[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5603 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5603

 To prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is 
               produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2000

   Mr. Lantos (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
Rohrabacher, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is 
               produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma.

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

SECTION 1. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA.

    (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, until such time as the President determines and certifies 
        to Congress that Burma has met the conditions described in 
        paragraph (2), no textile or apparel article that is--
                    (A) described in chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 
                56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, or 63 of the Harmonized 
                Tariff Schedule of the United States, and
                    (B) is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma,
        may be imported into the United States.
            (2) Conditions described.--The conditions described in this 
        paragraph are the following:
                    (A) The Government of Burma has made substantial 
                progress in reversing the persistent pattern of gross 
                violations of internationally-recognized human rights 
                and worker rights, including the elimination of forced 
                labor and the worst forms of child labor.
                    (B) The Government of Burma has made measurable and 
                substantial progress toward implementing democratic 
                government including--
                            (i) releasing all political prisoners;
                            (ii) developing a dialogue between the 
                        State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and 
                        democratic opposition groups within Burma 
                        (including Aung San Suu Kyi and the National 
                        League for Democracy (NLD) and leaders of 
                        Burma's ethnic groups); and
                            (iii) holding free and fair elections as 
                        called for by those officials who were duly 
                        elected in Burma in 1990.
                    (C) The Government of Burma has made measurable and 
                substantial progress toward full cooperation with 
                United States counter-narcotics efforts pursuant to the 
                terms of section 570(a)(1)(B) of Public Law 104-208, 
                the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
                Programs Appropriations Act, 1997.
    (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall apply to 
any article entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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