28 U.S.C. § 1605B
Responsibility of foreign states for international terrorism against the United States
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 1605B, Responsibility of foreign states for international terrorism against the United States, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465299
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In this section, the term “international terrorism”—
A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in any case in which money damages are sought against a foreign state for physical injury to person or property or death occurring in the United States and caused by—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism ActHouse: 348–77Senate: no recorded tally