3.0.0 6415 2019-11-15T21:08:07Z 2019-11-15T21:08:07Z House H HR 2006-12-07 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-07T15:02:05Z 2006-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-12-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 N L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2006-12-07 True International Affairs Biological warfare Chemical warfare Congress Congress and foreign policy Crime and Law Enforcement Diplomats Environmental Protection Fissionable materials Government Operations and Politics Law Nuclear terrorism President and foreign policy Treaties United Nations International Affairs 00 2006-12-07 Introduced in House 2006-12-19T17:18:24Z Polonium Act of 2006 - States that accreditation of a representative of a foreign government to the United States under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and accreditation of a representative of a foreign government to the United Nations under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations shall be deemed to be an express waiver of immunity from criminal jurisdiction (for the representative) with respect to an act of disbursing radioactive or other substances posing a lasting, clear and present danger to public health. Authorizes the President to waive such provision if in the U.S. national interest.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should propose amendments to such Conventions to ensure that persons who enjoy immunity from criminal jurisdiction (under such Conventions) do not receive such immunity with respect to acts of disbursing radioactive or other substances posing a lasting, clear and present danger to public health.

]]> Polonium Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Polonium Act of 2006 Display Title Polonium Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To limit immunity from criminal jurisdiction for accredited representatives of foreign governments to the United States and accredited representatives of foreign governments to the United Nations with respect to acts of disbursing radioactive or other substances posing a lasting, clear and present danger to public health, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2006-12-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6415ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6415ih.xml 2006-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.