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108hr5237ih | (b) Location of statue
The statue authorized by subsection (a) shall be installed in a prominent location in front of the visitor center so that the statue is visible from both Highway 67 and Highway 89 Alt. (c) Design approvals
The statue authorized by subsection (a) shall be at least life size. The actual design of... |
108hr5237ih | (d) Prohibition on use of federal funds for establishment
No Federal funds may be expended to design the statue authorized by subsection (a), to acquire the statue, to prepare the site selected for the statue, or to install the statue. (e) Suspension for misrepresentation in fundraising
The Secretary may suspend the ... |
108hr5237ih | (f) Annual Report
Until the statue authorized by subsection (a) is installed, the Jacob Hamblin Legacy Organization shall submit to the Secretary an annual report of operations related to fundraising efforts for the statue and progress on the placement of the statue at the visitor center. (g) Maintenance
Upon install... |
108hr5237ih | Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be merged with other funds available to the Secretary for the operation and maintenance of the visitor center. |
108hr4747ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2004. 2. Findings
The Congress finds as follows: (1) Over 158,000,000 Americans regularly consume dietary supplements to maintain and improve their health. (2) Consumer expenditures on dietary supplements reached a reporte... |
108hr4747ih | (3) According to a recent report issued by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) the use of dietary supplements is likely to grow due to factors such as the aging of the baby boom generation, increased interest in self-sufficiency, and advances in science that are uncovering new relationships between diet and diseas... |
108hr4747ih | That Act balanced continued consumer access to vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements, increased scientific research on the benefits and risks of dietary supplements, public education on dietary supplements, and needed consumer protections. (5) DSHEA requires that claims made on dietary supplement labels, pa... |
108hr4747ih | (6) DSHEA provides for good manufacturing practice standards setting requirements for potency, purity, sanitary conditions, and recordkeeping for dietary supplements. (7) DSHEA provides that dietary supplements are to be regulated like foods and not drugs or food additives. (8) DSHEA requires that manufacturers submit ... |
108hr4747ih | (10) DSHEA created the Office of Dietary Supplements within the National Institutes of Health to expand research and consumer information about the health effects of dietary supplements. (11) The FDA has not adequately used its authority to enforce DSHEA. (12) The FDA needs adequate resources to appropriately implement... |
108hr4747ih | (13) However, according to the FDA, full implementation of DSHEA would require substantial additional resources. The FDA asserts that between $24,000,000 and $65,000,000 per year will be needed to fully implement DSHEA. 3. |
108hr4747ih | Authorization and appropriation of resources
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–417 ), the amendments made by such Act, and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements unde... |
108hr4747ih | )— (1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; (2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; (3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and (4) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. |
108hr4747ih | (b) Appropriation of funds for fiscal year 2005
There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–417 ), the amendments made by such Act, and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supple... |
108hr4747ih | (c) Office of dietary supplements
(1) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for expanded research and development of consumer information, including information on safety and beneficial effects, of dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of... |
108hr4747ih | (2) Appropriation of funds for fiscal year 2005
There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expanded research and development of consumer information, including information on safety and beneficial effects, of dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the N... |
108hr4747ih | Annual accountability report on the regulation of dietary supplements
(a) In general
Not later than January 31, 2006, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the implementation and enforcement of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–417 ). (b) Co... |
108hr4747ih | (2) The total funding and number of full-time equivalent personnel in the Food and Drug Administration dedicated to administering adverse event reporting systems as they relate to dietary supplement regulation over the prior fiscal year. (3) The total funding and number of full-time equivalent personnel in the Food and... |
