[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2798. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.

       Section 1605A(a)(2)(A)(i) of title 28, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``or'' at the end; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(III) the Department of State has otherwise determined 
     the foreign state engages in a pattern or practice of 
     torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage 
     taking, or the provision of material support or resources for 
     such an act if such act or provision of material support or 
     resources is engaged in by an official, employee, or agent of 
     such foreign state while acting within the scope of his or 
     her office, employment or agency (excluding acts of war).''.
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