To allow actions for damages caused by terrorist acts to be brought against any country or officials thereof.

September 24, 2001

Ms. MCKINNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To allow actions for damages caused by terrorist acts to be brought against any country or officials thereof.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES BASED ON ACTS OF TERRORISM.

Section 1605(a)(7) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking `paragraph--' and inserting `paragraph if--';

(2) by striking subparagraph (A); and

(3) in subparagraph (B)--

(A) by striking `(B) even if the foreign state is or was so designated, if--'; and

(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) and aligning the text of each such subparagraph (as so redesignated) with the text of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (5) of section 1605(a) of title 28, United States Code.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS AGAINST OFFICIALS.

Section 589 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as enacted by section 101(c) of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-172; 28 U.S.C. 1605 note) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a), by striking `designated as a state sponsor of terrorism designated under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979'; and

(2) in subsection (b), by striking `under this action' and inserting `under this section'.

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