[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 680 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 680

To urge the resolution of claims related to the confiscation of certain 
                  property by the Government of Italy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2004

 Mr. Gibbons submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To urge the resolution of claims related to the confiscation of certain 
                  property by the Government of Italy.

Whereas the Government of the Italian Republic confiscated the property of Mr. 
        Pier Talenti, a citizen of the United States, and has failed to 
        compensate Mr. Talenti for that property;
Whereas the Government of Italy has an obligation under the Treaty of 
        Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, signed at Rome February 2, 1948 (63 
        Stat. 2255) between the United States and the Italian Republic to 
        provide compensation to Mr. Talenti for the confiscated property;
Whereas the failure of the Government of Italy to compensate Mr. Talenti runs 
        counter to such Government's treaty obligations and to accepted 
        international standards;
Whereas section 1611 of H.R. 1757, 105th Congress, as passed by the Senate on 
        June 17, 1997, expressed the sense of Congress that the ``Italian 
        Republic must honor its Treaty obligations with regard to the 
        confiscated property of Mr. Pier Talenti by negotiating a prompt 
        resolution of Mr. Talenti's case, and that the Department of State 
        should continue to press the Italian government to resolve Mr. Talenti's 
        claim.''; and
Whereas Mr. Talenti has exhausted all legal remedies available to him under the 
        Italian judicial system and has not received ``just and effective 
        compensation'' for the confiscated property from the Government of Italy 
        as required under the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the Government of Italy should--
                    (A) fulfill the requirements of the Treaty of 
                Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Rome 
                February 2, 1948 (63 Stat. 2255) between the United 
                States and the Italian Republic with respect to the 
                property of Mr. Pier Talenti which was confiscated by 
                such Government; and
                    (B) make reasonable efforts to effect a prompt 
                resolution of Mr. Talenti's claims under such Treaty; 
                and
            (2) the Secretary of State should--
                    (A) continue to press the Government of Italy to 
                resolve Mr. Talenti's claims; and
                    (B) take any further measures, including all 
                appropriate diplomatic initiatives, that the Secretary 
                determines could assist Mr. Talenti in receiving such 
                compensation from the Government of Italy.
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