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    This bill proposes amending the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish an exception to jurisdictional immunity for foreign states that discharge biological weapons in the United States or cause bodily injury to US citizens through biological weapon discharge. Specifically, it would deny immunity to foreign states found to have discharged biological weapons as defined by US law. If passed, this change would take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment.

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    The Stop COVID Act of 2020, introduced by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas.

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    This bill proposes amending the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish an exception to jurisdictional immunity for foreign states that discharge biological weapons in the United States or cause bodily injury to US citizens through biological weapon discharge. Specifically, it would deny immunity to foreign states found to have discharged biological weapons as defined by US law. If passed, this change would take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment.

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    This bill proposes amending the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish an exception to jurisdictional immunity for foreign states that discharge biological weapons in the United States or cause bodily injury to US citizens through biological weapon discharge. Specifically, it would deny immunity to foreign states found to have discharged biological weapons as defined by US law. If passed, this change would take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment.

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    [DISCUSSION DRAFT]

    H. R. ll
    116TH CONGRESS
    2D SESSION

    To amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish an exception


    to jurisdictional immunity for a foreign state that discharges a biological
    weapon, and for other purposes.

    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    Mr. GOODEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
    Committee on llllllllllllll

    A BILL
    To amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish
    an exception to jurisdictional immunity for a foreign
    state that discharges a biological weapon, and for other
    purposes.

    1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-


    2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
    3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop China-Originated


    5 Viral Infectious Diseases Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘Stop
    6 COVID Act of 2020’’.

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    1 SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY OF A

    2 FOREIGN STATE.

    3 (a) EXCEPTION TO JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY.—


    4 Section 1605 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
    5 ed—
    6 (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
    7 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
    8 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
    9 lowing new subsection:
    10 ‘‘(g) A foreign state shall not be immune from the
    11 jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in any case
    12 where such foreign state is found, whether intentionally
    13 or unintentionally, to have discharged a biological weapon,
    14 as defined in section 2280(d)(3) of title 18, United States
    15 Code, in the United States or such discharge results in
    16 the bodily injury of an United States citizen.’’.
    17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
    18 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
    19 ment of this Act.

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