Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to extend Federal court jurisdiction to: (1) any tort occurring within a U.S.
Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, relating to federal court jurisdiction, and for certain other purposes.
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Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to extend Federal court jurisdiction to: (1) any tort occurring within a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission or elsewhere if in violation of international law and the aggrieved party is a U.S. national;(2) uncompensated expropriations in violation of international law; (3) enforcement of money judgments rendered by the International Court of Justice; and (4) enforcement of arbitration awards.
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