4 cosponsors.
“To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.” Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil cases against train companies, particularly the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fers Francais, that operated rail lines and were involved in deportation to Nazi camps from 1/1/1942 until 12/31/1944. Lawsuits can be filed by the person or any survivor/heir of the person, no statute of limitations applies, and the bill is retroactive to claims filed on or after 1/1/2002.