HR 889 · 114th Congress · Law

Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

Introduced 2015-02-11· Sponsored by Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(2015-06-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Amends the federal judicial code with respect to denial of a foreign state's sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. or state courts in commercial activity 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. Grants a foreign state or certain carriers immunity from federal or state court jurisdiction for any activity in the United States associated with a temporary exhibition or display of a work of art or other object of cultural significance if: 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 U.S. cultural or educational insti…

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H.R. 889, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

Mar 31, 2015

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2015

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Cosponsors (3)

2 Democrats1 Republican