Holocaust Rail Justice Act
Latest action · Apr 30, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Holocaust Rail Justice Act - 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.
Declares 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.
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the extent to which the public has access to records, including archived information, with respect to the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps on such trains.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Apr 11, 2013 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Sep 11, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 4, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jul 11, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jul 11, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Curt Clawson | Nov 12, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 11, 2013 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2013 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 11, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Apr 11, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 11, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E428)
- Apr 11, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E614 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E428 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | Apr 11, 2013 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1957.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1393 | Holocaust Rail Justice Act | Related bill | Jul 30, 2013 |
Titles 2
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, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Holocaust Rail Justice Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2013Introduced in House
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