3.0.0 2680 2025-12-05T08:00:39Z 2025-12-05T08:00:39Z House H HR 2023-04-18 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2680 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KUSTOFF:H.R. 2680.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and ProperClause. Congress shall have power to make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitutionin the Government of the United States, or in any Departmentof Officer thereof.The single subject of this legislation is:This bill will restore the rights of Holocaust-erainsurance beneficiaries in recovering billions in unclaimedpayments that were left behind amid the chaos and destructionof World War II.[Page H1847]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-04-18T14:01:45Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-04-18T14:01:40Z 118 1179 S 2023-04-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2023-04-18 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 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-04-18 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 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2023-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000392 Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] David Kustoff R TN 8 N W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 25 2023-04-18 True G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] John Garamendi D CA 8 2023-04-18 True M001222 Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] Max Miller R OH L. 7 2023-04-18 True International Affairs International Affairs 2023-04-27T14:16:02Z

00 2023-04-18 Introduced in House 2024-03-01T19:57:41Z <p><strong>Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>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. </p> <p>An insurance policy covered under this bill must have been&nbsp;(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. </p> <p>A court shall award to&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p> <p>An action under this bill or state law related to&nbsp;a covered&nbsp;insurance policy shall be considered timely if filed within 10 years of this bill's enactment.</p> <p>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&nbsp;U.S. executive foreign policies shall (1) affect or preclude claims brought under this bill, or&nbsp;(2) supersede or preempt any state laws relating to insurance policies covered by this bill. </p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p>

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