12 2 STA T .3 3 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 (B)whatcri t e ria a nd c o n s iderations are a p propriate to deter m ine whether additiona lC i v il Su pport T eams are needed and , i f so, where the y should b e located . (e) C O O PERATI O N O FO T H ER AG EN C IE S . — ( 1 ) I N GENERA L .—The advisory panel re q uired by subsection (a) may secure directly from the D epartment of Defense, the Department of H omeland Security, the Department of E ner g y, the Department of J ustice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and any other department or agency of the F ederal G overnment information that the panel considers nec - essary for the panel to carry out its duties. ( 2 ) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and any other official of the U nited States shall provide the advisory panel with full and timely cooperation in carrying out its duties under this section. (f) R EPORT.— N ot later than 12 months after the date of the initial meeting of the advisory panel required by subsection (a), the advisory panel shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, and to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a report on activities under this section. The report shall set forth— (1) the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the advisory panel for improving the capabilities of the Department of Defense to provide support to United States civil authorities in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield e x plosive incident
and (2) such other findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improving the capabilities of the Department for homeland defense as the advisory panel considers appropriate. SEC.1083 . T E R R O R I S M E X CE P TIO N TO IMM U NIT Y . (a) TERRORIS M E X CEPTION TO IMM U NIT Y .— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 2 8 , United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1 605 the following
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‘ §1605A.Ter r o r ism e xc e pt io n tot h e ju ris d iction al immunit y o f a forei g n state ‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(1) NO IMMUNITY.—A foreign state shall not be immune from the j urisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any case not otherwise covered by this chapter in which money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death that was caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial k illing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act if such act or provision of material support or resources is engaged in by an official, employee, or agent of such foreign state while acting within the scope of his or her office, employ- ment, or agency. ‘‘(2) CLAIM HEAR D .—The court shall hear a claim under this section if— ‘‘(A)(i)(I) the foreign state was designated as a state sponsor of terrorism at the time the act described in para- graph (1) occurred, or was so designated as a result of such act, and, subject to subclause (II), either remains
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