Congress: 105 · Status: passed · Israel/Palestine classification: neutral
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Sponsor: D'Amato, Alfonse (R-NY)
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998 - Establishes the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States to: (1) study and develop an historical record of the collection and disposition of specified assets of Holocaust victims if they came into the possession or control of the Federal Government, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any Federal reserve bank, at any time after January 30, 1933; (2) coordinate its activities with those of private and governmental entities; (3) review comprehensively research conducted by other entities regarding such assets in the United States; and (4) report its recommendations to the President. Instructs the President to report recommendations for action to the Congress. Provides for funding of Commission activities.
Establishes a Presidential Advisory Commission to study and document Holocaust-era assets that ended up in US federal government possession or control since 1933, including assets held by the Federal Reserve System. The commission will coordinate with private and government entities, review existing research on such assets, and recommend actions to the President, who must then report those recommendations to Congress.
This bill addresses Holocaust restitution and historical accounting of Nazi-era transactions handled by US institutions. It falls outside the Israel-Palestine legislative record and does not concern US military aid, settlement policy, or Israeli-Palestinian conflict dynamics.