[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. Res. 341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 341

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2004

     Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Ensign) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 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.'';
Whereas the Government of Italy has not responded to Diplomatic Note 674 issued 
        in 1996, urging such Government to negotiate a settlement with Mr. 
        Talenti; 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, It is the sense of the Senate 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 that 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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