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is pending which has been brought pursuant to sec-
tion 1605(a)(7) such funds as may be required to
carry out the Orders of that United States District
Court appointing Special Masters in any case under
this section. Any amount paid in compensation to
any such Special Master shall constitute an item of
court costs.
‘‘(g) APPEAL.—In an action brought under this sec-
tion, appeals from orders not conclusively ending the litiga-
tion may only be taken pursuant to section 1292(b) of this
title.
‘‘(h) PROPERTY DISPOSITION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In every action filed in a
United States district court in which jurisdiction is
alleged under this section, the filing of a notice of
pending action pursuant to this section, to which is
attached a copy of the complaint filed in the action,
shall have the effect of establishing a lien of lis
pendens upon any real property or tangible personal
property located within that judicial district that is
titled in the name of any defendant, or titled in the
name of any entity controlled by any such defendant
if such notice contains a statement listing those con-
trolled entities.
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‘‘(2) NOTICE.—A notice of pending action pursu-
ant to this section shall be filed by the clerk of the dis-
trict court in the same manner as any pending action
and shall be indexed by listing as defendants all
named defendants and all entities listed as controlled
by any defendant.
‘‘(3) ENFORCEABILITY.—Liens established by
reason of this subsection shall be enforceable as pro-
vided in chapter 111 of this title.’’.
(2) AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The
chapter analysis for chapter 97 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
for section 1605 the following:
‘‘1605A. Terrorism exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) PROPERTY.—Section 1610 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) PROPERTY IN CERTAIN ACTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The property of a foreign
state, or agency or instrumentality of a foreign state,
against which a judgment is entered under this sec-
tion, including property that is a separate juridical
entity, is subject to execution upon that judgment as
provided in this section, regardless of—
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‘‘(A) the level of economic control over the
property by the government of the foreign state;
‘‘(B) whether the profits of the property go
to that government;
‘‘(C) the degree to which officials of that
government manage the property or otherwise
control its daily affairs;
‘‘(D) whether that government is the sole
beneficiary in interest of the property; or
‘‘(E) whether establishing the property as a
separate entity would entitle the foreign state to
benefits in United States courts while avoiding
its obligations.
‘‘(2) UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN-
APPLICABLE.—Any property of a foreign state, or
agency or instrumentality of a foreign state, to which
paragraph (1) applies shall not be immune from exe-
cution upon a judgment entered under this section be-
cause the property is regulated by the United States
Government by reason of action taken against that
foreign state under the Trading With the Enemy Act
or the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act.’’.
(2) 
VICTIMS
OF
CRIME
ACT.—Section
1404C(a)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42
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U.S.C. 10603c(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 21, 1988, with respect to which an investigation
or’’ and inserting ‘‘October 23, 1983, with respect to
which an investigation or civil or criminal’’.
(3) GENERAL EXCEPTION.—Section 1605 of title
28, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon;
(ii) in paragraph (6)(D), by striking
‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (7); and
(B) by striking subsections (e) and (f).
(d) APPLICATION TO PENDING CASES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to any claim arising under
section 1605A or 1605(g) of title 28, United States
Code, as added by this section.
(2) PRIOR ACTIONS.—Any judgment or action
brought under section 1605(a)(7) of title 28, United
States Code, or section 101(c) of Public Law 104–208
after the effective date of such provisions relying on
either of these provisions as creating a cause of ac-
tion, which has been adversely affected on the grounds
that either or both of these provisions fail to create a