A new bill in the Senate will create a foundation to support research and education on Holocaust-era assets and restitution policy. The Holocaust Victims Assets, Restitution Policy and Remembrance Act of 2003, introduced Wednesday by Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), was created in response to a recommendation from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets, which suggested further research and review of assets in the United States and worldwide.
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