Holocaust Rail Justice Act

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 status of access to wartime records and archives concerning the wartime activities of any such railroad that engaged in the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps.

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Timeline

1. 17 March 2011

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 March 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 20 June 2012

   Committee

   Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 17 March 2011 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 March 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 March 2011

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 March 2011

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Sponsors

• Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Sponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
• Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
• Michael Bennet · D · Cosponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
• Bernie Sanders · I · Cosponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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