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US HB3008
Bill
Status
4/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Kustoff
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AI Summary
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Creates a new federal private cause of action allowing beneficiaries of Holocaust-era insurance policies to sue insurers in U.S. courts to recover unpaid proceeds, with a 10-year statute of limitations from enactment
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Covers life, dowry, education, annuity, and property insurance policies in effect between January 31, 1933 and December 31, 1945, issued to policyholders in Nazi-occupied territories or Switzerland
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Overrides the Supreme Court's 2003 American Insurance Association v. Garamendi decision by allowing state disclosure laws to be enforced and preventing executive branch foreign policy from preempting Holocaust insurance claims
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Awards prevailing claimants policy proceeds plus 6% annual compound prejudgment interest, reasonable attorney's fees, and treble damages if the insurer acted in bad faith
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Invalidates prior court judgments and settlement agreements that dismissed claims based on federal preemption, though settlements where claimants received actual policy payments from the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims remain enforceable
Legislative Description
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2025
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
4/24/2025