. Mar 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
  3. Mar 11, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Mar 11, 2003Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E815Henry A. Waxman D-CAApr 30, 2003

Research

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Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 108-79HOLOCAUST ERA INSURANCE RESTITUTION AFTER AIA v. GARAMENDI: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?279 pagesOversight and Government Reform CommitteeSep 16, 2003

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
TE10038Holocaust-Era Insurance ClaimsTestimonySep 17, 2019
RL34348Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Issues for Congress ArchivedReportSep 13, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the establishment of the Holocaust Insurance Registry by the Archivist of the United States and to require certain disclosures by insurers to the Secretary of Commerce.
Short Titles as Introduced
Holocaust Victims Insurance Relief Act of 2003

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2003Introduced in House

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