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S. 2763, Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 114th
Date Requested Sept. 29, 2016
Requested By the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Date Sent Nov. 21, 2016
Description:

S. 2763 would create a new statute of limitations for filing civil claims in state or federal courts to recover artwork and other items misappropriated or stolen by the German government, or its allies or agents, between 1933 and 1945 in connection with the persecution of a specific group of individuals based on Nazi ideology. Under the bill, individuals could file such claims for up to six years after they discover the location of such items or, if discovery occurred prior to enactment of this bill, six years after enactment of S. 2763. This statute of limitations would remain in effect until January 1, 2027, at which point new claims to recover such artwork would be subject to any other applicable statutes of limitations.

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