H.R. 889 · 114th Congress
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
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- House Introduced Feb 11, 2015
- House Passed Jun 9, 2015
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jun 9, 2015
(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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Latest action (Jun 10, 2015): Received in the Senate.
Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 11, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Feb 11, 2015
- House Passed Jun 9, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.