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

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 341 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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

June 9, 2004

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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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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