[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 314 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 314

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all parties 
involved in negotiating the compensation for the Nazi slave and forced 
labor victims should achieve a settlement that is fair and equitable to 
                             all claimants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 1999

 Mr. Kleczka 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 all parties 
involved in negotiating the compensation for the Nazi slave and forced 
labor victims should achieve a settlement that is fair and equitable to 
                             all claimants.

Whereas class action lawsuits seeking wages and damages arising from slave and 
        forced labor during the Nazi era have been filed against German 
        companies which have formed the Foundation Initiative for German 
        Enterprises;
Whereas efforts to negotiate a settlement have begun; and
Whereas representatives of the interested parties will be meeting in Washington, 
        D.C., on October 6, 1999, to continue the negotiations: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the Sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) members of the Foundation Initiative for German 
        Enterprises should be commended for recognizing their moral 
        responsibility for the behavior of private companies during the 
        Nazi era; and
            (2) Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Eizenstat 
        should mediate the negotiations in a way that will ensure a 
        settlement that is fair and equitable to all claimants.
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