3.0.0 634 2019-11-15T22:01:16Z 2019-11-15T22:01:16Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2012-06-20T18:42:28Z Referred to 2011-03-17T20:31:38Z Holocaust Rail Justice Act 112 1193 HR 2011-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS 2012-06-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551. Committee 2011-03-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-03-17 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-03-17 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-03-17 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-03-17 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-03-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-03-17 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-03-17 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-03-28 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-03-30 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-04-13 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2011-05-05 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-05-09 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-05-10 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-09-07 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-09-22 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-10-11 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-01-23 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2012-09-11 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-09-12 False Law Civil actions and liability Crime victims Europe Federal district courts France Government liability Human rights International law and treaties Jurisdiction and venue Railroads War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity World history Law 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-24T16:38:58Z 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.

]]> Holocaust Rail Justice Act Short Titles as Introduced Holocaust Rail Justice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons. Display Title Holocaust Rail Justice Act Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s634is/xml/BILLS-112s634is.xml 2012-06-20 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551. 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.