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SEC. 2. 10-YEAR RATABLE INCOME INCLUSION FOR COM-
PULSORY OR INVOLUNTARY COMMERCIAL
PLANT CONVERSION COMPENSATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter Q of chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to in-
come averaging) is amended by inserting after section
1301 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 1302. 10-YEAR RATABLE INCOME INCLUSION FOR
COMPULSORY OR INVOLUNTARY COMMER-
CIAL PLANT CONVERSION COMPENSATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the taxpayer,
any amount taken into account as income or gain by rea-
son of receiving compulsory or involuntary commercial
plant conversion compensation shall be included in the in-
come of the taxpayer ratably over the 10-year period be-
ginning with the taxable year in which the compensation
is received or accrued by the taxpayer.
‘‘(b) COMPULSORY OR INVOLUNTARY COMMERCIAL
PLANT CONVERSION COMPENSATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(a), the term ‘compulsory or involuntary commercial
plant conversion compensation’ means—
‘‘(A) a citrus canker tree payment,
‘‘(B) plum pox virus compensation pay-
ment, or
‘‘(C) a Pierce’s disease payment.
‘‘(2) CITRUS
CANKER
TREE
PAYMENT.—For
purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘citrus canker
tree payment’ means a payment made to an owner
of a commercial citrus grove to recover income that
was lost as a result of the removal of commercial cit-
rus trees to control canker under the amendments to
the citrus canker regulations (7 C.F.R. 301) made
by the final rule published in the Federal Register
by the Secretary of Agriculture on June 18, 2001
(66 Fed. Reg. 32713, Docket No. 00–37–4).
‘‘(3) PLUM
POX
VIRUS
COMPENSATION
PAY-
MENT.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
‘plum pox virus compensation payment’ means a
payment made as compensation for the quarantine
and destruction of commercial stone fruit trees and
any Prunus spp. plant material pursuant to the Dec-
laration of Extraordinary Emergency Because of
Plum Pox Virus published by the Secretary of Agri-
culture on March 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 11280–
11281, Docket No. 00–001–1).
‘‘(4) PIERCE’S
DISEASE
PAYMENT.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘Pierce’s disease
payment’ means payment made by the Secretary of
Agriculture to growers for losses due to Pierce’s dis-
ease.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part I of subchapter Q of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1301 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1302. 10-year ratable income inclusion for compulsory or
involuntary commercial plant conversion compensa-
tion.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to payments made before, on, or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2823
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the nontaxable
exchange period within which commercial citrus trees destroyed under
public order due to the citrus tree canker may be replaced.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mrs. THURMAN (for herself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. PUTNAM, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand
the nontaxable exchange period within which commercial
citrus trees destroyed under public order due to the
citrus tree canker may be replaced.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF PERIOD WITHIN WHICH CON-
VERTED CITRUS TREE PROPERTY MUST BE
REPLACED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1033 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to period within which prop-
erty must be replaced) is amended by redesignating sub-
section (k) as subsection (l) and by inserting after sub-
section (j) the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) COMMERCIAL TREES DESTROYED BECAUSE OF
CITRUS TREE CANKER.—In the case of commercial citrus
trees which are compulsorily or involuntarily converted
under a public order as a result of the citrus tree canker,
clause (i) of subsection (a)(2)(B) shall be applied as if
such clause read: ‘4 years after the taxable year in which
a State or Federal plant health authority determines that
the land on which such trees grew is free from the bacteria
that causes citrus tree canker’.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2824
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to include
citrus canker tree replacement payments made by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as income or gain over a 10-year period.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mrs. THURMAN (for herself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. PUTNAM, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-
payers to include citrus canker tree replacement pay-
ments made by the Secretary of Agriculture as income
or gain over a 10-year period.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 10-YEAR RATABLE INCOME INCLUSION FOR
CITRUS CANKER TREE PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter Q of chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to in-
come averaging) is amended by inserting after section
1301 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 1302. 10-YEAR RATABLE INCOME INCLUSION FOR CIT-
RUS CANKER TREE PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the taxpayer,
any amount taken into account as income or gain by rea-
son of receiving a citrus canker tree payment shall be in-
cluded in the income of the taxpayer ratably over the 10-
year period beginning with the taxable year in which the
payment is received or accrued by the taxpayer.
