S.Amdt. 2798

SA 2798. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.

Section 1605A(a)(2)(A)(i) of title 28, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``or'' at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(III) the Department of State has otherwise determined
the foreign state engages in a pattern or practice of
torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage
taking, or the provision of material support or resources for
such an act if such act or provision of material support or
resources is engaged in by an official, employee, or agent of
such foreign state while acting within the scope of his or
her office, employment or agency (excluding acts of war).''.
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