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H.R.889

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

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About This Bill

Introduced Feb. 11, 2015
Latest Major Action June 10, 2015
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Bill Sponsor

Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

Bill Cosponsors

3 (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Bill Versions

Received in Senate - June 10, 2015
Engrossed in House - June 9, 2015
Reported in House - June 8, 2015
Introduced in House - Feb. 11, 2015

Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (Sec. 2) 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...

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
June 10, 2015	Received in the Senate.
June 9, 2015	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
June 9, 2015	Voice Vote in the House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3956-3957)
June 9, 2015	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 889.
June 9, 2015	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3956-3959)
June 9, 2015	Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
June 8, 2015	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 101.
June 8, 2015	Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-141.
March 24, 2015	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
March 24, 2015	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
March 23, 2015	Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged.
March 16, 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Feb. 11, 2015	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb. 11, 2015	Introduced in the House by Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

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