‘‘(b) CITRUS CANKER TREE PAYMENT.—For pur-
poses of subsection (a), the term ‘citrus canker tree pay-
ment’ means a payment made to an owner of a commercial
citrus grove to recover income that was lost as a result
of the removal of commercial citrus trees to control canker
under the amendments to the citrus canker regulations (7
C.F.R. 301) made by the final rule published in the Fed-
eral Register by the Secretary of Agriculture on June 18,
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 32713, Docket No. 00–37–4).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part I of subchapter Q of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1301 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1302. 10-year ratable income inclusion for citrus canker
tree payments.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to payments made before, on, or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2825
To amend the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
to change the October 1, 2001, due date for corporate estimated taxes
to September 24, 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HOEK-
STRA, Mr. RYUN of Kanas, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. PENCE, Mr.
VITTER, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, and Mr.
THUNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconcili-
ation Act of 2001 to change the October 1, 2001, due
date for corporate estimated taxes to September 24,
2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Preservation
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED
TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 801 of
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) 100 percent of the amount of any required
installment of corporate estimated tax which is oth-
erwise due September 15, 2001, shall not be due
until September 24, 2001; and’’.
(b) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE PENALTIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Treasury may waive any penalty or addition to tax im-
posed on the failure to make the required installment of
corporate estimated tax in accordance with section 801(1)
of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section)
if such installment is made on or before October 1, 2001.
(c) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsection (b) and the
amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2826
To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements
for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
A BILL
To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching
requirements for grants provided to American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) WAIVER
OF
CERTAIN
MATCHING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 501 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to au-
thorize certain appropriations for the territories of the
United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and
for other purposes’’, approved October 15, 1977 (48
U.S.C. 1469a; 91 Stat. 1164) is amended—
(1) in the last sentence of subsection (d), by
striking ‘‘by law’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
the case of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
and the Northern Mariana Islands, each department or
agency of the United States shall waive any requirement
for local matching funds under $500,000 per grant (in-
cluding in-kind contributions) that the insular area would
otherwise be required to provide.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 601 of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for cer-
tain insular areas of the United States, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved March 12, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1469a–1
note; 94 Stat. 90), is amended by striking ‘‘, and adding
the following sentence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Is-
lands.’’ and inserting a period.
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‘‘(ii) publish in the Federal Register a
summary of the report and a copy of any re-
quested labeling changes.
‘‘(5) DISPUTE RESOLUTION.—If, not later than
the end of the 180-day period specified in paragraph
(4), the holder of an approved application for the
drug involved does not agree to any labeling change
requested by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
under that paragraph—
‘‘(A) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
shall immediately refer the request to the Pedi-
atric Advisory Subcommittee of the Anti-Infec-
tive Drugs Advisory Committee; and
‘‘(B) not later than 90 days after receiving
the referral, the Subcommittee shall—
‘‘(i) review the available information
on the safe and effective use of the drug
in the pediatric population, including study
reports submitted under this section; and
‘‘(ii) make a recommendation to the
Commissioner of Food and Drugs as to ap-
propriate labeling changes, if any.
‘‘(6) FDA DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30
days after receiving a recommendation from the
Subcommittee under paragraph (5)(B)(ii) with re-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2827
To respond to the economic disaster threatening certain farmers and commu-
nities resulting from the Federal Government’s denial of irrigation water
for the Klamath Irrigation Project in the States of Oregon and Cali-
fornia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. WALDEN (for himself Mr. HERGER, Mr. POMBO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.
SIMPSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washignton, Mr. NETHERCUTT, and Mr.
GIBBONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture
A BILL
To respond to the economic disaster threatening certain
farmers and communities resulting from the Federal
Government’s denial of irrigation water for the Klamath
Irrigation Project in the States of Oregon and California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Klamath Basin Eco-
nomic Disaster Relief Act of 2001’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2828
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 14, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To authorize payments to certain Klamath Project water
distribution entities for amounts assessed by the entities
for operation and maintenance of the Project’s trans-
ferred works for 2001, to authorize refunds to such
entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion for reserved works for 2001, and for other purposes.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO DENIAL OF IRRIGATION
WATER FOR KLAMATH IRRIGATION PROJECT.
