Reading Room Document

Foreign State Immunity Legislation

The document discusses the Foreign State Immunity Legislation and presents the views of the Office of Legal Counsel on the draft bill. The conclusion reached is that the draft bill should be submitted to Congress in its present form, with suggested changes. The document also raises questions about whether the bill rests primarily upon the diversity clause or the arising under clause of Article 3, and whether the bill creates a federal cause of action or merely provides a forum for a claim based primarily on State law. These questions need to be addressed and modified in the report accordingly.

June 18, 1969