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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5349 

To provide that Cambodia’s debt to the United States may not be reduced 

or forgiven, and textile and apparel articles that are the product of 

Cambodia and imported into the United States may not be extended 

duty free treatment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2010 

Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 

A BILL 

To provide that Cambodia’s debt to the United States may 

not be reduced or forgiven, and textile and apparel articles that are the product of Cambodia and imported 

into the United States may not be extended duty free 

treatment. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cambodian Trade Act 

5 of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) The United States Department of State has 

4 recognized and documented repeated human rights 

5 abuses of the Uighur people by the Government of 

6 the People’s Republic of China. 

7 (2) The United States Commission on Inter8 national Religious Freedom has recognized and doc9 umented the repeated human rights abuses of the 

10 Uighur people by the Government of the People’s 

11 Republic of China. 

12 (3) The House of Representatives has and con13 tinues to recognize that the authorities in the Peo14 ple’s Republic of China have manipulated the stra15 tegic objectives of the international ‘‘war on terror’’ 

16 to increase their cultural and religious oppression of 

17 the Uighur people. 

18 (4) In early July 2009, ethnic unrest developed 

19 in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, result20 ing in the unfortunate death of both Han Chinese 

21 and Uighurs. 

22 (5) In the aftermath of this unrest, authorities 

23 in the People’s Republic of China allegedly detained 

24 hundreds of Uighurs and, according to Human 

25 Rights Watch, 43 Uighur men have disappeared. 


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1 (6) Following the ethnic unrest, the People’s 

2 Republic of China arrested a number of Uighurs and 

3 Han Chinese and charged 21 individuals with mur4 der, arson, robbery, and property damage. 

5 (7) Human Rights Watch found the trials of 

6 the 21 individuals did not meet minimum inter7 national standards of due process and fair trials. 

8 Despite this, the Government of the People’s Repub9 lic of China handed down death sentences, and 9 of 

10 the individuals were executed in November 2009. 

11 (8) In late November and early December 

12 2009, 22 Uighurs, including 3 children, fled China 

13 to Cambodia to seek refugee status. There the 

14 Uighurs worked with the United Nations High Com15 missioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Cam16 bodian Government to follow international refugee 

17 law and convention. 

18 (9) The Government of Cambodia made assur19 ances to UNHCR that the 22 Uighurs could follow 

20 UNHCR procedures so refugee status could be de21 termined before repatriation to China. 

22 (10) Despite assurances and agreements with 

23 UNHCR, the Government of Cambodia sent the 20 

24 Uighur refugees back to China before a refugee de25 termination could be made. Two of the refugees were 


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1 able to escape Cambodian custody before deporta2 tion. 

3 (11) Before their deportation, the Uighur refu4 gees told UNHCR that they had fears of imprison5 ment, torture, and death in China. 

6 (12) Since arriving in China, media reports 

7 suggest that the 20 Uighurs may have been put on 

8 trial. No further information about the Uighurs, in9 cluding the children, has been made available. 

10 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

11 It is the policy of the United States to— 

12 (1) support and encourage countries that com13 ply with international conventions, agreements, and 

14 understandings; 

15 (2) support and encourage countries that re16 spect human rights and the protection of refugee 

17 populations; 

18 (3) assist refugees and minority populations 

19 seeking asylum and protection from oppressive gov20 ernments and regimes; and 

21 (4) support and encourage countries that value 

22 and protect minority populations seeking asylum and 

23 protection from oppressive governments and regimes. 


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1 SEC. 4. LOAN FORGIVENESS. 

2 Notwithstanding part V of the Foreign Assistance 

3 Act of 1961 (relating to debt reduction for developing 

4 countries with tropical forests; 22 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) 

5 or any other provision of law providing for the reduction 

6 or forgiveness of the debt of a foreign country, the United 

7 States may not reduce or forgive any debt owed by Cam8 bodia to the United States. 

9 SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL ARTICLES 

10 OF CAMBODIA. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title V of the 

12 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) or any other 

13 provision of law providing duty free treatment, no textile 

14 or apparel article that is the product of Cambodia may 

15 be extended duty-free treatment when entered into the 

16 customs territory of the United States. 

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘textile 

18 or apparel article’’ means— 

19 (1) any apparel article classified under any 

20 chapter of section XII of the Harmonized Tariff 

21 Schedule of the United States; 

22 (2) any textiles classified under any such chap23 ter from which apparel articles can be produced; and 

24 (3) any footwear article classified under chapter 

25 64 of such Schedule. 


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1 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 This Act takes effect on the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act. 

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