(a) RELIEF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall carry out an economic relief program related to the
Klamath Irrigation Project in the States of Oregon and
California to provide direct compensation for employment,
crop, livestock, and land-value losses directly related to the
denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Irrigation
Project. The Secretary shall base the program on the pro-
posal of the Klamath Water Users Association entitled
‘‘Current Market Analysis and Economic Impact Report’’
and dated May 22, 2001.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the relief program.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2828
To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation
and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of the Project’s
transferred and reserved works for water year 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
POMBO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington,
Mr. NETHERCUTT, and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath
Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation
and maintenance of the Project’s transferred and re-
served works for water year 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Klamath Basin Emer-
gency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REFUND AND WAIVER OF PAYMENTS FOR OPER-
ATION AND MAINTENANCE OF KLAMATH REC-
LAMATION PROJECT.
(a) REFUND
OF PAYMENTS
BY IRRIGATION
AND
DRAINAGE DISTRICT MEMBERS.—The Secretary of the
Interior may pay to each Klamath Project irrigation and
drainage district an amount equal to the amount assessed
and collected from members of the district for operation
and maintenance of Klamath Project transferred and re-
served works for water year 2001. Such payment may be
made to a district only after that district has—
(1) provided to the Secretary documentation
satisfactory to the Bureau of Reclamation, dem-
onstrating the total amount assessed and collected
from members of the district; and
(2) executed a binding agreement under which
the funds paid to the district pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be distributed to each district member in
an amount equal to the amount assessed and col-
lected from the member for operation and mainte-
nance for water year 2001.
(b) WAIVER
OF
REMAINING
AND
ADDITIONAL
CHARGES.—The Secretary of the Interior may waive any
requirement that the Klamath Project irrigation and
drainage districts pay remaining or additional charges for
operation and maintenance of Klamath Project reserved
works for water year 2001.
(c) PAYMENTS AND WAIVERS FOR INDIVIDUALS.—
The Secretary—
(1) may pay, to any individual within the Klam-
ath Project who holds a contract entered into pursu-
ant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925;
43 U.S.C. 523–525), popularly known as the ‘‘War-
ren Act’’, and who is not within a district that re-
ceives a payment pursuant to subsection (a) and a
waiver under subsection (b), an amount equal to the
amount collected from such individual for operation
and maintenance of Klamath Project reserved works
for water year 2001; and
(2) may forego collection from such individual
of charges for operation and maintenance of such
works for the remainder of water year 2001.
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ful southern African nation, is now threatened with
extinction.
(7) Mobilizing resources and human capacity is
essential in the prevention of new infections and
treatment to those already infected with HIV/AIDS.
(8) 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers work in 76
countries worldwide including 25 countries in Africa.
1,431 of these Peace Corps members are health vol-
unteers who serve in Africa, the Eastern Mediterra-
nean, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the
Pacific.
(9) Peace Corps health volunteers work in rural
and urban settings in a variety of health activities
including teaching HIV/AIDS education and preven-
tion methodologies to local people.
(10) Peace Corps volunteers work to improve
the health of women, men and children, adolescents,
and families by promoting health information and by
improving the skills of African professionals, local
organizations, and local people in HIV/AIDS preven-
tion and treatment.
(11) The Peace Corps would like to increase its
capacity in HIV/AIDS education and prevention ac-
tivities—especially in the area of training HIV/AIDS
trainers—by increasing its health volunteer corps.
(1) The right to vote is guaranteed in the
United States Constitution for all citizens. The right
to vote in all governmental elections shall not be
abridged or denied on the basis of race, sex, color,
or previous conditions of servitude. Congress has ul-
timate supervisory power over Federal elections, and
this authority has been upheld by the United States
Supreme Court on numerous occasions.
