Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Latest action · Jun 10, 2015 Received in the Senate.
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 11, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
(Sec. 2) Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property, or any property exchanged for it, is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States, or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality of the foreign state and that agency or instrumentality is engaged in a commercial activity in the United States.
Prohibits from being excluded from jurisdictional immunity as a commercial activity (and thereby provides immunity for) any activity in the United States of a foreign state, or of any carrier, associated with a temporary exhibition or display, if: (1) the work of art or other object of cultural significance is imported into the United States from any foreign country pursuant to an agreement for its temporary exhibition or display between a foreign state that is its owner or custodian and the United States or U.S. cultural or educational institutions, and (2) the President has determined that such work is culturally significant and its temporary exhibition or display is in the national interest.
Denies immunity in cases concerning rights in property taken in violation of international law in which: (1) the action is based upon a claim that the work was taken between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, by the government of Germany or any government in Europe occupied, assisted, or allied by the German government; (2) the court determines that the activity associated with the exhibition or display is commercial; and (3) that determination is necessary for the court to exercise jurisdiction over the foreign state.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 11, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
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 11, 2015Markup Mar 24, 2015Reported Jun 8, 2015 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2015Discharged Mar 23, 2015 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2015Received in the Senate.
- Jun 9, 2015Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 9, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3956-3959)
- Jun 9, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 889.
- Jun 9, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3956-3957)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3956–H3959Text printed H3956 | Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Chabot R-OH, Steve Cohen D-TN | Jun 9, 2015 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 31, 2015H.R. 889, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H983.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2648 | CREATE Act of 2016 | Related bill | Mar 8, 2016 |
| S 3155 | Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act | Related bill | Sep 15, 2016 |
| HR 6477 | Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2015Received in Senate
- Jun 9, 2015Engrossed in House
- Jun 8, 2015Reported in House
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced 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.
