US lawmakers have re-introduced legislation that seeks to hold France's state-owned rail company SNCF accountable for its role in transporting Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust.
US Senator Chuck Schumer led a bipartisan group of sponsors in introducing the measure late Wednesday that would make the railway culpable in American courts, and allow US victims to pursue lawsuits against the company.
The bill seeks to counter the SNCF's argument that it is immune to legal action thanks to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
A companion bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in April.
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