H.R. 1193 (112th): Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Introduced:
Mar 17, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY14]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 1505 on Apr 11, 2013. See H.R. 1505 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 17, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 17, 2011
Referred to Committee Mar 17, 2011
Cosponsors
55 cosponsors (39D, 16R) (show)
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Full Title

To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Mar 17, 2011.
7 pages

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3/17/2011--Introduced.
Holocaust Rail Justice Act - Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that:
(1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and
(2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.
Declares that:
(1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and
(2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired.
Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002.
Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the extent to which the public has access to records, including archived information, with respect to the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps on such trains.

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