[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 443 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 443




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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 1998

    Mr. Foley (for himself and Mr. Lantos) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
   of State should seek certain commitments from the governments of 
   Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic regarding the payment of 
      insurance benefits owed to victims of the Nazis (and their 
              beneficiaries and heirs) by those countries.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING PAYMENTS 
              OWED BY POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO 
              VICTIMS OF THE NAZIS.

    (a) Sense of the House of Representatives.--It is the sense of the 
House of Representatives that in future meetings and correspondence 
with the governments of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, the 
Secretary of State should--
            (1) raise the issue of insurance benefits owed to victims 
        of the Nazis (and their beneficiaries and heirs) by these 
        countries as a result of the actions taken by their communist 
        predecessor regimes in nationalizing foreign insurance 
        companies and confiscating their assets in the aftermath of 
        World War II;
            (2) seek to secure a commitment from the governments of 
        these countries to provide a full accounting of the total value 
        of insurance company assets that were seized by their communist 
        predecessors and to share all documents relevant to unpaid 
        insurance claims that are in their possession; and
            (3) seek to secure a commitment from the governments of 
        these countries to contribute to the payment of these unpaid 
        insurance claims in an amount that reflects the present value 
        of the assets seized by the communist governments (and for 
        which no compensation had previously been paid).
    (b) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term ``victims of 
the Nazis'' means persons persecuted during the period beginning on 
March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945, by, under the direction of, 
on behalf of, or under authority granted by the Nazi government of 
Germany or any nation allied with that government.
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