To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.
Latest action · Mar 2, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Provides 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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2005 to Jul 24, 2006; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Feb 1, 2005 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Feb 1, 2005 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Feb 1, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 1, 2005 |
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | Feb 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 24, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2005 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Feb 1, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2005Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-723 | AN OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP (GNEP), INCLUDING PROPOSED ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR RECYCLING NUCLEAR WASTE65 pages | Appropriations Committee | Sep 14, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2005Introduced in House
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