[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1225 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1225

    To make a technical correction to title 28, United States Code, 
    relating to jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist states.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 1997

  Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
 Canady of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Mica, and Mr. McNulty) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To make a technical correction to title 28, United States Code, 
    relating to jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist states.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective with 
respect to any cause of action arising before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, section 1605(a)(7)(B)(ii) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``the claimant or victim was 
not'' and inserting ``neither the claimant nor the victim was''.
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