To amend that portion of title 28, United States Code, commonly called the Tort Claims Act, in order to assure that individuals accompanying Federal employees who are engaged in missions for the United States Government in foreign countries have legal recourse against the Government for certain tort claims, and for other purposes.

Amends the federal law commonly known as the "Tort Claims Act" to apply it to individuals accompanying, with the knowledge and consent of the U.S. government, federal employees engaged in missions for the U.S. government in foreign countries (thus assuring them of legal recourse against the U.S. government for certain tort claims).

Declares that the law of the place where the act or omission occurred which gives rise to the tort claim shall be deemed to be the law of the claimant's current or last U.S. domicile.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3285 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3285

To amend that portion of title 28, United States Code, commonly called 
 the Tort Claims Act, in order to assure that individuals accompanying 
  Federal employees who are engaged in missions for the United States 
    Government in foreign countries have legal recourse against the 
      Government for certain tort claims, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2009

  Mr. Snyder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend that portion of title 28, United States Code, commonly called 
 the Tort Claims Act, in order to assure that individuals accompanying 
  Federal employees who are engaged in missions for the United States 
    Government in foreign countries have legal recourse against the 
      Government for certain tort claims, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2680(k) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ``, except a claim made by an individual who is in 
that foreign country to accompany, with the knowledge and consent of 
the Government, an employee of the Government who is in that foreign 
country on behalf of the United States. For the purpose of the 
exception in the preceding sentence, the law of the place where the act 
or omission occurred shall be deemed to be the law of the current or 
last United States domicile of the claimant.''
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