,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #daee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #e1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself and ,mr4 
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title #bh1 ,united ,states  
,code1 to authorize extraterritorial    
jurisdiction4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,alien ,tort   
,statute ,clarification ,act4  #b4      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,since its founding1 the ,united  
,states has been a proponent of         
international law and a champion of     
universal human rights4 ,section #acej  
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code     
7referred to in this section as the     
,alien ,tort ,statute71 originally      
enacted as part of the ,act entitled ,an
 ,act to establish the judicial courts  
of the ,united ,states1 approved        
,september #bd1 #aghi 7#a ,stat4 #gc71  
continues to serve important purposes in

 providing remedies to victims of       
violations of international law and for 
holding perpetrators of human rights    
violations accountable4  7#b7 ,some     
international law violations have been  
addressed in part by other statutes4    
,but the ,alien ,tort ,statute remains  
an important tool for addressing        
international law violations4  7#c7     
,human rights abusers continue to seek  
refuge in the ,united ,states1 including
 foreign government and military        
officials and leaders of death squads   
and other violent groups4 ,this         
undermines the standing of the ,united  
,states and its capacity to speak with  
authority on matters of human rights4   
7#d7 ,when corporations commit or aid   
and abet human rights violations        
directly and through their supply       
chains1 they should be held accountable4
 ,failing to do so erodes the foreign   
policy interests of the ,united ,states 
and the priorities of ,congress4  7#e7  
,impunity for corporations who violate  

human rights unfairly disadvantages     
businesses that respect and uphold human
 rights4 ,companies that respect human  
rights should have a level playing field
 with companies that do not1 such as    
those that would continue to do business
 in areas of the world known for mass   
atrocities or war crimes1 including the 
,xinjiang region of the ,people's       
,republic of ,china or in the ,russian  
,federation amidst the ongoing invasion 
of ,ukraine4  7#f7 ,in many countries   
where human rights abuses occur1 victims
 are unable to obtain justice because of
 ongoing conflicts and violence1        
corruption1 and inadequate rule of law4 
,in many such cases1 a suit under the   
,alien ,tort ,statute is the only option
 for redress and accountability4  7#g7  
,the international law violations for   
which the ,alien ,tort ,statute provides
 a remedy are universal and the ,alien  
,tort ,statute is a testament to the    
rule of law in the ,united ,states4     
7#h7 ,the ,alien ,tort ,statute should  

be available against those responsible  
for human rights abuses whenever they   
are subject to personal jurisdiction in 
the ,united ,states1 regardless of where
 the abuse occurred4  #c4               
,extraterritorial jurisdiction ,section 
#acej of title #bh1 ,united ,state      
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by inserting   
7a7 ,in general4-- before ,the district2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7b7 ,extraterritorial       
jurisdiction ,in addition to any        
domestic or extraterritorial            
jurisdiction otherwise provided by law1 
the district courts of the ,united      
,states have extraterritorial           
jurisdiction over any tort described in 
subsection 7a7 if-- 7#a7 an alleged     
defendant is a national of the ,united  
,states or an alien lawfully admitted   
for permanent residence 7as those terms 
are defined in section #aja of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja772 or  7#b7 an alleged  
defendant is present in the ,united     

,states1 irrespective of the nationality
 of the alleged defendant4  4