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S 634 112th Congress Senate

Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Official title: A bill 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 railro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: March 30, 2011 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Law Civil actions and liabilityCrime victimsEuropeFederal district courts
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FranceGovernment liabilityHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesJurisdiction and venueRailroadsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanityWorld history
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Became law
Jun 20, 2012
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551.
Mar 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 20, 2012

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-551.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 status of access to wartime records and archives concerning the wartime activities of any such railroad that engaged in the deportation of such persons to Nazi concentration camps.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1193 Related bill Holocaust Rail Justice Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 11, 2012
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 11, 2011
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Sep 22, 2011
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 30, 2011
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 17, 2011
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 17, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 634: Holocaust Rail Justice Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-634/
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