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HR 1505 113th Congress House

Holocaust Rail Justice Act

Official 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 orga… Show full official titleShow less

Official 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.

Introduced: April 11, 2013 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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Apr 30, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Apr 11, 2013
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 11, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E428)
Apr 11, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 30, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

 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 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1393 Related bill Holocaust Rail Justice Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jul 11, 2014
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jul 11, 2014
ISRAEL, STEVE
· Sep 11, 2013
Miller, Jeff
· Apr 23, 2013
BRADY, ROBERT
· Apr 11, 2013
BROWN, CORRINE
· Apr 11, 2013
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Apr 11, 2013
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Apr 11, 2013
HOLT, RUSH
· Apr 11, 2013
KING, PETER
· Apr 11, 2013
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 11, 2013
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Apr 11, 2013
Schwartz, Allyson
· Apr 11, 2013
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Apr 11, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1505: Holocaust Rail Justice Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1505/
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"H.R. 1505: Holocaust Rail Justice Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1505/.
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H.R. 1505, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1505/.
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