An act to require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era assets and related issues
PL 115-171 (S.447), enacted 05/09/2018

132 STAT. 1288 
PUBLIC LAW 115–171—MAY 9, 2018 
Public Law 115–171 
115th Congress 
An Act 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Uncompensated Sur-
vivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS AND RELATED ISSUES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED
COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘covered countries’’ 
means participants in the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Con-
ference that are determined by the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary’s designee, in consultation with expert nongovern-
mental organizations, to be countries of particular concern rel-
ative to the issues listed in subsection (b). 
(3) WRONGFULLY
SEIZED
OR
TRANSFERRED.—The term 
‘‘wrongfully seized or transferred’’ includes confiscations, 
expropriations, nationalizations, forced sales or transfers, and 
sales or transfers under duress during the Holocaust era or 
the period of Communist rule of a covered country. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses and 
describes the nature and extent of national laws and enforceable 
policies of covered countries regarding the identification and the 
return of or restitution for wrongfully seized or transferred Holo-
caust era assets consistent with, and evaluated with respect to, 
the goals and objectives of the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Con-
ference, 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 any property described in paragraph (1) 
is no longer possible, the provision of comparable substitute 
Justice for 
Uncompensated 
Survivors Today 
(JUST) Act 
of 2017. 
May 9, 2018 
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132 STAT. 1289 
PUBLIC LAW 115–171—MAY 9, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 447: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 163 (2017): Dec. 12, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 164 (2018): Apr. 24, considered and passed House. 
property or the payment of equitable compensation to the right-
ful owner in accordance with principles of justice and through 
an expeditious claims-driven administrative process that is just, 
transparent, and fair; 
(3) in the case of heirless property, the provision of property 
or compensation to assist needy Holocaust survivors, to support 
Holocaust education, and for other purposes; 
(4) the extent to which such laws and policies are imple-
mented and enforced in practice, including through any 
applicable administrative or judicial processes; and 
(5) to the extent practicable, the mechanism for and an 
overview of progress toward the resolution of claims for United 
States citizen Holocaust survivors and United States citizen 
family members of Holocaust victims. 
(c) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
after the submission of the report described in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of State should continue to report to Congress on Holo-
caust era assets and related issues in a manner that is consistent 
with the manner in which the Department of State reported on 
such matters before the date of the enactment of the Act. 
Approved May 9, 2018. 
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