Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 6, 2016 By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 114-394.
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 7, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
(Sec. 5) This bill allows civil claims or causes of action for the recovery of artwork or certain other property lost between January 1, 1933, and December 31, 1945, because of Nazi persecution to be commenced within six years after the claimant's actual discovery of: (1) the identity and location of the artwork or other property, and (2) a possessory interest in the artwork or property.
Such statutory limitation period of six years after actual discovery preempts any other statutes of limitation or defenses relating to the passage of time.
Preexisting claims known by a claimant before enactment of this bill shall be considered discovered on the date of this bill's enactment if they were barred before, or not barred on, the date of enactment.
This bill applies to claims or actions that are: (1) pending on the date of this bill's enactment, including an action for which the time to file an appeal has not expired; or (2) filed after enactment but before 2027. But the bill does not apply to claims barred on the day before enactment of this bill if: (1) the claimant had knowledge on or after January 1, 1999, and (2) six years have passed from the date such claimant acquired such knowledge and during which time the claim was not barred by a statute of limitations.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2016 to Dec 6, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 7, 2016 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 7, 2016 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Apr 7, 2016 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Jun 7, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Sep 8, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Sep 14, 2016 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Sep 15, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Sep 15, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Sep 15, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Dec 6, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 7, 2016Markup Sep 15, 2016Reported Sep 29, 2016 |
| Constitution Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 7, 2016 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2016By Senator Grassley from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 114-394.
- Sep 29, 2016Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 29, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
- Sep 15, 2016Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 7, 2016Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held with the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts.
- Apr 7, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Apr 7, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1812-1813)
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6822 | Joe Donnelly D-IN, Thom Tillis R-NC | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3495 | John Cornyn R-TX | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Senate | Text printed S1812 | John Cornyn R-TX (text) | Apr 7, 2016 |
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
- Nov 21, 2016S. 2763, Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 29, 2016
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6130 | Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2016Reported to Senate
- Apr 7, 2016Introduced 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.