108hr4747ih | (5) The number of good manufacturing practices inspections of dietary supplement manufacturers by the Food and Drug Administration over the prior fiscal year and a summary of the results. (6) The number of new ingredient reviews and safety reviews related to dietary supplements and the results of those reviews. (7) An ... |
108hr4747ih | (8) The number of dietary supplement claims for which the Food and Drug Administration requested substantiation from the manufacturer over the prior fiscal year, and the agency’s response. (9) The number of dietary supplement claims determined to be false, misleading, or unsubstantiated by the Food and Drug Administrat... |
108hr4747ih | (12) Any other information regarding the regulation of dietary supplements determined appropriate by the Secretary. 5. Dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that— (1) dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids may present a significant or unreasonable risk of illne... |
108hr4747ih | (b) Sense of Congress regarding risk of illness or injury
It is the sense of the Congress that, in the event the Secretary determines under section 402(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that a dietary supplement containing ephedrine alkaloids presents a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injur... |
108hr4747ih | (c) Sense of Congress regarding botanical sources
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should take steps to assure the continued availability of botanical sources of ephedrine alkaloids that— (1) are in forms that have not been manipulated or chemically altered to increase their ephedrine alkaloid concen... |
108hr4747ih | Education programs regarding dietary supplements
(a) Health care professionals
(1) In general
The Secretary shall carry out a program to educate health professionals on the safety and health benefits of dietary supplements, including the potential for dietary supplement/drug interactions. (2) Authorization of approp... |
108hr4747ih | (b) Consumers
(1) In general
The Secretary shall carry out a program to educate consumers of dietary supplements on the safety and health benefits of the dietary supplements, including the potential for dietary supplement/drug interactions through public education forums, advertisements, and the Internet. (2) Authori... |
108hr4747ih | Adverse event reporting system
The Secretary shall establish a system for the requirements for the reporting of serious adverse experiences associated with the use of a dietary supplement received by the manufacturer, packer, or distributor whose name appears on the label of the product. 8. Definition
For purposes of... |
108hr4666ih | 1. Acceptance of alternative lands and extinguishment of claims
(a) Definitions
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) Alternative lands
The term alternative lands means those lands located in the city of Romulus, Michigan, and identified as alternative lands in the Settlement of Land Cla... |
108hr4666ih | (2) Charlotte beach lands
The term Charlotte Beach lands means those lands in the Charlotte Beach area of Michigan and described as follows: Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 7, T45N, R2E, and Lot 1 of Section 18, T45N, R2E, Chippewa County, State of Michigan. (3) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secret... |
108hr4666ih | (4) Settlement of land claim
The term Settlement of Land Claim means the agreement between the Tribe and the Governor of the State of Michigan executed on December 30, 2002, and filed with the Office of Secretary of State of the State of Michigan. (5) Tribe
The term Tribe means the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa ... |
108hr4666ih | (b) Land into trust; part of reservation
(1) Land into trust
The Secretary shall take the alternative lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe within 30 days of receiving a title insurance policy for the alternative lands which shows that the alternative lands are not subject to mortgages, liens, deeds of trust,... |
108hr4666ih | (c) Gaming
The alternative lands shall be taken into trust as provided in this section as part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Tribe’s Charlotte Beach land claims, and so shall be deemed lands obtained in settlement of a land claim within the meaning of section 20(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Indian Gaming Regulator... |
108hr4666ih | (d) Extinguishment of claims
Upon the date of enactment of this Act, any and all claims by the Tribe to the Charlotte Beach lands or against the United States, the State of Michigan or any subdivision thereof, the Governor of the State of Michigan, or any other person or entity by the Tribe based on or relating to cla... |
108hr4666ih | (e) Effectuation and ratification of agreement
(1) Ratification
The United States approves and ratifies the Settlement of Land Claim. (2) Not precedent
The provisions contained in the Settlement of Land Claim are unique and shall not be considered precedent for any future agreement between any Indian tribe and State... |
108hr4005ih | 1. Exemption of certain animal identification information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
(a) Release of animal identification numbering information exempt from disclosure under Freedom of Information Act
