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US HB3008

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Kustoff

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Foreign Affairs4/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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