3.0.0 2180 2023-03-08T20:11:59Z 2023-03-08T20:11:59Z Senate S 2021-06-22 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-22T22:14:38Z Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2021 117 3984 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2021-06-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Law California Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal appellate courts Federal district courts Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government liability Illinois Infectious and parasitic diseases International law and treaties Judicial review and appeals Jurisdiction and venue New York City Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Texas Law 00 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-23T18:54:46Z Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2021

This bill allows foreign states to be sued in a U.S. court for physical or economic harms occurring in the United States as a result of COVID-19. (Typically, a foreign state is immune from lawsuits filed against it in a U.S. court.)

Specifically, a foreign state shall not have immunity from a lawsuit seeking damages for (1) the foreign state's spread of COVID-19, or (2) tortious acts intended to deliberately conceal or distort the existence or nature of COVID-19.

If the United States is in discussions with a foreign state that is seeking to resolve claims related to COVID-19 against the foreign state, the Department of Justice may intervene and seek a stay in a case filed under this bill involving the foreign state.

]]> Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide a civil action against a foreign state for deliberate concealment or distortion of information with respect to an international public health emergency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2180is/xml/BILLS-117s2180is.xml 2021-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.