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114TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-141
FOREIGN CULTURAL EXCHANGE JURISDICTIONAL
IMMUNITY CLARIFICATION ACT
JUNE 8, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 889]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 889) to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to
clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in sec-
tion 1605(a)(3) of such title, having considered the same, report fa-
vorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 8
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 8
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 8
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 8
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 9
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 10
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 10
A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 10
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 10
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 11
Purpose and Summary
Under current law, a provision in the Foreign Sovereign Immuni-
ties Act (FSIA) discourages foreign governments from lending gov-
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