legislation: 103-hr-934
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| 103-hr-934 | 103 | hr | 934 | To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of foreign states, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States in certain cases involving torture or extrajudicial killing occurring in that state. | Law | 1993-02-17 | 1994-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | M000291 | 2 | Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to: (1) sovereign immunity for certain cases in which money damages are sought against the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) for the personal injury or death of a U.S. citizen occurring in the predecessor states of the FRG or in any territories or areas occupied, annexed, or otherwise controlled by those states and caused by an act of genocide committed against that citizen by such predecessor state or by any official or employee thereof while acting within the scope of his or her office or employment during World War II; and (2) immunity from attachment or execution relating to judgments of claims for which the foreign state is not immune by virtue of such provision. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z |