HR 6481
110th Congress
House
Law
Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Consular agreements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Embassies
Government liability
Injunctions
International Affairs
Pretrial procedure
Privileges and immunities
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Avena Case Implementation Act of 2008
Introduced: July 14, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 14, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Avena Case Implementation Act of 2008 - Authorizes a person whose rights are infringed by a nonforeign governmental authority's violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to bring a civil action to obtain: (1) declaratory or equitable relief; and (2) in any case where the plaintiff is convicted of a criminal offense where the violation occurs during and in relation to the investigation or prosecution of the offense, any relief required to remedy the harm done by the violation, including vitiation of conviction or sentence.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1