[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1868 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1868

    To prohibit the lifting of the United States embargo of Vietnam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1993

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the lifting of the United States embargo of Vietnam.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom First for Vietnam Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFTING OF VIETNAM EMBARGO.

    The President may not rescind the exercise of those authorities 
with respect to the United States embargo of Vietnam which were 
extended under Presidential Determination No. 91-52 of September 13, 
1991, unless the President determines and certifies to the Congress 
that--
            (1) the Government of Vietnam and the Communist Party of 
        Vietnam have made a public commitment to permit free and fair 
        elections, monitored by international observers, for a national 
        legislature and local government offices; and
            (2) Vietnamese laws restricting internationally-recognized 
        freedoms of expression, association, and religion have been 
        eliminated.

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