To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify that international organizations are not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases related to terrorism.
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Latest Action · March 5, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The LIABLE Act would remove legal immunity protections that international organizations currently have when sued in U.S. courts, but only in cases involving terrorism. Specifically, the bill would allow Americans, U.S. military members, and government employees to sue international organizations for damages if those organizations or their officials provided support to designated terrorist groups that resulted in personal injury or death through torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage-taking. The bill also applies if the international organization is based in or has substantial operations in the United States. Claims under this law must be filed within 20 years of when the injury or death occurred. The legislation does not provide any new funding and would take effect upon enactment, fundamentally changing how U.S. courts can handle lawsuits against international organizations in terrorism-related cases.
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