Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-447
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against property
Europe
Germany
Historical and cultural resources
Human rights
Religion
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: 

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of State, with respect to covered countries, to annually include within either the relevant Annual Country Report on Human Rights, the International Religious Freedom Report, or other appropriate report an assessment of the nature and extent of national laws or enforceable policies regarding the identification, return, or restitution of wrongfully seized or transferred Holocaust era assets and compliance with the goals of the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues, including: 
 
 
the return to the rightful owner of wrongfully seized or transferred property, including religious or communal property, or the provision of comparable substitute property or the payment of equitable compensation to the rightful owner; 
 
the use of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art and the Terezin Declaration in settling claims involving publicly and privately held movable property;
 
the restitution of heirless property to assist needy Holocaust survivors; and 
 
 progress on the resolution of claims for U.S. citizen Holocaust survivors and family members.
 
 
&quot;Covered countries&quot; means signatories to the Terezin Declaration that are determined by the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues to be countries of particular concern with respect to such restitution.

action_date: 2017-12-12
text: 

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress assessing the national laws and enforceable policies of covered countries regarding the identification and return of, or restitution for, assets wrongfully seized or transferred during the Holocaust era, including: 
 
 
the return to the rightful owner of wrongfully seized or transferred property, including religious or communal property, or the provision of comparable substitute property or the payment of equitable compensation; 
 
the restitution of heirless property to assist needy Holocaust survivors; and 
 
 progress on the resolution of claims for U.S.-citizen Holocaust survivors and family members.
 
 
&quot;Covered countries&quot; are participants in the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference that are determined by the State Department, in consultation with expert nongovernmental organizations, to be countries of particular concern relative to the restitution of Holocaust-era assets.

action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress assessing the national laws and enforceable policies of covered countries regarding the identification and return of, or restitution for, assets wrongfully seized or transferred during the Holocaust era, including: 
 
 
the return to the rightful owner of wrongfully seized or transferred property, including religious or communal property, or the provision of comparable substitute property or the payment of equitable compensation; 
 
the restitution of heirless property to assist needy Holocaust survivors; and 
 
 progress on the resolution of claims for U.S.-citizen Holocaust survivors and family members.
 
 
&quot;Covered countries&quot; are participants in the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference that are determined by the State Department, in consultation with expert nongovernmental organizations, to be countries of particular concern relative to the restitution of Holocaust-era assets.

action_date: 2018-05-09
text: 

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress assessing the national laws and enforceable policies of covered countries regarding the identification and return of, or restitution for, assets wrongfully seized or transferred during the Holocaust era, including: 
 
 
the return to the rightful owner of wrongfully seized or transferred property, including religious or communal property, or the provision of comparable substitute property or the payment of equitable compensation; 
 
the restitution of heirless property to assist needy Holocaust survivors; and 
 
 progress on the resolution of claims for U.S.-citizen Holocaust survivors and family members.
 
 
&quot;Covered countries&quot; are participants in the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference that are determined by the State Department, in consultation with expert nongovernmental organizations, to be countries of particular concern relative to the restitution of Holocaust-era assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Became Public Law No: 115-171.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Became Public Law No: 115-171.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3460)
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3460)
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 447.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3460-3464)
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Mr. Poe (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7950; text as passed Senate: CR S7950)
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7950; text as passed Senate: CR S7950)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 115-171