HR 4292 · 113th Congress · Law
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2014-05-07)
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Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act - Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts (under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act) in cases where rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue and that property (or any property exchanged for it) is: (1) present in the United States in connection with a commercial activity carried on by the foreign state in the United States; or (2) owned by an agency or instrumentality of the foreign state, and that agency or instrumentality is engaged in a commercial activity in the United States. Prohibits consideration as a commercial activity (excluded from jurisdictional immunity) any activity in the United States of a foreign state, or of any carrier, associated with a temporary exhibition or display if: (1) the work of art (or other object of cultural significance) is imported into the United States from any foreign country pursuant to an agreement for its temporary exhibition or display between a foreign state that is its owner or custodian and the United States or cultural or educational institutions …
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 4292, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Apr 22, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2014
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Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats1 Republican