# 119-hr-3008: Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2025

119-hr-3008, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3008
- Congress: 119
- Title: Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a new federal private right of action** letting heirs and other beneficiaries enforce or recover proceeds from Holocaust-era insurance policies. It also preserves state disclosure laws and limits executive foreign policy from blocking those claims. - Families and heirs would be able to sue insurers or related companies in federal court to recover policy proceeds or enforce rights for policies issued between 1933 and 1945. Nationwide service of process is allowed. - Insurers and related companies would face remedies that include the policy proceeds, prejudgment interest at 6% per year compounded annually, treble damages for bad faith, and reasonable attorney’s fees to prevailing beneficiaries. - The bill would protect state disclosure laws, let claimants choose forum state law or federal common law as the rule of decision, foreclose defenses based on prior judgments entered under preemption conclusions, and provide a uniform 10-year window to file claims from enactment.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Recover Holocaust-era insurance in federal court: benefit, high. If enacted, beneficiaries of certain Holocaust-era insurance policies would be able to sue insurers in federal court. Covered policies include life, annuity, dowry, education, property, and other policies in effect from January 31, 1933 to December 31, 1945, issued to people domiciled in Nazi‑contr…
- Ten-year window to file Holocaust insurance claims: benefit, medium. If enacted, you would have 10 years from the law’s enactment to file a claim about a covered policy. Claims filed within that window would not be blocked by older time limits or laches. Past court judgments or releases made before this law would generally not stop a new claim. Deals made with the I…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-4145: Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3008 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3008)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-4145: Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4145)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3008 (as of 2026-04-21).