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SEC. 1132. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION 
OF AFRICA. 
Congress calls on the President to appoint a Special 
Envoy for the Great Lakes Region to help coordinate efforts 
to resolve the instability and insecurity in Eastern Congo, 
as provided in section 107 of the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–456; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note). 
SEC. 1133. LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Lord’s Resistance Army has terrorized 
central Africa for 25 years, and abducted tens of 
thousands of children, many of whom have been forced 
into child soldiering or sex slavery. 
(2) The influence of the Lord’s Resistance Army 
spans the border areas of South Sudan, Democratic 
Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic. 
(3) The Lord’s Resistance Army has become one 
of the deadliest rebel group in Congo, and has dis-
placed hundreds of thousands of people across central 
Africa, including South Sudan, the world’s newest 
country where United States investments in peace 
and stability are critical. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States to implement the Administration’s strat-
egy released in November 2010 to mitigate and eliminate 
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the threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the 
Lord’s Resistance Army, in accordance with section 4 of 
the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern 
Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172; 22 
U.S.C. 2151 note). 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to investigate, hold accountable, and impose 
sanctions against any individual or entity responsible for 
war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Republic 
of Sudan or Republic of South Sudan. 
SEC. 1134. CAMP ASHRAF. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) urge the Government of Iraq to uphold its 
commitments to the United States to ensure the con-
tinued well-being of those individuals living in Camp 
Ashraf and prevent their involuntary return to Iran 
in accordance with the United States Embassy State-
ment on Transfer of Security Responsibility for 
Camp Ashraf of December 28, 2008; 
(2) take all necessary and appropriate steps in 
accordance with international agreements to support 
the commitments of the United States to ensure the 
physical security and protection of Camp Ashraf resi-
dents; and 
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(3) take all necessary and appropriate steps to 
prevent the forcible relocation of Camp Ashraf resi-
dents inside Iraq and facilitate the robust presence of 
the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq in 
Camp Ashraf. 
SEC. 1135. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE GOVERNMENT 
OF SYRIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Syrian Arab Republic is governed by an 
authoritarian regime which continues to commit mas-
sive, systematic, and extraordinary human rights 
abuses, including the use of torture and arbitrary ar-
rest and detention, and the most basic human and po-
litical rights to its citizens. 
(2) The Government of Syria continues to ruth-
lessly suppress pro-democracy protests within its bor-
ders and has wantonly killed an estimated 1,500 peo-
ple since the unrest began. 
(3) The United States, European Union, and 
other responsible nations have imposed sanctions 
against the Syrian regime for its extensive human 
rights abuses. 
(4) The Department of State’s Annual Country 
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010 states 
that— 
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(A) the Government of Syria ‘‘systemati-
cally repressed citizens’ ability to change their 
government. . . imposed severe restrictions on 
civil liberties: freedoms of speech and press, in-
cluding Internet and academic freedom; freedoms 
of assembly and of association, including severe 
restrictions on nongovernmental organizations 
(NGOs); and freedoms of religion and move-
ment’’; and 
(B) ‘‘the security forces committed arbitrary 
or unlawful killings, caused politically motivated 
disappearances, and tortured and physically 
abused prisoners and detainees with impunity’’. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States to— 
(1) continue to strongly condemn the Govern-
ment of Syria’s suppression of pro-democracy protests 
and its extensive and systematic violations of and de-
nial of the human rights of the Syrian people; and 
(2) fully implement and enforce the full range of 
United States sanctions against the Government of 
Syria pursuant to the Syria Accountability and Leb-
anese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 and other 
provisions of law. 
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SEC. 1136. RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) strengthen bilateral relations with Russia, in 
the interest of improving global security and the pros-
perity of United States business and commercial enti-
ties; 
(2) encourage Russian development of rules to 
govern a wide range of issues from services regulation 
to foreign investment to intellectual property rights 
that will improve the trade and investment climate 
and assure reliable partners to United States poten-
tial investors, entrepreneurs, and exporters, under the 
conviction that a rules-based system of competition 
protects United States interests and builds trust be-
tween countries and peoples; 
(3) continue to collaborate with the Russian 
Government and civil society to strengthen democracy 
and human rights, combat corruption, deepen the rule 
of law, and liberalize banking, finance, and other 
services, which are initiatives that improve the lives 
and livelihoods of Russians, the transparency of their 
institutions, and the confidence of their partners; and 
(4) continue to collaborate with Russia to resolve 
international conflicts and to combat terrorism, pro-
liferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of 
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mass destruction, and environmental degradation 
that threaten the global economy and security. 