(2) There is no uniform eligibility standard for
participating in Federal elections. Different States
have different rules regarding the voting eligibility of
ex-felons. While 48 States and the District of Co-
lumbia prohibit the voting participation of inmates
while serving their sentences, 13 States disenfran-
chise some or all ex-offenders who have completed
their sentences. Even in States that allow ex-offend-
ers to vote, the process by which they regain that
right makes it difficult for them to vote again. For
example, in 8 States, a pardon or order from the
Governor is required. In 2 States, the parole or par-
don board must act. In addition, in 16 States Fed-
eral offenders are not able to regain their right to
vote via the State procedure. Instead, those offend-
ers must obtain a Presidential pardon.
cal opinion and the final biological
opinion, including the associated inci-
dental taking statements; and
‘‘(III) receive a copy of the draft
biological opinion from the Federal
agency and, before issuance of the
final biological opinion, submit com-
ments on the draft biological opinion
and discuss with the Secretary and
the Federal agency the basis for any
finding in the draft biological opinion.
‘‘(ii) EXPLANATION.—If reasonable
and prudent alternatives are proposed by a
person under clause (i) and the Secretary
does not include the alternatives in the
final biological opinion, the Secretary shall
explain to the person why those alter-
natives were not included in the opinion.
‘‘(iii) PUBLIC
ACCESS
TO
INFORMA-
TION.—Comments and other information
submitted to, or received from, any person
(pursuant to clause (i)) who seeks author-
ization or funding for an action shall be
maintained in a file for that action by the
Secretary and shall be made available to
the public (subject to the exemptions speci-
fied in section 552(b) of title 5, United
States Code).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 282
To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memo-
rial in the District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have
lost their lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts,
training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. LATOURETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to
establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its
environs to soldiers who have lost their lives during
peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, training,
terrorist attacks, or covert operations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Pyramid of Remembrance
Foundation is authorized to establish a memorial on Fed-
eral land in the District of Columbia or its environs to
honor members of the Armed Forces of the United States
who have lost their lives during peacekeeping operations,
humanitarian efforts, training, terrorist attacks, or covert
operations.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The Pyramid of Remembrance Founda-
tion shall establish the memorial authorized by this Act
in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1001, et seq.), except that section 3(c) of that Act
shall not apply.
SEC. 2. FUNDS FOR MEMORIAL.
(a) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS PROHIBITED.—Except
as provided by the Commemorative Works Act, no Federal
funds may be used to pay any expense of the establish-
ment of the memorial.
(b) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If—
(1) upon payment of all expenses of the estab-
lishment of the memorial, including payment to the
Treasury of the maintenance and preservation
amount required by section 8(b) of the Commemora-
tive Works Act; or
(2) upon expiration of the authority for the me-
morial under section 10(b) of the Commemorative
Works Act,
there remains a balance of funds received for the establish-
ment of the memorial, the Pyramid of Remembrance
Foundation shall transmit that balance to the Secretary
of the Treasury for deposit in the account provided for
in section 8(b)(1) of the Commemorative Works Act.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION.
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘the District
of Columbia and its environs’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 2 of the Commemorative Works Act.
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TITLE II—PROMOTION OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN VIET
NAM
Subtitle A—Prohibition on Nonhumanitarian Assistance to the Government of
Viet Nam
Sec. 201. Bilateral nonhumanitarian assistance.
Sec. 202. Multilateral nonhumanitarian assistance.
Subtitle B—Assistance to Support Democracy in Viet Nam
Sec. 211. Assistance.
Subtitle C—United States Public Diplomacy
Sec. 221. Radio Free Asia transmissions to Viet Nam.
Sec. 222. United States educational and cultural exchange programs with Viet
Nam.
Subtitle D—United States Refugee Policy
Sec. 232. Refugee resettlement for nationals of Viet Nam.
Subtitle E—Annual Report on Progress Toward Freedom and Democracy in
Viet Nam
Sec. 241. Annual report.
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Viet Nam is a one-party state, ruled and
controlled by the Vietnamese Communist Party.
(2) The Government of Viet Nam denies the
people of Viet Nam the right to change their govern-
ment and prohibits independent political, social, and
labor organizations.
(3)(A) The Government of Viet Nam consist-
ently pursues a policy of harassment, discrimination,
and intimidation, and sometimes of imprisonment
and other forms of detention, against those who