CAPTIVE Act

Bill: 114-hr-3394
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 
 
Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity Act or the CAPTIVE Act

 
Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to subject the blocked assets of a terrorist party to execution or attachment in aid of execution in order to satisfy a judgment based upon an act of terrorism, regardless of whether the terrorist party ceases to be a terrorist party after judgment is entered.
 
Redefines a blocked asset to include any asset seized or frozen by the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. 

action_date: 2016-07-12
text: 

Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity Act or the CAPTIVE Act

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to allow a person's court-awarded judgment against a terrorist party that is based on an act of terrorism to be satisfied with assets that the United States has seized or frozen from that terrorist party under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Under current law, assets seized or frozen under the Trading with the Enemy Act or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are the only assets seized or frozen by the United States that may be used to satisfy such a person's judgment against a terrorist party. 
 
The bill also narrows the categories of &quot;persons&quot; who may satisfy their judgments against terrorist parties with such seized or frozen assets to natural persons who, at the time the act of terrorism was committed upon which the judgment was obtained, were: 
 
 
U.S. nationals; 
 
members of the U.S. Armed Forces; or 
 
otherwise employees of the federal government, or of a federal contractor, acting within the scope of employment. 
 
 
If a person described is deceased, the personal representative of the estate of that deceased person shall count as the person. 
 
(Sec. 3) The bill applies retroactively to judgments entered before its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-07-13
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4697)
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H4697)
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4697)
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Mr. Goodlatte called up H.R. 3394 and asked unanimous consent to consider in the the House.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 531.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-685.
action_date: 2016-07-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-685.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-22
text: Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged.
action_date: 2015-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in House