[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 134

 Urging the Government of Kuwait to compensate United States citizens 
 and their families for financial losses incurred as a result of their 
            evacuation during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 23 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

 Mrs. Feinstein submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
        to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the Government of Kuwait to compensate United States citizens 
 and their families for financial losses incurred as a result of their 
            evacuation during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Whereas during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the United States 
        Government evacuated numerous families within a 48-hour period;
Whereas many of these families consisted of one or more American citizens and 
        their immediate relatives;
Whereas the urgent nature of the evacuation process forced these families to 
        leave personal property and assets in Kuwait;
Whereas since the liberation of Kuwait, the Government of Kuwait has not 
        permitted these families to return to Kuwait to settle their financial 
        accounts;
Whereas many of these families have not been compensated for contractual and 
        business obligations that existed before the invasion of Kuwait;
Whereas the Government of Kuwait has acknowledged that it is ``well aware of the 
        indispensable contributions made by many of the foreign workers who 
        resided in Kuwait before August 2, 1990''; and
Whereas these families are at present residing in several States throughout the 
        United States and are being supported through public assistance programs 
        and loans from the United States Government: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the President 
should encourage the Government of Kuwait to compensate the American 
citizens and their families which were evacuated from Kuwait during the 
Iraqi invasion of August 1990, in accordance with the applicable 
contractual, business, and financial obligations of the Government of 
Kuwait or of its citizens, as the case may be.

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