[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4180 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4180

To allow United States citizens to bring civil actions against persons 
 who fail to perform an act or duty under the United States-Peru Trade 
                Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2007

  Mr. Ellison (for himself and Mr. Michaud) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow United States citizens to bring civil actions against persons 
 who fail to perform an act or duty under the United States-Peru Trade 
                Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CIVIL SUITS UNDER U.S. PERU TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT 
              IMPLEMENTATION ACT.

    Section 102(c) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement 
Implementation Act is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Third Party Right of Action Allowed.--Any citizen of the 
United States may commence a civil action on his or her own behalf or 
in a representative capacity against any person (including the United 
States or any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the 
extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is 
alleged to have knowingly failed to perform any act or duty under this 
Act. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy or 
the citizenship of the parties, to issue appropriate orders requiring 
such person to perform such act or duty.''.
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