11.   It also would deny U.S. visas to anyone dealing in confiscated property.

12.   It also denies U.S. visas to executives of foreign companies who are conducting business involving confiscated property.

13.   It also eliminates a provision that had required owners of confiscated property to post a bond when they tried to contest the forfeiture.

14.   It would deny entry to the United States to foreigners who traffic in any confiscated American property.

15.   Much of the legislation sifting through Congress deals with that issue, and penalties against those who take advantage of those confiscated properties.

16.   Now, the churches are locked in a bitter battle over the return of confiscated property.

17.   Still, Czech and Slovak leaders do not want to repeal them officially because doing so could allow expelled Germans and Hungarians to reclaim confiscated properties.

18.   That means a businessman from Spain, for example, whose company purchased a confiscated property could be denied a visa to the United States.

19.   The bill also would prohibit foreigners benefiting from confiscated American property from entering the United States.

20.   The European Union also agreed with the United States to set up a system to govern confiscated property in Cuba and elsewhere.