I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1053 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine. 
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) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Ukraine allows its citizens the right and op-
portunity to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emi-
gration 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 re-
quirements 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 institu-
tions 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 evi-
denced by the annual human rights reports of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope (OSCE) and the United States Department of 
State. 
(5) Ukraine has taken major steps toward glob-
al 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 Partner-
ship 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 inte-
gration with a commitment to ensuring democracy 
and prosperity for its citizens. 
(8) Ukraine has built a broad and durable rela-
tionship with the United States and has been an un-
wavering ally in the struggle against international 
terrorism that has taken place since the attacks 
against the United States that occurred on Sep-
tember 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 ac-
ceding to the World Trade Organization.