[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3953 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3953

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
            relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2002

Mr. Schaffer (for himself, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
 Gutierrez, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Tauscher) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
            relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that Ukraine--
            (1) allows its citizens the right and opportunity to 
        emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emigration or on the visas 
        or other documents required for emigration and free of any tax, 
        levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens as a 
        consequence of the desire of such citizens to emigrate to the 
        country of their choice;
            (2) has received normal trade relations treatment since 
        concluding a bilateral trade agreement with the United States 
        that entered into force on June 1992, and has been found to be 
        in full compliance with the freedom of emigration requirements 
        under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 since 1997;
            (3) is in the process of acceding to the World Trade 
        Organization;
            (4) since gaining independence in 1991, has taken important 
        steps toward the creation of democratic institutions and a 
        free-market economy;
            (5) as a participating state of the Organization for 
        Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has committed to 
        OSCE principles regarding human rights, and to addressing 
        issues related to the national and religious minorities in 
        Ukraine, ensuring that persons belonging to minority groups 
        enjoy full equality both individually and communally;
            (6) has enacted legislation providing protection against 
        incitement to violence against persons or groups based on 
        national, racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination, 
        including anti-Semitism;
            (7) is continuing the restitution of religious properties, 
        including communal properties confiscated from national and 
        religious minorities during the Soviet era, is facilitating the 
        revival of those minority groups, and is in the process of 
        developing a legislative framework for completing this process; 
        and
            (8) has demonstrated a strong desire to build a friendly 
        and cooperative relationship with the United States, and has 
        been an unwavering ally in the struggle against international 
        terrorism that has taken place since the attacks against the 
        United States that occurred on September 11, 2001.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 
              TO UKRAINE.

    (a) Presidential Determinations and Extensions of Nondiscriminatory 
Treatment.--Notwithstanding any provision of title IV of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may--
            (1) determine that such title should no longer apply to 
        Ukraine; and
            (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with 
        respect to Ukraine, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory 
        treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of 
        that country.
    (b) Termination of Application of Title IV.--On and after the 
effective date of the extension under subsection (a)(2) of 
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Ukraine, title IV of the 
Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that country.
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