To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of foreign states, to grant the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in certain cases involving tortious conduct occurring in a foreign state.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats

1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Edward Feighan (D-OH), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Fred Grandy (R-IA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Mike Kopetski (D-OR), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Mel Levine (D-CA), Romano Mazzoli (D-KY), David Price (D-NC), Bill Richardson (D-NM), James Traficant (D-OH), Jolene Unsoeld (D-WA), Gus Yatron (D-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 102nd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Smith.

• H.J.Res. 181 (102nd) Designating the third Sunday of August 1991, as "National Senior Citizens Day".
• H.J.Res. 321 (102nd) Designating October 1991 as "Ending Hunger Month".
• H.R. 1428 (102nd) Concerning transfers of Persian Gulf conflict military equipment to other countries.
• H.R. 1770 (102nd) Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1989
• H.R. 1028 (102nd) Social Security Benefits Improvement Act of 1991
• H.R. 1027 (102nd) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of a benefit for the month of the recipient's death.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-16 district