3.0.0 2212 2019-11-15T21:55:24Z 2019-11-15T21:55:24Z Senate S S 2012-03-20 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-20T20:15:30Z Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act 112 4086 HR 2012-03-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2012-03-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1849) IntroReferral 2012-03-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1848-1849) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2012-03-20 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-11-27 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-12-03 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2012-12-11 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-12-12 False Law Art, artists, authorship Cultural exchanges and relations Government liability International law and treaties Jurisdiction and venue Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Property rights War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity Law 00 2012-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-19T20:00:53Z Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts (under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act) in 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 consideration as a commercial activity (excluded from jurisdictional immunity) 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) in question is imported into the United States from any foreign country pursuant to an agreement for its temporary exhibit or display between a foreign state that is its owner or custodian and the United States or cultural or educational institutions within it; and (2) the President has determined, with notice in the Federal Register, that such work is culturally significant and its temporary exhibition or display is in the national interest. (Thus grants jurisdictional immunity to the foreign state and associated carrier for such works.)

Denies application of this prohibition to cases in which: (1) the action filed is based upon a claim that the work was taken in Europe in violation of international law by the Nazi government of Germany or governments occupied, assisted, or allied by the Nazi government between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945; (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.

]]> Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Display Title Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) title 28, United States Code. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2212is/xml/BILLS-112s2212is.xml 2012-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1849) 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.