SEC. 1137. COTE D’IVOIRE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire, which 
resulted from the disputed November 2010 Presi-
dential election, imperiled the civic, economic, and 
human rights of its citizens and the political stability 
of the entire sub-region. 
(2) With 17 scheduled elections across Africa in 
2011, Ivoirian and international acceptance of Mr. 
Gbagbo’s electoral claim would have aided and abet-
ted the efforts of those individuals who may seek to 
undermine the democratic will of Africa’s citizens and 
reversed gains in democracy and governance across 
the continent. 
(3) On April 11, 2011, Mr. Gbagbo was arrested 
and taken into the custody of the forces aligned with 
the elected President, thereby creating an opportunity 
for the political and security crisis in Cote d’Ivoire 
to be resolved and for rule of law to be restored. 
(4) The United States has a strong interest in 
promoting democracy and peace in Cote d’Ivoire and 
across all of Africa. 
(b) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
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(1) supports the democratic aspirations of the 
Ivoirian people; 
(2) strongly condemns Mr. Gbagbo’s attempt to 
circumvent the will of the people of Cote d’Ivoire the 
majority of whom voted on November 29, 2010, to 
elect Alassane Ouattara as their president; 
(3) welcomes the arrest of former president 
Laurent Gbagbo and calls upon him to urge his sup-
porters to lay down their weapons and contribute to 
peace and reconciliation in the country; 
(4) calls for an immediate end to acts of vio-
lence, human rights abuses, the intimidation of 
United Nations troops, and the hindrance of United 
Nations access to investigate alleged violations of 
international human rights and humanitarian law; 
(5) asserts that Mr. Gbagbo and his military 
and paramilitary forces must be held accountable for 
any human rights crimes and abuses that they have 
perpetrated against citizens and residents of Cote 
d’Ivoire, as must all other persons or entities who 
have committed such violations; 
(6) calls on the United States Government and 
international community to continue to provide sup-
port for the ongoing efforts of the Economic Commu-
nity of West African States and the African Union ef-
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forts to resolve the Ivoirian crisis, in particular 
through support for implementation of the conflict 
resolution framework and related recommendations 
contained in the Report of the High Level Panel of 
the African Union for the Resolution of the Crisis in 
Cote d’Ivoire of March 10, 2011; 
(7) calls on the United Nations Security Council, 
with the support of the elected Government of Cote 
d’Ivoire, the African Union, and ECOWAS, to con-
tinue to ensure that legal democratic processes and 
international human rights and humanitarian law 
are upheld in Cote d’Ivoire, and that there is account-
ability for violations thereof; 
(8) supports the application of smart, targeted 
sanctions against Mr. Gbagbo and his key supporters 
by the United States Government and international 
community in order to send a clear message that his 
rejection of the democratic process is unacceptable 
and that impunity for human rights violations and 
economic crimes against the Ivoirian people will not 
be tolerated; 
(9) supports the Economic Community of West 
African States and the African Union’s aggressive 
steps to constrict the access of the Gbagbo regime’s ac-
cess to financial resources, including all actions taken 
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by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) 
of the West African Economic and Monetary Union 
(UEMOA) to achieve that end; 
(10) calls on the United States Government and 
other responsible nations to continue, in a coordi-
nated manner, to provide humanitarian assistance to 
those with emergency needs, both within Cote d’Ivoire 
and in neighboring countries hosting Ivoirian refu-
gees, as necessary and appropriate; 
(11) calls on President Ouattara to demonstrate 
restraint and uphold rule of law with respect to the 
capture and potential prosecution of Mr. Gbagbo and 
his supporters, while demonstrating commitment to 
reconciliation and recovery; 
(12) calls for an independent, and impartial in-
vestigation of all allegations of mass killings and 
other human rights abuses, and calls on President 
Ouattara to provide unfettered access and the nec-
essary resources for such an investigation to occur, 
with the support of the United States and other re-
sponsible nations, as necessary and appropriate; 
(13) calls for the disarmament of all irregular 
security forces and militias; and 
(14) urges the Government of Cote d’Ivoire to 
immediately commence national reconciliation efforts, 
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invest in rebuilding infrastructure, facilities, and in-
stitutions damaged as a result of the military and po-
litical crisis, to ensure the safety of all persons resi-
dent within Cote d’Ivoire and, facilitate the safe and 
voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced 
people. 