Information obtained through the livestock identification system is exempt from disclosure u... |
108hr4005ih | (c) Limited release of information authorized
Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture may release information obtained through the livestock identification system regarding particular livestock if— (1) the information involves livestock threatened by disease or pest; (2) the release of the informa... |
108hr4005ih | (d) Limited release of information required
Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall release information obtained through the livestock identification system regarding particular livestock— (1) to the person who owns or controls the livestock, if the person requests such information; (2) to t... |
108hr4005ih | (e) Conflict of law
If the information disclosure limitations or requirements of this section conflict with information disclosure limitations or requirements of a State law— (1) this section shall take precedence over the State law, if the conflict involves interstate or international commerce; and (2) the State law ... |
108hr5074ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2004. 2. Deduction for qualified health insurance costs of individuals
(a) In general
Part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional itemized deductions) is amended by redesignating s... |
108hr5074ih | Costs of qualified health insurance
(a) In general
In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the amount paid during the taxable year for coverage for the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents under qualified health insurance. (b) Qualified health insurance
For purposes of ... |
108hr5074ih | (c) Special rules
(1) Coordination with medical deduction, etc
Any amount paid by a taxpayer for insurance to which subsection (a) applies shall not be taken into account in computing the amount allowable to the taxpayer as a deduction under section 162(l) or 213(a). (2) Deduction not allowed for self-employment tax ... |
108hr5074ih | (b) Deduction allowed in computing adjusted gross income
Subsection (a) of section 62 of such Code is amended by inserting after paragraph (19) the following new paragraph: (20) Costs of qualified health insurance
The deduction allowed by section 224. (c) Clerical amendment
The table of sections for part VII of subc... |
108hr5074ih | Cross reference (d) Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004. 224. Costs of qualified health insurance
(a) In general
In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the amount paid during the taxable year... |
108hr5074ih | (b) Qualified health insurance
For purposes of this section, the term qualified health insurance means insurance which constitutes medical care; except that such term shall not include any insurance if substantially all of its coverage is of excepted benefits described in section 9832(c). (c) Special rules
(1) Coordi... |
108hr5074ih | (2) Deduction not allowed for self-employment tax purposes
The deduction allowable by reason of this section shall not be taken into account in determining an individual’s net earnings from self-employment (within the meaning of section 1402(a)) for purposes of chapter 2. |
108hr4952ih | 1. Methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer
(a) In general
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading: 9902.34.42 Methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer (CAS No. 3089-19-8) (provided for in subheading 3824.90.91) F... |
108hr4952ih | (b) Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. |
108hr5404ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fair Vaccine Price Act of 2004. 2. Prohibition against price gouging during a shortage of a covered vaccine
(a) Prohibition
No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any covered vaccine with a price in violation of this section. (b) Unl... |
108hr5404ih | or (B) the seller knows or has substantial reason to believe there will be a shortage of the vaccine within a period of 60 days, and not later than the end of such period there is in effect a declaration of a shortage of the vaccine under subsection (c); and (2) the price of the vaccine per dose is at least 150 percent... |
108hr5404ih | (c) Declaration of vaccine shortage
For any period for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines there will be a shortage of a covered vaccine, the Secretary may declare a shortage of that vaccine for purposes of this Act. (d) Baseline price determination
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), th... |
108hr5404ih | (B) if the seller did not offer for sale the brand of vaccine on the date described in subparagraph (A), the average price of the brand of vaccine per dose offered by the seller during the 12-month period preceding such date; or (C) if the seller did not offer for sale the brand of vaccine on the date described in para... |
108hr5404ih | (2) Exception
If the Secretary finds that the average price of a covered vaccine is substantially different at the time of a declaration of a shortage of that vaccine under subsection (c) than the average price of the vaccine during the 12-month period preceding such declaration because of factors wholly unrelated to ... |
