[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1061 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1061

To prohibit United States assistance to the Federal Democratic Republic 
  of Ethiopia until the Ethiopian Government returns all property of 
    United States citizens and entities that has been nationalized, 
   expropriated, or otherwise seized by the Ethiopian Government in 
      contravention of international law, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2005

 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
   the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit United States assistance to the Federal Democratic Republic 
  of Ethiopia until the Ethiopian Government returns all property of 
    United States citizens and entities that has been nationalized, 
   expropriated, or otherwise seized by the Ethiopian Government in 
      contravention of international law, and for other purposes.

    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 American Property Claims Against 
Ethiopia Act of 2005.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE FOR ETHIOPIA.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding section 592 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108-447) or any other provision of law, United States 
assistance may not be provided to the Federal Democratic Republic of 
Ethiopia unless and until the President transmits to Congress a 
certification that the Government of Ethiopia has taken appropriate 
steps in accordance with international law--
            (1) to return to United States citizens, and to entities 
        not less than 50 percent beneficially owned by United States 
        citizens, property of such citizens and entities that has been 
        nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized by the 
        Ethiopian Government before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act in contravention of international law; or
            (2) to provide equitable compensation to such citizens and 
        entities for such nationalized, expropriated, or seized 
        property.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
assistance'' means assistance under any provision of law--
            (1) including--
                    (A) assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), including assistance 
                under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of such Act 
                (relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
                Corporation) and assistance under chapter 4 of part II 
                of such Act (relating to the Economic Support Fund);
                    (B) assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act 
                of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.);
                    (C) sales, or financing on any terms, under the 
                Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 
                including assistance under section 23 of such Act 
                (relating to the ``Foreign Military Financing'' 
                program);
                    (D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 
                1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.); and
                    (E) contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
                Tuberculosis and Malaria; and
            (2) other than--
                    (A) assistance to meet humanitarian needs, 
                including needs for food, medicine, medical supplies 
                and equipment, education, and clothing; and
                    (B) assistance for disaster relief , including 
                assistance under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.).

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO OPPOSE MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE FOR ETHIOPIA.

     The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director to each appropriate international financial 
institution in which the United States participates, to oppose, and 
vote against the extension by such institution of any loan or financial 
or technical assistance to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 
until such time as the President transmits to Congress a certification 
pursuant to section 2(a).

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    The President shall transmit to Congress an annual report on the 
implementation of this Act. Each such report shall include a detailed 
description of all claims that are outstanding during the preceding 
year by United States citizens and entities described in section 2(a) 
for property nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized by the 
Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia before the 
date of the enactment of this Act in contravention of international 
law.
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