,,ic  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ddg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of       
,,representatives  ,december #ab1 #bjag 
,referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,,an ,,act  ,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 ,report on 
,holocaust era assets and related issues
  7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,appropriate congressional         
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of
 the ,senate2  7,b7 the ,committee on   
,appropriations of the ,senate2  7,c7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7,d7 the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7
 ,covered countries ,the term covered   
countries means participants in the     

#bjji ,holocaust ,era ,assets           
,conference that are determined by the  
,secretary of ,state1 or the            
,secretary's designee1 in consultation  
with expert nongovernmental             
organizations1 to be countries of       
particular concern relative to the      
issues listed in subsection 7b74  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  7b7 ,report ,not later than   
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state shall submit a report to the  
appropriate congressional committees    
that assesses and describes the nature  
and extent of national laws and         
enforceable policies of covered         
countries regarding the identification  
and the return of or restitution for    

wrongfully seized or transferred        
,holocaust era assets consistent with1  
and evaluated with respect to1 the goals
 and objectives of the #bjji ,holocaust 
,era ,assets ,conference1 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 any property described in paragraph  
7#a7 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 in the case
 of heirless property1 the provision of 
property or compensation to assist needy
 ,holocaust survivors1 to support       
,holocaust education1 and for other     
purposes2  7#d7 the extent to which such
 laws and policies are implemented and  
enforced in practice1 including through 

any applicable administrative or        
judicial processes2 and  7#e7 to the    
extent practicable1 the mechanism for   
and an overview of progress toward the  
resolution of claims for ,united ,states
 citizen ,holocaust survivors and       
,united ,states citizen family members  
of ,holocaust victims4  7c7 ,sense of   
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that after the submission of the report 
described in subsection 7b71 the        
,secretary of ,state should continue to 
report to ,congress on ,holocaust era   
assets and related issues in a manner   
that is consistent with the manner in   
which the ,department of ,state reported
 on such matters before the date of the 
enactment of the ,act4  ,passed the     
,senate ,december #ab1 #bjag4;,julie ,e4
 ,adams1,secretary