108hr5404ih | (3) Timing of determinations by Secretary
At the time of declaring a shortage of a covered vaccine under subsection (c), the Secretary shall determine an appropriate baseline price of the vaccine per dose for purposes of paragraph (1)(C) and, if applicable, for purposes of paragraph (2). (e) Penalties
(1) In general ... |
108hr5404ih | (2) Amount
The amount of a fine under paragraph (1) shall be, for each dose of covered vaccine sold at a price in violation of this section, 3 times the amount of the difference between such price and the applicable baseline price. |
108hr5404ih | (f) Citizen suits
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf to compel compliance with subsection (a) against any person (including the United States and any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment... |
108hr5404ih | (2) Notice required
No action may be commenced under this subsection— (A) prior to 30 days after the plaintiff has given notice of the alleged violation (in such manner as the Secretary may require) to the Secretary and to each alleged violator of subsection (a); or (B) if the Secretary or the Attorney General of the ... |
108hr5404ih | (3) Intervention
In any action under this subsection, the Secretary or the Attorney General of the United States, if not a party, may intervene as a matter of right. (4) Award of costs
The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought under this subsection, may award costs of litigation (including reasonabl... |
108hr5404ih | (g) Action for damages
If a person purchases a covered vaccine at a price in violation of this section, the person may bring a civil action against the seller of the vaccine in a district court of the United States to recover— (1) the amount that is 3 times the amount of the difference between such price and the appli... |
108hr5404ih | (h) No preemption
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as— (1) affecting the authority of a State to regulate the distribution and sale of vaccines; or (2) restricting the right of any person (or class of persons) under any statute or common law to seek enforcement of a requirement relating to the distribution or sa... |
108hr5404ih | (2) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. |
108hr3964ih | 1. Prohibition on operation of medicare comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in California
Section 1860C–1(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–29(b)(2) ), as added by section 241(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ), is amended by a... |
108hr5425ih | 1. Section 522 of the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005), is amended to read as follows: 522. Each agency shall have a Chief Privacy Officer, who shall assist the agency Chief Information Officer (desi... |
108hr5425ih | Each agency shall have a Chief Privacy Officer, who shall assist the agency Chief Information Officer (designated under section 3506 of title 44, United States Code) in matters relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally identifiable information. |
108hr4373ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Furthering Education and Research through Mantis Improvements Act or the FERMI Act. 2. Findings
Congress finds the following: (1) One-third of the Nobel Prizes awarded to citizens of the United States have been won by foreign-born individuals who became naturalized citizens... |
108hr4373ih | (2) Individuals wishing to come to the United States as nonimmigrants to study or work temporarily in the life sciences, physical sciences, or engineering are required to undergo and pass a security check known as a Visas Mantis, which is designed to protect against illegal transfers of sensitive technology. Many of th... |
108hr4373ih | A National Science Foundation report in 2002 noted that nonimmigrant aliens account for 30 percent of doctoral degrees conferred in the life sciences, 37 percent conferred in the physical sciences, and 52 percent conferred in engineering. (4) The United States relies heavily upon nonimmigrant alien post-doctoral fellow... |
108hr4373ih | (5) The Council of Graduate Schools reported in March 2004 that 90 percent of United States graduate schools suffered a serious decline in applications from nonimmigrant aliens for the academic year beginning in September 2004. Applications declined across all fields, but most precipitously in the fields subject to Vis... |
108hr4373ih | the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President, shall provide consular officers with improved guidance regarding the operational structure and requirements of the Visas Mantis security check program, inclu... |
108hr4373ih | (2) Refinement of Technology Alert List
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall provide greater specificity in the Technology Alert List used under the Program. (3) Data system interoperability
The Secretary of State and the Director of the Feder... |
108hr4373ih | (4) Progress report
Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report that describes progress made in implementing this subsection. (b) Period and revalidation of security checks; multiple entries under security checks
(1) Three-year validi... |
108hr4373ih | (2) Revalidation permitted in the United States
Except as provided in paragraph (5), a security check may be revalidated in the United States on or before the date of the expiration of the previous check. (3) Multiple entries permitted
Except as provided in paragraph (5), a nonimmigrant visa for which a security chec... |
108hr4373ih | (4) Portability of security check across changes in nonimmigrant classification
Except as provided in paragraph (5), a security check issued with respect to an individual classified within a nonimmigrant classification shall remain valid with respect to a change of the individual to another nonimmigrant classification... |
108hr4373ih | (5) Exception
Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) shall not apply with respect to an applicant for a security check insofar as the Secretary of State determines that the application of such paragraph with respect to such applicant is not in the national security interests of the United States. |
108hr4373ih | (6) Effective dates
(A) Validity period and revalidation
Paragraphs (1) and (2), and paragraph (5) insofar as it relates to such paragraphs, shall apply to security checks granted or revalidated on or after such date (not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act) as the Secretary of State shall ... |
108hr4373ih | (B) Multiple entries
Paragraph (3), and paragraph (5) insofar as it relates to such paragraph, shall apply to visas issued on or after such date (not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act) as the Secretary of State shall specify. (C) Changes in nonimmigrant classification
Paragraph (4), and p... |
108hr4373ih | (c) Annual reports on the operation of the Program
The Secretary of State shall submit to Congress an annual report on the Program. Each annual report shall include information on— (1) further progress in implementing subsection (a); (2) the number of individuals in each nonimmigrant visa classification (under section... |
108hr4373ih | 1101(a)(15) )) for whom a security check has been provided, the number of such individuals who have been approved for a visa after such a check, and the distribution of such individuals by country of nationality; and (3) average processing time to complete security checks for applicants in each such nonimmigrant visa c... |
108hr4373ih | (d) Visas Mantis security check program and check defined
For purposes of this section: (1) The terms Visas Mantis security check program and Program mean the program that implements the requirements of section 212(a)(3)(A)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)(i)(II) ) (relating to th... |
108hr4011ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004. 2. Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title Sec. 2. Table of contents Sec. 3. Findings Sec. 4. Purposes Sec. 5. Definitions Title I—Promoting the Human Rights of North Koreans Sec. 101. Se... |
108hr4011ih | Radio broadcasting to North Korea Sec. 104. Actions to promote freedom of information Sec. 105. United Nations Commission on Human Rights Title II—Assisting North Koreans in Need Sec. 201. Report on United States humanitarian assistance Sec. 202. Assistance provided inside North Korea Sec. 203. Assistance provided outs... |
108hr4011ih | Pursuit of first asylum policy Sec. 305. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sec. 306. Humanitarian parole Sec. 307. North Korean status adjustment Sec. 308. Temporary protected status Sec. 309. Right to accept employment Sec. 310. Annual reports 3. Findings
Congress makes the following findings: (1) Accordi... |
108hr4011ih | (2) The Government of North Korea attempts to control all information, artistic expression, academic works, and media activity inside North Korea and strictly curtails freedom of speech and access to foreign broadcasts. (3) The Government of North Korea subjects all its citizens to systematic, intensive political and i... |
108hr4011ih | (4) The Government of North Korea divides its population into categories, based on perceived loyalty to the leadership, which determines access to employment, higher education, place of residence, medical facilities, and other resources. |
108hr4011ih | (5) According to the Department of State, [t]he [North Korean] Penal Code is [d]raconian, stipulating capital punishment and confiscation of assets for a wide variety of ‘crimes against the revolution,’ including defection, attempted defection, slander of the policies of the Party or State, listening to foreign broadca... |
108hr4011ih | (6) The Government of North Korea executes political prisoners, opponents of the regime, some repatriated defectors, some members of underground churches, and others, sometimes at public meetings attended by workers, students, and schoolchildren. (7) The Government of North Korea holds an estimated 200,000 political pr... |
