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2493
2023-01-11T13:48:48Z
2023-01-11T13:48:48Z
House
HR
2021-04-13
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ:H.R. 2493.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8[Page H1738]
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Judiciary Committee
House
Standing
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Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2021-10-19T15:38:57Z
  - Referred to
2021-04-13T23:05:40Z
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Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Standing
  - Referred to
2021-04-13T23:05:35Z

- Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021
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2021-04-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2021-10-19
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Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Committee
- 2021-04-13
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
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House floor actions
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Judiciary Committee
- 2021-04-13
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
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House floor actions
  - hsfa00
Foreign Affairs Committee
- 2021-04-13
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
- 2021-04-13
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz
D
FL
23
N
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Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Lee
Zeldin
R
NY
M.
1
2021-04-13
True
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Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
John
Garamendi
D
CA
3
2021-04-13
True
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Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
David
Kustoff
R
TN
8
2021-04-13
True
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Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Elissa
Slotkin
D
MI
8
2021-06-04
False
International Affairs
- Civil actions and liability
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Europe
- Germany
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Switzerland
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
International Affairs
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2021-04-13
Introduced in House
2021-06-16T15:00:10Z
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021
This bill allows a beneficiary (or an heir of a beneficiary) of certain insurance policies in effect during the Holocaust to sue in U.S. district court to enforce rights under such policies.
An insurance policy covered under this bill must have been (1) in effect at any time between January 31, 1933, and December 31, 1945, and (2) issued to a policyholder domiciled in Nazi-controlled territory or Switzerland.
A court shall award to a prevailing beneficiary (1) the amount due under a policy, (2) prejudgment interest of 6% a year, (3) attorney's fees and costs, and (4) treble damages if the insurer acted in bad faith.
An action under this bill or state law related to a covered insurance policy shall be considered timely if filed within 10 years of this bill's enactment.
Judgments and agreements entered before this bill's enactment shall not preclude a claim brought under the bill, with certain exceptions. Neither executive agreements between the United States and a foreign government nor U.S. executive foreign policies shall (1) affect or preclude claims brought under this bill, or (2) supersede or preempt any state laws relating to insurance policies covered by this bill.

Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021
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Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021
- Official Title as Introduced

To provide for the restoration of legal rights for claimants under holocaust-era insurance policies.
Introduced in House
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2021-04-13T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr2493ih/xml/BILLS-117hr2493ih.xml
2021-10-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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