,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1          
#bjbb,mrs4 ,dingell 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,upton7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #bh1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to ensure those who incur losses 
as a result of hostile invasion in      
,europe have access to the ,united      
,states courts to recover damages1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,ukrainian ,sovereignty ,act of #bjbb4  
#b4 ,authorizing certain actions in     
,united ,states courts  7a7 ,in general 
,chapter #ig of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding     
after section #afje;,b the following3   
#afje;,c4 ,authorizing certain actions  
in ,united ,states courts  7a7 ,civil   
action ,notwithstanding any other       
provision of law1 a foreign state shall 
not be immune from the jurisdiction of  

the courts of the ,united ,states in any
 case in which money damages are sought 
against the foreign state for physical  
injury1 including death1 property       
damage1 or loss of property caused by   
the foreign state's invasion of another 
sovereign nation located in ,europe if  
such invasion-- 7#a7 was by or at the   
direction of the foreign state          
irrespective of where such injury1      
death1 damage1 or loss occurred2 and    
7#b7 has been1 at any time1 condemned by
 the ,general ,assembly of the ,united  
,nations and by a concurrent resolution 
or separate resolutions of the ,united  
,states ,house of ,representatives and  
the ,united ,states ,senate4  7b7       
,attachment ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 including the         
limitations in section #afaj1 the       
property in the ,united ,states of the  
aggressor foreign state shall not be    
immune from attachment in aid of        
execution1 or from execution1 upon a    
judgment entered by a court of the      

,united ,states or of a ,state after the
 effective date of this ,act4  7c7      
,jurisdiction ,the district courts of   
the ,united ,states shall have original 
jurisdiction1 without regard to the     
amount in controversy1 of any civil     
action made under this section4         
,personal jurisdiction over a foreign   
state shall exist as to each claim for  
relief where service has been made      
pursuant to section #afjh4  7d7         
,definitions ,in this section1 the term3
 7#a7 ,foreign state ,the term foreign  
state includes-- 7,a7 a foreign state as
 defined by section #afjc7;a72  7,b7 an 
agency or instrumentality of a foreign  
state as defined by section #afjc7;b72  
and  7,c7 any official of a foreign     
state and any citizen of such state     
subject to any sanction by the ,united  
,states through the ,department of      
,commerce1 the ,department of ,justice1 
or the ,department of ,state4  7#b7     
,europe ,the term ,europe includes the  
following sovereign nations3 7,a7 ,each 

sovereign nation that is a member of the
 ,european ,union4  7,b7 ,united        
,kingdom4  7,c7 ,norway4  7,d7          
,switzerland4  7,e7 ,danish autonomous  
territory of ,greenland4  7,f7          
,bulgaria4  7,g7 ,romania4  7,h7        
,ukraine1 including ,crimea1 ,luhansk1  
and ,donetsk4  7,i7 ,croatia4  7,j7     
,republic of ,north ,macedonia4  7,k7   
,albania4  7,l7 ,bosnia and             
,herzogovina4  7,m7 ,montenegro4  7,n7  
,moldova4  7,o7 ,andorra4  7,p7         
,iceland4  7,q7 ,liechtenstein4  7,r7   
,san ,marino4  4  7b7 ,clerical         
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #ig of title #bh1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
before the item relating to section     
#afje;,b the following new item3        
#afje;,c4 ,authorizing certain actions  
in ,united ,states courts4  4  7c7      
,effective date2 applicability ,the     
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act and shall apply with respect  

to any invasion of a sovereign nation   
occurring one year prior to1 on1 or     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4