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Under committee review
What it doesSummary passed house amended (Oct 2, 1989)
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1989 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects any individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
What just happenedOct 3, 1989
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 362 - 4 (Roll No. 259).
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 362 - 4 (Roll No. 259).
Considered as unfinished business.
Yeas and Nays were ordered. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
The chair announced that a second on the motion to suspend the rules is not required.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Brooks moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-55, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-55, Part I.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1989 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects any individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1989 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects any individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1989 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under color of law of any foreign nation, subjects any individual to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place where the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.