[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4096 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4096

To ensure that certain unresolved commercial disputes between American 
          firms and Saudi Arabia are resolved satisfactorily.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1994

 Mr. Hilliard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that certain unresolved commercial disputes between American 
          firms and Saudi Arabia are resolved satisfactorily.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STEPS TO RESOLVE COMMERCIAL DISPUTES WITH SAUDI ARABIA.

    The President is encouraged to take, within 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, all necessary and appropriate steps to ensure 
that the unresolved American commercial claims against Saudi Arabia are 
resolved satisfactorily. Such steps should include the issuance of a 
diplomatic demarche to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requesting that 
American firms be quickly and justly compensated for damage resulting 
from their contract disputes with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on 
the specific steps that the United States Government has taken, in 
accordance with this Act and section 9140(b) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396), to ensure that 
the unresolved American commercial claims against Saudi Arabia are 
resolved satisfactorily.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``resolved satisfactorily'' means the 
        settlement of an unresolved American commercial claim against 
        Saudi Arabia--
                    (A) that results in the signing by the American 
                firm of a legally executable release; and
                    (B) that is consistent with the commitment of the 
                Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to resolve such claims on a 
                ``mutually fair basis'', such commitment having been 
                communicated to the Congress in the report of the 
                Secretary of Defense dated March 6, 1993 that was 
                submitted pursuant to section 9140(c) of the Department 
                of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-
                396); and
            (2) the term ``unresolved American commercial claims 
        against Saudi Arabia'' means those claims of American firms 
        against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia--
                    (A) that were identified by the Department of 
                Commerce in a letter dated May 27, 1992, to the 
                Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House 
                of Representatives;
                    (B) that were referred to in section 9140 of the 
                Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public 
                Law 102-396); and
                    (C) that have not been resolved satisfactorily.

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