Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Foreign Soverign Immunities Act - Grants United States District Courts original jurisdiction without regard to amount in controversy of any nonjury civil action against a foreign state as to any claim for relief in person with respect to which the foreign state is not entitled to immunity. States that, in all such cases, district courts shall have personal jurisdiction over a foreign state where the prescribed service of process is made. Relates the Congressional finding that determination by the United States courts of the claims of foreign states to immunity would serve the interests of justice and would protect the rights of both foreign states and litigants in U.S. courts. Defines "foreign state," "commercial activity," and other terms for purposes of this Act. Provides that, subject to existing and future international agreements to which the U.S. is a party, foreign states are immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts except as provided in this Act. Declares that a foreign state is not immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts if: (1) the state has waived its immunity either explicitly or by implication; (2) the action is based upon specified commercially related activiti…