Amendment108th Congress
1870
- Amendment Number
- 1870
- Purpose
- To provide that, notwithstanding the Algiers Accords, any United States citizen held hostage between 1979 and 1981, and their spouses and children at the time, shall have a claim for money damages against a foreign state for personal injury that was caused by the Foreign State's act of torture or hostage-taking.
- Congress
- 108
- Type
- SAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Oct 16, 2003
- Latest Action Text
- Amendment SA 1870 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Proposed Date
- Oct 16, 2003
- Submitted Date
- Oct 16, 2003
- Chamber
- Senate
- Update Date
- Sep 29, 2021