SEC. 1138. WATER AND SANITATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development have 
designated Global Health as a policy priority for 
United States foreign assistance. 
(2) Clean, potable water and adequate sanitation 
are indispensable foundations of healthy societies. 
(3) Urban areas, where the expansion of slums 
reduces access to clean water and proper sanitation, 
are particularly prone to the spread of disease. 
(4) Diseases related to unsafe water and inad-
equate sanitation account for [80 percent of sicknesses 
in developing countries]. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 
the United States to address waterborne illnesses and condi-
tions related to poor sanitation as priorities for United 
States global health policy. 
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Subtitle D—Sense of Congress 
Provisions 
PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1141. BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af-
fairs of the Department of State engages students, 
educators and rising leaders in more than 160 coun-
tries through academic, cultural, sports, and profes-
sional exchanges. 
(2) These robust and effective international edu-
cation, cultural exchange and leadership development 
programs strengthen relationships of the United 
States with foreign partners that in turn benefit the 
United States economy and national security. 
(3) The Department of State’s Competitive 
Grants Program within the Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs’ Exchange critically supports 
academic, cultural and professional exchange and 
training programs that seek mutual understanding 
and the free exchange of ideas between the people of 
the United States and the people of other countries. 
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(4) Broadening our understanding of other cul-
tures, languages, foreign governments, and economies 
makes us stronger as a country. 
(5) As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted 
in February 2011, ‘‘There is nothing that is more ef-
fective than having people break down barriers 
[through exchange].’’ 
(6) The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af-
fairs’ focus on global education, women, youth, under-
served audiences and the formation of critical global 
communities, as well as its concentration on countries 
of strategic importance, such as Afghanistan, Paki-
stan, Iraq, and Indonesia, serve the interests of the 
United States around the world. 
(7) Alumni outreach engages thousands of Bu-
reau Educational and Cultural Affairs alumni 
around the world and assures a strong return on in-
vestment. 
(8) The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Af-
fairs alumni encompass over one million people 
around the world, including more than 50 Nobel Lau-
reates and over 350 current and former heads of state 
and government. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the 
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Department of State fosters mutual understanding between 
the people of the United States and the people of other coun-
tries to promote friendly and peaceful relations as man-
dated by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961. 
SEC. 1142. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CODE OF CONDUCT TO 
PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of State should institute a code of conduct 
within the Department of State to prevent severe forms of 
trafficking in persons. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The code of conduct 
described in subsection (a) should outline necessary steps 
to ensure that Department of State contractors and sub-
contractors do not engage in trafficking in persons. 
SEC. 1143. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) New media and communication technologies 
have given rise to explosive growth in the volume and 
frequency of information flowing to consumers world-
wide. 
(2) Individuals and entities that seek to under-
mine United States principles and ideals are actively 
engaged in shaping perceptions about the United 
States and its role in world affairs. 
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(3) The 9/11 Commission concluded in its report 
that long-term success against terrorism ‘‘demands the 
use of all elements of national power’’, including for-
eign aid and public diplomacy. The Commission cau-
tioned, ‘‘If we favor one tool while neglecting others, 
we leave ourselves vulnerable and weaken our na-
tional effort.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) strengthening United States public diplo-
macy through increased collaboration with the private 
sector should be a top United States foreign policy 
priority; 
(2) the Secretary of State should consider ways 
to strengthen current outreach efforts to key audiences 
in Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, and Russia. 
SEC. 1144. HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that, recognizing that stand-
ing for fundamental human rights and against human 
rights abuse abroad is in keeping with United States values, 
the Secretary of State should ensure that such issues are 
incorporated, on a basis at least equal to the attention given 
to economic and political factors, into United States bilat-
eral relationships. 
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SEC. 1145. DISCOURAGING MURDER AND OTHER FORMS OF 
VIOLENCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 
should discourage foreign governments from condoning 
murder and other forms of physical violence that is directed 
against individuals because of their sexual orientation or 
gender identity. 
SEC. 1146. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN SPACE. 
