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[actionDate] => 2018-07-12
[displayText] => Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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[description] => Introduced
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Passed Senate
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[actionDate] => 2018-08-22
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[description] => Passed Senate
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Passed House
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[actionDate] => 2018-09-13
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H8245)
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[description] => Passed House
[chamberOfAction] => House
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To President
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[actionDate] => 2018-09-24
[displayText] => Presented to President.
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[description] => To President
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Became Law
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[actionDate] => 2018-10-03
[displayText] => Became Public Law No: 115-253.
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[description] => Became Law
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Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to make three changes to provisions governing civil claims for damages resulting from an act of international terrorism.
First, the bill narrows the limitation on such claims that occur during an act of war. Current law bars claims for international terrorism that occur during an armed conflict between military forces. This bill specifies that designated foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists are not military forces.
Second, the bill makes available any asset of a terrorist party seized or frozen under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for the satisfaction of court-awarded judgments against the terrorist party.
Third, it allows federal courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign non-state defendant that accepts benefits from the United States (e.g., foreign assistance).
All Summaries (1)
Shown Here: Public Law (10/03/2018)
Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to make three changes to provisions governing civil claims for damages resulting from an act of international terrorism.
First, the bill narrows the limitation on such claims that occur during an act of war. Current law bars claims for international terrorism that occur during an armed conflict between military forces. This bill specifies that designated foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists are not military forces.
Second, the bill makes available any asset of a terrorist party seized or frozen under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for the satisfaction of court-awarded judgments against the terrorist party.
Third, it allows federal courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign non-state defendant that accepts benefits from the United States (e.g., foreign assistance).
