I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5653 
To require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era 
assets and related issues. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2016 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries 
on Holocaust era assets and related issues. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Uncompen-
sated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING ON HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS 
AND RELATED ISSUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For covered countries, the Sec-
retary of State shall annually include within either the rel-
evant Annual Country Report on Human Rights, the 
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International Religious Freedom Report, or other appro-
priate report as determined by the Secretary, an assess-
ment and description of the nature and extent of national 
laws or enforceable policies regarding the identification 
and the return of or restitution for wrongfully seized or 
transferred Holocaust era assets and compliance with or 
progress toward the goals and objectives of the 2009 
Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related 
Issues, including— 
(1) the return to the rightful owner of any 
property, including religious or communal property, 
that was wrongfully seized or transferred; 
(2) if return of such property is no longer pos-
sible, the provision of comparable substitute property 
or the payment of equitable compensation to the 
rightful owner in accordance with principles of jus-
tice and through an expeditious claims-driven admin-
istrative process that is just, transparent, and fair; 
(3) the use of the Washington Conference Prin-
ciples on Nazi-Confiscated Art, agreed to December 
3, 1998, and the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust 
Assets and Related Issues, agreed to June 30, 2009, 
in settling all claims involving publically and pri-
vately held movable property; 
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(4) the restitution of heirless property to assist 
needy Holocaust survivors, and for other purposes; 
(5) the extent to which such laws and policies 
are implemented and enforced in practice, including 
through any applicable administrative or judicial 
processes; and 
(6) the mechanism for and demonstrable 
progress on the resolution of claims for United 
States citizen Holocaust survivors and United States 
citizen family members of Holocaust victims. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCLUSION.— 
(1) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORT 
ON HUMAN RIGHTS OR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM REPORT.—If the Secretary of State in-
cludes the information required under subsection (a) 
in the report required under section 116(d) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n(d)) or the report required under section 
102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)), the requirement to in-
clude such information shall apply beginning with 
the first report submitted later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) INCLUSION
IN
OTHER
DEPARTMENT
OF 
STATE REPORT.—If the Secretary of State includes 
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the information required under subsection (a) in an 
existing report of the Department of State other 
than a report described in paragraph (1), the re-
quirement to include such information shall apply 
beginning with the first report submitted later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) INCLUSION IN NEW REPORT.—If the Sec-
retary of State includes the information required 
under subsection (a) in a new report, the Secretary 
shall submit such report not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘covered 
countries’’ means signatories to the 2009 Terezin 
Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related 
Issues that are determined by the Special Envoy for 
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Holocaust Issues, in consultation with expert non-
governmental organizations, to be countries of par-
ticular concern relative to the issues listed in sub-
section (a). 
(3) WRONGFULLY SEIZED OR TRANSFERRED.— 
The term ‘‘wrongfully seized or transferred’’ in-
cludes confiscations, expropriations, nationalizations, 
forced sales or transfers, and sales or transfers 
under duress during the Holocaust era or the period 
of Communist rule of the country in question. 
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