[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 885 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 885

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

                           February 17, 2005

  Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. 
   Berman) 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--
            (1) Ukraine--
                    (A) has made considerable progress toward 
                respecting fundamental human rights consistent with the 
                objectives of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974;
                    (B) has adopted administrative procedures that 
                accord its citizens the right to emigrate, travel 
                freely, and to return to their country without 
                restriction;
                    (C) has been found to be in full compliance with 
                the freedom of emigration provisions in title IV of the 
                Trade Act of 1974;
                    (D) has made great progress toward the 
                establishment of a genuine democracy and the creation 
                of a free market economic system;
                    (E) has demonstrated a commitment to adopting the 
                full range of internationally recognized core labor 
                standards and to continuing to improve the effective 
                enforcement of its laws reflecting such standards;
                    (F) has committed to developing a system of 
                governance in accordance with the provisions of the 
                Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation 
                in Europe (also known as the ``Helsinki Final Act'') 
                regarding human rights and humanitarian affairs;
                    (G) has endeavored to address issues related to its 
                national and religious minorities and, as a member 
                state of the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
                in Europe (OSCE), committed to adopting special 
                measures for ensuring that persons belonging to 
                national minorities have full equality individually as 
                well as in community with other members of their group;
                    (H) has enacted legislation to provide protection 
                against incitement to violence against persons or 
                groups based on national, racial, ethnic, or religious 
                discrimination, including anti-Semitism, and has 
                committed itself, including through a December 17, 
                2001, letter from the President of Ukraine to the 
                President of the United States, to ensuring freedom of 
                religion and combating racial and ethnic intolerance 
                and hatred;
                    (I) has continued to return communal properties 
                confiscated from national and religious minorities 
                during the Soviet period, facilitating the reemergence 
                of these communities in the national life of Ukraine, 
                and establishing the legal framework for completion of 
                this process in the future;
                    (J) has concluded a bilateral trade agreement with 
                the United States in 1992 and a bilateral investment 
                treaty in 1994;
                    (K) has demonstrated a strong desire to build a 
                friendly and cooperative relationship with the United 
                States; and
                    (L) is seeking admission to the World Trade 
                Organization (WTO) on an expedited basis; and
            (2) extension of unconditional normal trade relations 
        treatment to the products of Ukraine will enable the United 
        States to avail itself of all rights under the World Trade 
        Organization with respect to Ukraine.

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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