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(7) affect the right of any court to transfer

venue or to apply the law of a foreign nation

or to dismiss a claim of a foreign nation or

of a citizen of a foreign nation on the ground

of inconvenient forum.

(e) FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION NOT ESTABLISHED.—Nothing in this section shall be

construed to establish any jurisdiction in the

district courts of the United States on the

basis of section 1331 or 1337 of title 28, United

States Code.

(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

(1) The term ‘‘claimant’’ means any person

who brings a civil action and any person on

whose behalf such an action is brought. If

such action is brought through or on behalf

of an estate, the term includes the decedent.

If such action is brought through or on behalf of a minor or incompetent, the term includes the legal guardian of the minor or incompetent.

(2) The term ‘‘commerce’’ means commerce

between or among the several States, or with

foreign nations.

(3)(A) The term ‘‘economic damages’’

means any objectively verifiable monetary

losses resulting from the harm suffered, including past and future medical expenses,

loss of past and future earnings, burial costs,

costs of repair or replacement, costs of obtaining replacement services in the home

(including, without limitation, child care,

transportation, food preparation, and household care), costs of making reasonable accommodations to a personal residence, loss

of employment, and loss of business or employment opportunities, to the extent recovery for such losses is allowed under applicable State law.

(B) The term ‘‘economic damages’’ shall

not include noneconomic damages.

(4) The term ‘‘harm’’ means any legally

cognizable wrong or injury for which damages may be imposed.

(5)(A) The term ‘‘noneconomic damages’’

means subjective, nonmonetary loss resulting from harm, including pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental suffering, emotional

distress, loss of society and companionship,

loss of consortium, injury to reputation, and

humiliation.

(B) The term ‘‘noneconomic damages’’

shall not include economic damages or punitive damages.

(6) The term ‘‘punitive damages’’ means

damages awarded against any person or entity to punish such persons or entity or to

deter such person or entity, or others, from

engaging in similar behavior in the future.

(7) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of

the United States, the District of Columbia,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any

other territory or possession of the United

States, or any political subdivision of any of

the foregoing.

AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO

fMEET

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the Finance

Committee be permitted to meet

Wednesday, April 26, 1995, beginning at

9:30 a.m. in room SD–215, to conduct a

hearing on child welfare programs.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the Select

Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the

Senate on Wednesday, April 26, 1995, at

10 a.m. to hold an open confirmation

hearing on the nomination of John

Deutch to be Director of Central Intelligence.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND PUBLIC LAND

MANAGEMENT

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land

Management of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted

permission to meet during the session

of the Senate on Wednesday, April 26,

1995, for purposes of conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled

to begin at 9:45 a.m. The purpose of

this oversight hearing is to review the

coordination of and conflicts between

the Federal forest management and

general environmental statutes.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

fA CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN EAST

TIMOR

∑ Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on January 12 of this year, the Indonesian military tortured and murdered six unarmed civilians in Liquisa, near Dili, in

East Timor.

The Indonesian Army Chief of Staff,

while reportedly admitting ‘‘procedural violations,’’ claimed the victims

were supporters of the guerrillas. However, the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia, which released a

scathing report on March 2, accused

the military of ‘‘unlawful’’ killings of

innocent civilians.

As anyone who follows events in East

Timor knows, the Liquisa shootings

were not an isolated incident. They

were part of a pattern of political violence on the island in which Indonesian

troops have been implicated for decades.

However, the fact that the National

Human Rights Commission published

such a conscientious report is encouraging. The Indonesian Government now

has two choices.

One choice is to repeat its mistakes

after the November 1991 Dili massacre.

Many here will recall how back then,

the unarmed demonstrators were sentenced to long prison terms, while a

handful of lower ranking soldiers who

fired the deadly shots went to jail for a

few months and the officers who gave

the orders and tried to cover up the

crime went scot free.

The other choice is to take responsibility, and use this opportunity to

punish severely all those implicated in

these crimes, and by doing so deter

others from committing such atrocities

in the future. Only when the impunity

ends will the abuse of human rights

end.

Let us hope that the Indonesian Government seizes this opportunity to

demonstrate that no one is above the

law, because it is long overdue in a

country that seeks to be accepted as a

respectable world power.

f∑

TRIBUTE TO RAYMOND J. LANDRY

∑ Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise to

pay tribute to one of New Hampshire’s

finest law enforcement officials, Raymond J. Landry, chief of police of the

city of Nashua, on the occasion of his

retirement on May 1, 1995.

As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I am

particularly proud of the distinguished

professional accomplishments of Chief

Landry, who is a Navy man himself.

A Nashua native, Chief Landry has

held progressively more responsible positions within the Nashua Police Department since he first joined it in

1964. After serving as a front line police

officer for 7 years, Chief Landry was

promoted to sergeant in 1971.

Less than 2 years later, in 1973, Chief

Landry became a lieutenant. Five

years after that, in 1978, Chief Landry

was promoted to captain. by 1984, he

was named major. Finally, Mr. Landry

attained his current high rank as chief

of police of the city of Nashua in 1988.

By any measure, Chief Landry has

had a most impressive career in the

law enforcement field. Throughout his

career, he has demonstrated the initiative, dedication, and foresight to gain

the best available training to serve the

citizens of Nashua. A graduate of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]

National Academy, Chief Landry also

is an alumnus of the Command Training Institute and the Advanced Management Practices Program of Babson

College. Finally, Mr. President, Chief

Landry is a graduate of the Police Executive Development Program of the

Pennsylvania State University.

Beyond his first-class training and

professional development efforts, Chief

Landry has been active in numerous

leadership organizations in the law enforcement field. He is a member of the

International Association of Chiefs of

Police, the New England State Police

Information Network, the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police,

the New England Association of Chiefs

of Police, and the Hillsborough County

Chiefs Association. In addition, Chief

Landry serves on the executive board

of the drug task force of the office of

the attorney general of New Hampshire.

Mr. President, I understand that

there will be a surprise gathering of upwards of 700 people in Nashua on May 5

to honor Chief Raymond Landry as he

retires. Law enforcement officials from

throughout New Hampshire, as well as

State and local dignitaries, will be in

attendance.

Mr. President, our Nation’s police officers richly deserve the respect in

which they are held by our citizens.

They serve quietly and effectively, protecting the public and keeping the