To amend that portion of title 28, United States Code, commonly called the Tort Claims Act, in order to assure that individuals accompanying Federal employees who are engaged in missions for the United States Government in foreign countries have legal recourse against the Government for certain tort claims, and for other purposes.

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Amends the federal law commonly known as the "Tort Claims Act" to apply it to individuals accompanying, with the knowledge and consent of the U.S. government, federal employees engaged in missions for the U.S. government in foreign countries (thus assuring them of legal recourse against the U.S. government for certain tort claims). Declares that the law of the place where the act or omission occurred which gives rise to the tort claim shall be deemed to be the law of the claimant's current or last U.S. domicile.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 July 2009

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  Introduced in House · EN · 21 July 2009

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