Pub. L. 114-222, sec. 4 (as amended)
AIDING AND ABETTING LIABILITY FOR CIVIL ACTIONS REGARDING TERRORIST ACTS.
SEC. 4. AIDING AND ABETTING LIABILITY FOR CIVIL ACTIONS REGARDING TERRORIST ACTS.
(a) In general.—Section 2333 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Liability.—
“(1) Definition.—In this subsection, the term ‘person’ has the meaning given the term in section 1 of title 1.
“(2) Liability.—In an action under subsection (a) for an injury arising from an act of international terrorism committed, planned, or authorized by an organization that had been designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), as of the date on which such act of international terrorism was committed, planned, or authorized, liability may be asserted as to any person who aids and abets, by knowingly providing substantial assistance, or who conspires with the person who committed such an act of international terrorism.”
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(b) [18 U.S.C. 2333 note] Effect on Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.—Nothing in the amendment made by this section affects immunity of a foreign state, as that term is defined in section 1603 of title 28, United States Code, from jurisdiction under other law.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 18 U.S.C. 2333 note