ANTI-TERRORISM ACT

Amendments

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), S2846, S2885 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

Allowing Americans To Sue Foreign Governments Over Terrorist Acts May Sound Like a Good Idea. It’s Not, S7006 [9DE]

Congress Overrides Obama—Too Bad It’s on a Bill That Will Hurt U.S. Interests, S7006 [9DE]

EU Expresses Concern Over 9/11 Bill, S7007 [9DE]

Give 9/11 Families a Legal Avenue, S6172 [28SE]

Risks of Suing the Saudis for 9/11, S7005 [9DE], H6030 [28SE]

Should We Let 9/11 Victims Sue Saudi Arabia? Not So Fast, S7006 [9DE]

Suing the Saudis Would Make the U.S. a Legal Target, S7007 [9DE]

Why a U.S. Law To Let 9/11 Families Sue Saudi Arabia Is a Threat to Britain and Its Intelligence Agencies, S7007 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions

PLO: amend the Anti-Terrorism Act relative to certain prohibitions (see S. 2537), S821 [10FE] (see H.R. 4522), H709 [10FE]

Letters

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: Ashton B. Carter, Sec. of Defense, H6026 [28SE]

——— John F. Kerry, Sec. of State, S6902 [8DE]

——— Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Joint Chiefs of Staff, S6903 [8DE], H6027 [28SE]

——— President Obama, S6902 [8DE]

——— several family members of victims of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, S5490 [12SE]

——— several Senators, S6171 [28SE]

Veto of S. 2040, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: Julie E. Adams, Sec. of the Senate, S6071 [26SE]

Messages

Veto of S. 2040, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: President Obama, S6071, S6078 [26SE], H6023 [28SE]

Remarks in House

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), H5136 [7SE], H5239–H5244, H5250 [9SE], E1243 [12SE], E1265 [14SE]

——— deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), veto, H6023–H6032 [28SE], E1396 [28SE], E1414 [29SE]

Remarks in Senate

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: clarify that foreign governments are liable for terrorist attacks only if they knowingly engage with a terrorist organization directly or indirectly, including financing, S6611–S6613 [30NO]

Terrorism: deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), S1481 [15MR], S2140 [19AP], S2845–S2848 [17MY], S5448 [8SE], S5489 [12SE], S5691 [14SE], S5874 [19SE], S5895 [20SE], S5926 [21SE], S6611–S6613 [30NO], S6899–S6903 [8DE], S7005 [9DE]

——— deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), unanimous-consent agreement, S6071, S6072 [26SE]

——— deter and provide justice for victims by ensuring foreign sponsors of terrorism are held accountable to their victims in U.S. courts (S. 2040), veto, S6071 [26SE], S6095 [27SE], S6165–S6173, S6204 [28SE], S6257, S6261 [29SE]

Reports filed

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2040), S575 [3FE]

Statements

Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: Ashton B. Carter, Sec. of Defense, S6903 [8DE]

Texts of

S. 2040, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, S2847 [17MY], H5239 [9SE]