item, including the issuance of a license for the export of 
any item, on the United States Munitions List. The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall prohibit the export to 
Uzbekistan of any item on the Commerce Control List of 
dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations. 
(g) REPORT REGARDING UNITED STATES POLICY 
TOWARD UZBEKISTAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report regarding United States 
policy toward Uzbekistan. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include a detailed description of each 
of the following: 
(A) The objectives of United States policy 
toward Uzbekistan with respect to democratiza-
tion, human rights, economic reforms, regional 
security, and the war on terrorism. 
(B) The strategy of the Government of the 
United States for achieving the objectives de-
scribed under subparagraph (A). 
(C) The steps taken by the Government of 
the United States to advance the strategy de-
scribed under subparagraph (B) since the mas-
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sacre in Andijan and the decision of the Gov-
ernment of Uzbekistan to expel United States 
military forces from Uzbekistan. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be in unclassified form but may contain a 
classified annex. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of— 
(1) subsection (a) apply with respect to funds 
appropriated for assistance for the Government of 
Uzbekistan for fiscal years 2007 and 2008; and 
(2) subsections (b) through (f) apply during fis-
cal years 2007 and 2008. 
SEC. 8. REPORT. 
Prior to the initial obligation of assistance for the 
government of a country of Central Asia for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report describing— 
(1) whether the government is forcibly return-
ing Uzbeks or other refugees who have fled violence 
and political persecution, in violation of the 1951 
Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refu-
gees and the Convention Against Torture and Other 
Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment; 
(2) efforts made by the United States to pre-
vent such returns; and 
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(3) the response of the government to those sit-
uations. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA.—The term 
‘‘countries of Central Asia’’ means Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and 
Uzbekistan. 
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