It is the sense of Congress that any effort to expand 
international cooperation in space, such as adding new 
partners to the International Space Station, conducting op-
erations beyond low Earth orbit, exploring the Moon and 
Mars, launching deep space probes, and developing related 
technology and capabilities should not include participa-
tion by entities owned, controlled, chartered by, or located 
within the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 1147. BOUNDARY, WATER, AND FISHERIES COMMIS-
SIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The boundary, water, and fisheries commis-
sions funded using the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under section 104 are longstanding treaty- 
and agreement-based organizations formed to address 
important border, water, and fisheries resource issues, 
and receive substantial financial support from United 
States taxpayers. 
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(6) In contrast, the most recent Annual Report 
by the Pacific Salmon Commission (filed in Sep-
tember 2010 for the 2007/2008 period) was 189 pages 
long, and contained an independently audited finan-
cial statement. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that timely reporting by the boundary, water, and fisheries 
commissions that sufficiently explains each such commis-
sion’s activities and the disposition of each such commis-
sion’s resources is necessary to maintain public support for 
their continued funding. 
PART II—COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1151. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the delay of the Secretary of State to author-
ize the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipe-
line has adversely affected the United States economy 
and weakened United States national security; 
(2) according to the Energy Information Admin-
istration, in 2010, the United States imported 2,321 
barrels per day from Canada; 
(3) Canada, as a democratic ally, offers a stable 
source of energy for the United States; 
(4) support of this pipeline is contingent upon 
the adherence of any private company, contractor, or 
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subsidiary, connected to this project to the Iran Sanc-
tions Act of 1996, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, and 
other provisions of United States law; and 
(5) in accordance with all applicable rules and 
guidelines, the Secretary of State should promptly au-
thorize the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL 
pipeline. 
SEC. 1152. ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA IN AFRICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) China is one of the world’s largest investors 
in Africa. 
(2) Bilateral trade deals have been signed be-
tween China and 45 African countries. 
(3) The China-Africa Development Fund was 
created to invest in African equities, and plans call 
for an expansion to $5 billion. 
(4) 
According 
to 
Tapiwa 
Mashakada, 
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Economic Planning and In-
vestment, the China Development Bank could invest 
up to $10 billion in Zimbabwe, site of the world’s sec-
ond-largest platinum deposit. 
(5) Chinese direct investment in Zambia, with a 
focus on copper mining, surpassed $1 billion in 2010. 
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(6) Sudan is China’s third-largest trade partner 
in Africa, and China has been its biggest arms sup-
plier. China continues to be criticized by human 
rights observers for supplying weapons in violation of 
the United Nations weapons embargo of Sudan. 
(7) Chinese direct investment in Nigeria exceeded 
$7 billion in 2010, with a focus on oil investments in 
the conflict-ridden Niger Delta. 
(8) According to reports, China’s African invest-
ments may increase by 70 percent from 2009 to 2015, 
to $50 billion, and Chinese-African bilateral trade 
may double from 2010 to 2015, to $300 billion. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States Government should have a 
firm understanding of China’s rapid expansion in 
natural resource-rich, high-conflict areas of Africa; 
and 
(2) the United States-China Economic and Secu-
rity Review Commission should, as part of its exist-
ing mandate and resources, prepare a report on Chi-
na’s activities in Africa as they relate to the United 
States-China relationship. 
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SEC. 1153. ACTIONS TO SECURE FREEDOM OF CHEN 
GUANGCHENG AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS 
DEFENDERS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Blind, self-taught legal advocate Chen 
Guangcheng publicly exposed the fact that in 2005, 
130,000 involuntary abortions and sterilizations were 
performed on women in Linyi County, Shandong 
Province in a single year. 
(2) Mr. Chen was arrested on June 21, 2006, 
tried on November 27, 2006, and sentenced on Decem-
ber 1, 2006, to four years and three months in jail, 
on charges of ‘‘intentional destruction or damage to 
property’’ and ‘‘gathering people to disturb traffic 
order’’. 
(3) The prosecution and trial of Mr. Chen has 
drawn repeated criticism for its lack of due process 
of law, including the detention of his defense lawyers 
on the eve of trial and the alleged extraction of wit-
ness statements under torture. 
(4) Time Magazine named Mr. Chen one of 
‘‘2006’s Top 100 People Who Shape Our World’’, in 
the category of ‘‘Heroes and Pioneers’’. 
(5) In August 2007, