Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010
Latest action · Sep 22, 2010 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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 4, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010 - Declares that no executive agreement between the United States and any foreign country shall invalidate or preempt any state law creating a cause of action against an insurer or related company based upon a claim arising out of or related to a covered insurance policy that: (1) was in effect at any time after January 30, 1933, and before December 31, 1945; and (2) was issued to a policyholder domiciled in any area occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany.
Deems any state law enacted as of March 1, 1998, which requires an insurer doing business in that state to disclose information regarding such a covered policy to be effective upon its enactment.
Authorizes the President to waive application of this Act upon: (1) a determination that the executive agreement is vital to U.S. national security interests; and (2) presentation of a report by the President to certain congressional committees explaining the reasons for such determination.
Prohibits a court from dismissing a claim that is brought under a state law within 10 years after enactment of this Act on the ground that the claim is barred under any statute of limitations.
Declares this Act applicable to any claim brought under state law before, on, or after enactment of this Act including: (1) any claim dismissed on the ground of executive preemption before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) any claim that is deemed released as a result of the settlement of a class action entered into before enactment of this Act if the claimant did not receive any payment pursuant to the settlement.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2010 to Jul 20, 2010; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 20, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2010 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2010 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jul 26, 2010 | |
| Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee | Referred Jul 27, 2010Hearings Sep 22, 2010 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2010Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 20, 2010Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 27, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Jul 26, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in House
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-148 | HOLOCAUST INSURANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2010260 pages | Judiciary Committee | Sep 22, 2010 |
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE10038 | Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims | Testimony | Sep 17, 2019 |
| RL34348 | Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Sep 13, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow for enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Europe
- Federal preemption
- Germany
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Intergovernmental relations
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- State and local government operations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
