    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 115-171
    115th Congress

    An Act

    To require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust
    era assets and related issues. <>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Uncompensated Survivors
    Today (JUST) Act of 2017''.
    SEC. 2. REPORT ON HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS AND RELATED ISSUES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
    ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
    Senate;
    (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
    (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
    Representatives; and
    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
    Representatives.
    (2) Covered countries.--The term ``covered countries'' means
    participants in the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference that
    are determined by the Secretary of State, or the Secretary's
    designee, in consultation with expert nongovernmental
    organizations, to be countries of particular concern relative to
    the issues listed in subsection (b).
    (3) Wrongfully seized or transferred.--The term ``wrongfully
    seized or transferred'' includes confiscations, expropriations,
    nationalizations, forced sales or transfers, and sales or
    transfers under duress during the Holocaust era or the period of
    Communist rule of a covered country.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
    the appropriate congressional committees that assesses and describes the
    nature and extent of national laws and enforceable policies of covered
    countries regarding the identification and the return of or restitution
    for wrongfully seized or transferred Holocaust era assets consistent
    with, and evaluated with respect to, the goals and objectives of the
    2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference, including--
    (1) the return to the rightful owner of any property,
    including religious or communal property, that was wrongfully
    seized or transferred;
    (2) if return of any property described in paragraph (1) is
    no longer possible, the provision of comparable substitute

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    property or the payment of equitable compensation to the
    rightful owner in accordance with principles of justice and
    through an expeditious claims-driven administrative process that
    is just, transparent, and fair;
    (3) in the case of heirless property, the provision of
    property or compensation to assist needy Holocaust survivors, to
    support Holocaust education, and for other purposes;
    (4) the extent to which such laws and policies are
    implemented and enforced in practice, including through any
    applicable administrative or judicial processes; and
    (5) to the extent practicable, the mechanism for and an
    overview of progress toward the resolution of claims for United
    States citizen Holocaust survivors and United States citizen
    family members of Holocaust victims.

    (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that after the
    submission of the report described in subsection (b), the Secretary of
    State should continue to report to Congress on Holocaust era assets and
    related issues in a manner that is consistent with the manner in which
    the Department of State reported on such matters before the date of the
    enactment of the Act.

    Approved May 9, 2018.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 447:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 163 (2017):
    Dec. 12, considered and passed
    Senate.
    Vol. 164 (2018):
    Apr. 24, considered and passed
    House.