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S. 825 (103rd)

A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to permit a foreign state to be subject to the jurisdiction of Federal or State courts in any case involving an act of international terrorism.

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Introduced

27 April 1993

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 678.

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Summary

Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in any case in which the action is based upon an act of international terrorism within the United States, or outside the United States if money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien, that occurred not more than six years previously and that was committed, aided, or abetted by a foreign state designated by the Secretary of State as a state supporting international terrorism under the Arms Export Control Act. Specifies that: (1) the property of a foreign state used in the United States for commercial activity shall not be immune from attachment or execution based upon such an act; and (2) such property shall not be immune from attachment prior to the entry of judgment if the foreign state is not immune from jurisdiction by virtue of this Act.

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