HR 2241 · 111th Congress · Law

Equitable Compensation for American Victims of Torture Act of 2009

Introduced 2009-05-04· Sponsored by Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.(2009-06-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Equitable Compensation for American Victims of Torture Act of 2009 - Terminates the authority of the President to grant the government of Iraq immunity from actions by victims of terrorism seeking compensation for injuries caused by officials, employees, or agents of the government of Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War when such government was classified as a state sponsor of terrorism, unless the claims in specified cases of U.S. soldiers and civilians held in Iraq as POWs and hostages and subject to state-sponsored torture and terrorism have been adequately settled. Defines various adequate settlement amounts, depending on the victim, length of torture or detainment, etc.…

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