,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ddg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjag,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,casey1  
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1    
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,johnson1 ,mr4        
,markey1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mr4 ,peters1   
,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,ms4        
,warren1 and ,mr4 ,booker7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require reporting on acts of certain    
foreign countries on ,holocaust era     
assets and related issues4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,justice for ,uncompensated ,survivors  
,today 7,,just7 ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,annual reporting on holocaust era      
assets and related issues  7a7 ,in      
general ,for covered countries1 the     
,secretary of ,state shall annually     
include within either the relevant      
,annual ,country ,report on ,human      

,rights1 the ,international ,religious  
,freedom ,report1 or other appropriate  
report as determined by the ,secretary1 
an assessment and description of the    
nature and extent of national laws or   
enforceable policies regarding the      
identification and the return of or     
restitution for wrongfully seized or    
transferred ,holocaust era assets and   
compliance with or progress toward the  
goals and objectives of the #bjji       
,terezin ,declaration on ,holocaust ,era
 ,assets and ,related ,issues1          
including--  7#a7 the return to the     
rightful owner of any property1         
including religious or communal         
property1 that was wrongfully seized or 
transferred2  7#b7 if return of such    
property is no longer possible1 the     
provision of comparable substitute      
property or the payment of equitable    
compensation to the rightful owner in   
accordance with principles of justice   
and through an expeditious claims-driven
 administrative process that is just1   

transparent1 and fair2  7#c7 the use of 
the ,washington ,conference ,principles 
on ,nazi-,confiscated ,art1 agreed to   
,december #c1 #aiih1 and the ,terezin   
,declaration on ,holocaust ,assets and  
,related ,issues1 agreed to ,june #cj1  
#bjji1 in settling all claims involving 
publically and privately held movable   
property2  7#d7 the restitution of      
heirless property to assist needy       
,holocaust survivors1 and for other     
purposes2  7#e7 the extent to which such
 laws and policies are implemented and  
enforced in practice1 including through 
any applicable administrative or        
judicial processes2 and  7#f7 the       
mechanism for and demonstrable progress 
on the resolution of claims for ,united 
,states citizen ,holocaust survivors and
 ,united ,states citizen family members 
of ,holocaust victims4  7b7 ,effective  
date of inclusion  7#a7 ,inclusion in   
,annual ,country ,report on ,human      
,rights or ,international ,religious    
,freedom report ,if the ,secretary of   

,state includes the information required
 under subsection 7a7 in the report     
required under section #aaf7;d7 of the  
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baean7d77 or the report      
required under section #ajb7;b7 of the  
,international ,religious ,freedom ,act 
of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fdab7;b771 the 
requirement to include such information 
shall apply beginning with the first    
report submitted later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7#b7 ,inclusion in other         
,department of ,state report ,if the    
,secretary of ,state includes the       
information required under subsection   
7a7 in an existing report of the        
,department of ,state other than a      
report described in paragraph 7#a71 the 
requirement to include such information 
shall apply beginning with the first    
report submitted later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7#c7 ,inclusion in new report ,if
 the ,secretary of ,state includes the  

information required under subsection   
7a7 in a new report1 the ,secretary     
shall submit such report not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4  7c7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations and the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs
 and the ,committees on ,appropriations 
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7
 ,covered countries ,the term covered   
countries means signatories to the #bjji
 ,terezin ,declaration on ,holocaust    
,era ,assets and ,related ,issues that  
are determined by the ,special ,envoy   
for ,holocaust ,issues1 in consultation 
with expert nongovernmental             
organizations1 to be countries of       
particular concern relative to the      
issues listed in subsection 7a74  7#c7  
,wrongfully seized or transferred ,the  

term wrongfully seized or transferred   
includes confiscations1 expropriations1 
nationalizations1 forced sales or       
transfers1 and sales or transfers under 
duress during the ,holocaust era or the 
period of ,communist rule of a covered  
country4