108hr4011ih | (8) According to eyewitness testimony provided to the United States Congress by North Korean camp survivors, camp inmates have been used as sources of slave labor for the production of export goods, as targets for martial arts practice, and as experimental victims in the testing of chemical and biological poisons. (9) ... |
108hr4011ih | (10) According to the Department of State, [g]enuine religious freedom does not exist in North Korea and, according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, [t]he North Korean state severely represses public and private religious activities with penalties that reportedly include arrest, impri... |
108hr4011ih | (12) According to a 2002 United Nations-European Union survey, nearly one out of every ten children in North Korea suffers from acute malnutrition and four out of every ten children in North Korea are chronically malnourished. (13) Since 1995, the United States has provided more than 2,000,000 tons of humanitarian food... |
108hr4011ih | (14) Although United States food assistance has undoubtedly saved many North Korean lives and there have been minor improvements in transparency relating to the distribution of such assistance in North Korea, the Government of North Korea continues to deny the World Food Program forms of access necessary to properly mo... |
108hr4011ih | (15) The risk of starvation, the threat of persecution, and the lack of freedom and opportunity in North Korea have caused many thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands, of North Koreans to flee their homeland, primarily into China. (16) North Korean women and girls, particularly those who have fled into China, ar... |
108hr4011ih | (17) The Governments of China and North Korea have been conducting aggressive campaigns to locate North Koreans who are in China without permission and to forcibly return them to North Korea, where they routinely face torture and imprisonment, and sometimes execution. (18) Despite China's obligations as a party to the ... |
108hr4011ih | (19) The Government of China does not provide North Koreans whose asylum requests are rejected a right to have the rejection reviewed prior to deportation despite the recommendations of the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees that su... |
108hr4011ih | (21) The Government of China has detained, convicted, and imprisoned foreign aid workers attempting to assist North Korean refugees, including the Reverend Choi Bong Il and Mr. Kim Hee Tae, in proceedings that did not comply with Chinese law or international standards. (22) In January 2000, North Korean agents inside C... |
108hr4011ih | (23) Between 1994 and 2003, South Korea has admitted approximately 3,800 North Korean refugees for domestic resettlement, a number small in comparison with the total number of North Korean escapees, but far greater than the number legally admitted by any other country. (24) Although the principal responsibility for Nor... |
108hr4011ih | (25) In addition to infringing the rights of its own citizens, the Government of North Korea has been responsible in years past for the abduction of numerous citizens of South Korea and Japan, whose condition and whereabouts remain unknown. 4. |
108hr4011ih | Purposes
The purposes of this Act are— (1) to promote respect for and protection of fundamental human rights in North Korea; (2) to promote a more durable humanitarian solution to the plight of North Korean refugees; (3) to promote increased monitoring, access, and transparency in the provision of humanitarian assista... |
108hr4011ih | Definitions
In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) China
The term China means the People’s Republic of China.... |
108hr4011ih | (5) North koreans
The term North Koreans means persons who are citizens or nationals of North Korea. (6) South korea
The term South Korea means the Republic of Korea. 101. Sense of congress regarding negotiations with North Korea
It is the sense of Congress that the human rights of North Koreans should remain a key ... |
108hr4011ih | Support for human rights and democracy programs
(a) Support
The President is authorized to provide grants to private, nonprofit organizations to support programs that promote human rights, democracy, rule of law, and the development of a market economy in North Korea. (b) Authorization of Appropriations
(1) In gener... |
108hr4011ih | 103. Radio broadcasting to North Korea
(a) Sense of congress
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should facilitate the unhindered dissemination of information in North Korea by increasing its support for radio broadcasting to North Korea, and that the Broadcasting Board of Governors should increase bro... |
108hr4011ih | (b) Report
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) describes the status of current United States broadcasting to North Korea; and (2) outlines a plan for increasing such broadcas... |
108hr4011ih | Actions to promote freedom of information
(a) Actions
The President is authorized to take such actions as may be necessary to increase the availability of information inside North Korea by increasing the availability of sources of information not controlled by the Government of North Korea, including sources such as ... |
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