{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1998-11-12-pt1-PgE2307-3", "1998-11-12", 105, 2, null, null, "CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4328, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2307", "E2308", "[{\"name\": \"Bill Pascrell, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"105\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4328\"}]", "144 Cong. Rec. E2307", "Congressional Record, Volume 144 Issue 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E2307-E2308]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n   CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4328, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND\n               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999\n\n                                 ______\n\n                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.\n\n                             of new jersey\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Thursday, November 12, 1998\n\n  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support Section 117 of the\nTreasury Appropriations Conference Report now part of the FY 1999\nOmnibus Appropriations Bill, which passed the House of Representatives\non October 20, 1998. This Section arose out of a need to assist\nAmerican victims of terrorism in recovering assets of states that\nsponsor terrorism in order to help satisfy civil judgments against such\nstate-sponsors. The purpose of this provision is to put teeth into the\nlaws that this Congress has passed regarding those nations who sponsor\nterrorism.\n  I would like to briefly comment and clarify the operation of Section\n117. Subsection (f)(1)(A) clarifies existing law to allow the post-\njudgment seizure of blocked foreign assets of terrorist states to help\nsatisfy judgments resulting from actions brought against them under\nSection 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7), the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's\nexception to immunity for acts of state sponsored terrorism involving\nthe death or personal injury of a United States national.\n  Subsection (f)(2)(A) establishes requirements upon the Secretary of\nthe Treasury and Secretary of State to assist in locating the blocked\nassets of terrorist states in order to facilitate attachment and\nexecution. Section (d)\n\n[[Page E2308]]\n\nallows the President to waive the requirements of Subsection (f)(2)(A).\nSection (d) does not, however, allow the waiver of subsection\n(f)(1)(A), as that subsection modifies existing law, but imposes no\n``requirement.''\n  The intent of Congress is clear and unambiguous. The provision under\ndiscussion, Section 117, is designed to send a message around the globe\nto those nations who sponsor terrorism. That message is\nstraightforward--your assets are no longer protected from justice. The\nUnited States will no longer sit idly on the sidelines when our\ncitizens and children are ruthlessly murdered in acts of state-\nsponsored terrorism. When a Court of competent jurisdiction has\ndetermined that a terrorist state has sponsored acts of terrorism\nresulting in the death or personal injury of a United States national,\nany and all of their assets in this country may be attached and\nexecuted to satisfy the judgment. The reality of significant financial\nloss to terrorist states will be a critical deterrent to further acts\nof terrorism targeted at the citizens of this country.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1998-11-12-pt1-PgE2307-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.42204599594697356, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}