[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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                   COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES IN KUWAIT

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              GOVERNMENT OF ITALY COMMENDATION RESOLUTION

  Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed, en bloc, to the immediate consideration of calendar Nos. 226 
and 391; that the resolutions be agreed to, en bloc, and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc; that the preambles be 
agreed to; further, that any statements relating to these calendar 
items appear at the appropriate place in the Record, and the 
consideration of these items appear individually in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the resolution (S. Res. 134) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 134

       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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  So the resolution (S. Res. 155) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 155

       Whereas the software industry estimates that United States 
     and European software firms lost more than $4,600,000,000 in 
     sales in Europe in 1992 due to illegal piracy of their 
     products;
       Whereas the illegal piracy of software threatens the 
     continued development of the software industry throughout the 
     world and the availability of new and better products for 
     computer users;
       Whereas the illegal piracy of software causes significant 
     tax revenue losses from lost sales and gives criminal 
     organizations a new area of activity through the supply of 
     counterfeit product;
       Whereas the Government of Italy enacted new legislation in 
     December 1992, to strengthen the protection of software under 
     Italy's copyright law;
       Whereas the Guardia di Finanza, the Carabinieri, and the 
     Italian national police have recently undertaken a number of 
     significant and highly successful antipiracy actions against 
     illegal software use throughout Italy;
       Whereas much of the software uncovered during these actions 
     has been pirated copies of products of leading American 
     software companies; and
       Whereas the recent antipiracy actions by Italian 
     authorities have resulted in a significant reduction in 
     software piracy in Italy; Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the Government of Italy on its commitment to 
     halting software piracy;
       (2) congratulates the Guardia di Finanza, the Carabinieri, 
     and the Italian national police for their continuing 
     antipiracy actions; and
       (3) expresses its hope that the Italian authorities will 
     continue to prosecute software laws vigorously and that 
     copyright agencies around the world will follow the example 
     set by the people and Government of Italy.

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