A bill to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to establish an exception to jurisdictional immunity for a foreign state that discharges a biological weapon, and for other purposes.
Stop China-Originated Viral Infectious Diseases Act of 2021 or the Stop COVID Act of 2021
This bill limits the immunity of foreign states from suit in the United States.
Specifically, it bars immunity for a foreign state in cases where the foreign state allegedly, whether intentionally or unintentionally, discharges a biological agent that results in the bodily injury, death, or damage to property of a U.S. national.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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