3.0.0 2957 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z Senate S S 2004-10-08 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-10-08T21:55:43Z 2004-10-08 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2004-10-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10856) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2004-10-08 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2004-10-08 True International Affairs Admission of nonimmigrants Alien property American investments Armed Forces and National Security Arms sales Ballots Bank accounts Churches Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Democracy Development credit institutions Discrimination in criminal justice administration Economic assistance Election administration Europe Export finance Families Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign leaders Foreign loans Foreign trade promotion Freedom of association Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights Immigration International cooperation Investment guaranty insurance Law Missing persons Murder Newspapers Nongovernmental organizations Opposition (Political science) Parliamentary government Political advertising Political persecution Political violence Postal service Religion Religious liberty Reporters and reporting Right of assembly Right to travel Rule of law Sanctions (International law) Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures State-sponsored terrorism Technical assistance Technology transfer Trade associations Transportation and Public Works Ukraine Visas International Affairs 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-09T21:28:10Z Ukraine Democracy and Fair Elections Act of 2004 - States that Congress expresses its: (1) support for democracy, free elections, and respect for human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine; (2) support for the integration of Ukraine into the European community of democracies; and (3) grave concern over the murders and disappearances of independent journalists in Ukraine.

Directs the President to apply specified entry, asset seizure, and investment sanctions to Ukraine until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that Ukraine has: (1) implemented free and transparent elections for president and Parliament; (2) stopped harassment and repression against the media, independent trade unions, nongovernmental organizations, religious organizations, and the political opposition; and (3) stopped politically motivated legal charges against opposition figures and independent journalists.

Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions if: (1) in the national interest; or (2) a new president is elected in Ukraine in 2004 who has corrected election abuses.

]]> Ukraine Democracy and Fair Elections Act of 2004 Display Title Ukraine Democracy and Fair Elections Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage the promotion of democracy, free, fair, and transparent elections, and respect for human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ukraine Democracy and Fair Elections Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-08T04:00:00Z 2004-10-08 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.