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S.Con.Res. 158 (106th)

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding appropriate actions of the United States Government to facilitate the settlement of claims of former members of the Armed Forces against Japanese companies that profited from the slave labor that those personnel were forced to perform for those companies as prisoners of war of Japan during World War II.

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31 October 2000

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the interest of justice and fairness that the United States put forth its best efforts to facilitate discussions designed to resolve all issues between former members of the U.S. armed forces who were prisoners of war forced into slave labor for the benefit of Japanese companies during World War II and the private Japanese companies who profited from their slave labor.

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