[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1053 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1053

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 2, 2005

 Mr. Gerlach (for himself, Ms. Harman, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Kennedy of Minnesota, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Burton of Indiana) 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 as follows:
            (1) Ukraine 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) Ukraine has received normal trade relations treatment 
        since 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 1994.
            (3) since the establishment of an independent Ukraine in 
        1991, Ukraine has made substantial progress toward the creation 
        of democratic institutions and a free-market economy.
            (4) Ukraine has committed itself to ensuring freedom of 
        religion, respect for rights of minorities, and eliminating 
        intolerance and has been a paragon of inter-ethnic cooperation 
        and harmony, as evidenced by the annual human rights reports of 
        the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) 
        and the United States Department of State.
            (5) Ukraine has taken major steps toward global security by 
        ratifying the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of 
        Strategic Offensive Weapons (START I) and the Treaty on the 
        Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, subsequently turning over 
        the last of its Soviet-era nuclear warheads on June 1, 1996, 
        and agreeing, in 1998, not to assist Iran with the completion 
        of a program to develop and build nuclear breeding reactors, 
        and has fully supported the United States in nullifying the 
        Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.
            (6) At the Madrid Summit in 1997, Ukraine became a member 
        of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization (NATO), and has been a participant in the 
        Partnership for Peace (PfP) program since 1994.
            (7) Ukraine is peaceful state which established exemplary 
        relations with all neighboring countries, and consistently 
        pursues a course of European integration with a commitment to 
        ensuring democracy and prosperity for its citizens.
            (8) Ukraine has built a broad and durable 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.
            (9) Ukraine has concluded a bilateral trade agreement with 
        the United States that entered into force on June 23, 1992, and 
        is in the process of acceding to the World Trade Organization.

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

    (a) Presidential Determinations and Extension 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 Applicability of Title IV.--On and after the 
effective date under subsection (a) of the extension 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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