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S. 1884119th Congress
Official title: Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025
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The law blocks courts from dismissing Nazi-looted art claims on technicalities, requiring rulings based on evidence instead.
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This law updates the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 to stop courts from dismissing Nazi-looted art lawsuits using technicalities like laches, adverse possession, or the act of state doctrine. It also allows claims regardless of the victim's nationality at the time of seizure and simplifies serving legal papers nationwide. It applies to pending, appealed, and future cases.
It affects families and heirs seeking recovery of Holocaust-era stolen art, as well as museums, galleries, auction houses, and collectors currently holding such artwork.
Current holders of contested artwork may face fewer legal defenses, while claimants gain a clearer path to have cases judged on facts rather than procedural grounds.
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Right now: the President signed it. It's law.Now law
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-82.