Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
Latest action · Dec 22, 2010 Became Public Law No: 111-342.
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.
- IntroducedDec 2, 2010
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2010
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2010
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2010
- Became lawDec 22, 2010Public Law 111-342
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010 - Amends federal forfeiture law regarding the enforcement of a foreign judgment to allow the U.S. government to apply for, and a U.S. district court to issue, a restraining order to preserve the availability of property located in the United States that is subject to civil or criminal forfeiture under foreign law, at any time before or after the initiation of forfeiture proceedings by a foreign nation. (Current law allows a restraining order before or after the United States files an application on behalf of a foreign nation seeking to enforce a foreign forfeiture or confiscation judgment.)
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 2, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Dec 2, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 3, 2010Discharged Dec 15, 2010 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2010 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2010Signed by President.
- Dec 22, 2010Became Public Law No: 111-342.
- Dec 17, 2010Presented to President.
- Dec 16, 2010Ms. Chu moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 16, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8539-8541)
- Dec 16, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4005.
- Dec 16, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8539)
- Dec 16, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 16, 2010Cleared for White House.
- Dec 15, 2010Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 15, 2010Received in the House.
- Dec 15, 2010Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 14, 2010Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 14, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 8, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8637-8638)
- Dec 2, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Dec 2, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 4
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8539–H8541Text printed H8539 | Judy Chu D-CA, Steve Scalise R-LA, Ted Poe R-TX | Dec 16, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8356 | Judy Chu D-CA | Dec 15, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10232Text printed S10232 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8637 | Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI | Dec 8, 2010 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34655 | U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Jan 11, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6487 | Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010 | Identical bill | Dec 2, 2010 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the proceeds or instrumentalities of foreign crime located in the United States from being shielded from foreign forfeiture proceedings.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 14, 2010Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 2, 2010Introduced in Senate
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.
