,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dh  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,july #ad1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for  
himself1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 and ,mr4 ,murphy7  
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
the sense of ,congress that the ,italian
 ,supreme ,court of ,cassation should   
domesticate and recognize judgments     
issued by ,united ,states courts on     
behalf of ,united ,states victims of    
terrorism1 and that the ,italian        
,ministry of ,foreign ,affairs should   
cease its political interference with   
,italy's independent judiciary1 which it
 carries out in the interests of state  
sponsors of terrorism such as the       
,islamic ,republic of ,iran4  ,whereas1 
in #aiif1 ,congress passed the          
,terrorism ,exception to the ,foreign   
,sovereign ,immunities ,act to give     
,united ,states citizens a private means

 of redress for injuries and deaths     
caused by state-sponsored acts of       
terrorism 7originally codified at       
section #afje7;a77#g7 of title #bh1     
,united ,states ,code and subsequently  
amended and recodified at section       
#afje;,a of title #bh1 ,united ,states  
,code7 7in this resolution referred to  
as the ,terrorism ,exception72 ,whereas 
the ,terrorism ,exception continues to  
be an important tool for the ,united    
,states ,government to protect the      
interests of its nationals1 and to deter
 global terrorism2 ,whereas the families
 of ,alisa ,flatow1 ,sarah ,duker1 and  
,matthew ,eisenfeld1 ,united ,states    
students killed in ,iran-sponsored      
bombings1 secured judgments against the 
,islamic ,republic of ,iran in ,united  
,states ,federal court for its role in  
those murders2 ,whereas the families of 
,alisa ,flatow1 ,sarah ,duker1 and      
,matthew ,eisenfeld attempted to enforce
 those ,united ,states judgments against
 ,iranian assets held in ,italy2        

,whereas the families of ,alisa ,flatow1
 ,sarah ,duker1 and ,matthew ,eisenfeld 
initially domesticated their judgments  
in ,italian court2 ,whereas the ,italian
 ,ministry of ,foreign ,affairs entered 
appearances in subsequent proceedings on
 behalf of the ,islamic ,republic of    
,iran1 interfering with the             
domestication and successfully causing  
the ,italian ,supreme ,court of         
,cassation 7,italy's highest court of   
appeal7 to overturn the ,court of       
,appeals of ,rome's judgment in favor of
 these ,united ,states terrorism victims
 7,islamic ,republic of ,iran v4        
,flatow1 ,cass41 sez4 un41 #bb giugno   
#bjjg1 n4 #adegj 7,it472 ,islamic       
,republic of ,iran v4 ,eisenfeld1       
,cass41 sez4 un41 #bb giugno #bjjg1 n4  
#adega 7,it4772 ,whereas the ,italian   
,supreme ,court of ,cassation condemned 
the ,terrorism ,exception--a crucial    
,united ,states antiterrorism           
statute--as a violation of international
 law on the grounds that it gives       

,united ,states citizens a remedy for   
acts of terrorism committed outside of  
the ,united ,states 7,flatow v4 ,islamic
 ,republic of ,iran1 ,cass41 sez4 un41  
#bh ottobre #bjae1 n4 #baidf 7,it472    
,eisenfeld v4 ,islamic ,republic of     
,iran1 ,cass41 sez4 un41 #bh ottobre    
#bjae1 n4 #baidg 7,it4772 ,whereas the  
,italian ,supreme ,court of ,cassation  
therefore refuses to recognize any      
judgments issued by ,united ,states     
courts under the ,terrorism ,exception  
7id472 ,whereas ,congress will use every
 tool at its disposal to seek justice   
for ,united ,states citizens who are    
murdered in acts of terrorism1 including
 attacks committed outside the ,united  
,states2 and ,whereas ,united ,states   
courts have applied the ,terrorism      
,exception to bring justice to ,european
 ,union victims of state-sponsored      
terrorism directed against ,united      
,states nationals 7see1 e4g41 ,hurst v4 
,socialist ,people's ,libyan ,arab      
,jamahiriya1 #dgd ,f4 ,supp4 #b;d #ai   

7,d4,d4,c4 #bjjg72 ,rein v4 ,socialist  
,people's ,libyan ,arab ,jamahiriya1    
#iie ,f4 ,supp4 #cbe 7,e4,d4,n4,y4      
#aiih773 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7
 ,italy has violated the principle of   
reciprocity governing the mutual        
recognition of domestic court awards    
between our two nations2  7#b7 the      
intervention by the ,italian ,ministry  
of ,foreign ,affairs on behalf of ,iran 
against victims of ,iranian terrorism   
was initiated to the detriment of both  
,united ,states and ,european ,union    
terrorism victims2 and  7#c7 the        
,european ,court of ,human ,rights      
should-- 7,a7 overturn the ,italian     
,supreme ,court of ,cassation's         
erroneous rulings in ,flatow v4 ,islamic
 ,republic of ,iran 7,cass41 sez4 un41  
#bh ottobre #bjae1 n4 #baidf 7,it477 and
 ,eisenfeld v4 ,islamic ,republic of    
,iran 7,cass41 sez4 un41 #bh ottobre    
#bjae1 n4 #baidg 7,it4772 and  7,b7     
order the ,italian ,supreme ,court of   

,cassation to recognize the ,united     
,states judgments held by the ,flatow1  
,duker1 and ,eisenfeld families against 
,iran4