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HR 1519 118th Congress House International Affairs

Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023

Introduced: March 9, 2023 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2023
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Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023

This bill revises an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state to allow an action seeking money damages against a foreign state for personal injury, death, or other damage resulting from certain misrepresentations related to infectious disease made by the state to the World Health Organization.

What's happening now March 9, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1519: Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1519/
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"H.R. 1519: Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1519/.
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H.R. 1519, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1519/.
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[H.R. 1519: Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1519/)
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