H.R.4235

Clarifies the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 to limit defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims.

This bill amends the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 to limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims. It prohibits defenses such as laches, adverse possession, acquisitive prescription, and usucapion, as well as discretionary defenses like the act of state doctrine, international comity, forum non-conveniens, and prudential exhaustion. The changes apply to claims pending on the date of enactment and those filed thereafter.