[2] The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on March 25, 2014 by Rep. Steve Chabot (R, OH-1).

[5] According to a legislative digest provided by House Republicans, the bill "narrowly amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to make it easier for U.S. cultural and educational institutions to borrow art and other culturally significant objects from foreign countries.

"[6] However, the changes made by the bill would not provide any immunity to art or objects that were "taken in violation of international law by Nazi Germany between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945.

"[6] In an editorial, Tess Davis of the University of Glasgow and Marc Masurovsky of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, spoke out in opposition to the bill.

[7] Davis and Masurovsky argue that the bill would "prevent claimants from recovering their rightful property" and enable museums to "knowingly be able to exhibit stolen and looted art and antiquities.

"[7] Davis and Masurovsky argue that the bill would weaken U.S. law and undermine the American tradition of honoring property rights.