3.0.0 2784 2023-01-14T22:48:47Z 2023-01-14T22:48:47Z Senate S S 2004-09-09 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-09T22:32:01Z 2004-09-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2004-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2004-09-09 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2004-09-09 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2004-09-15 False International Affairs Administration of justice American investments Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms sales Arrest Arts, Culture, Religion Cambodia Charities Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Cultural relations Democracy Deportation Detention of persons Development credit institutions Dissenters Due process of law East Asia Economic assistance Education Educational exchanges Elementary and secondary education Employee rights Equality before the law Ethnic relations Export finance Expropriation Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Freedom of association Freedom of speech Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Higher education Human rights Immigration International broadcasting Investment guaranty insurance Labor and Employment Law Legal aid Legal services Military assistance Minorities Misconduct in office Nongovernmental organizations Political persecution Political prisoners President and foreign policy Prosecution Prostitution Punishment Radio broadcasting Refugees Religion Religious liberty Right of assembly Right of asylum Right of property Right to counsel Right to travel Rule of law Science, Technology, Communications Slavery Social Welfare Suspects' rights Torture Transportation and Public Works Vietnam International Affairs 00 2004-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2004-11-15T20:54:48Z Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004 - Prohibits FY 2005 U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the Government of Vietnam in excess of FY 2004 levels unless the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Vietnam has made substantial progress toward: (1) releasing all political and religious prisoners; (2) respecting freedom of religion; (3) allowing Vietnamese nationals access to U.S. refugee programs; and (4) respecting the human rights of members of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands and elsewhere in Vietnam.

Prohibits U.S. post-FY 2005 nonhumanitarian assistance to the Government of Vietnam in excess of FY 2004 levels unless the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Vietnam has met the above requirements and, in addition, neither any official of the Government of Vietnam nor any of its agencies was complicit in a severe form of trafficking in persons, unless the Government of Vietnam took all appropriate steps to end any such complicity and hold any such official, agency, or entity accountable for such conduct.

Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or is otherwise in the U.S. national interest.

Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance through appropriate nongovernmental organizations for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Vietnam.

Declares it is U.S. policy: (1) to take necessary measures to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the Government of Vietnam; (2) that educational and cultural exchange programs with Vietnam should promote progress toward freedom and democracy; and (3) to offer refugee resettlement to nationals of Vietnam, including the Montagnard ethnic groups, who were unable to apply or who were incorrectly deemed ineligible for certain refugee programs.]]>

Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004 Display Title Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-09T04:00:00Z 2004-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.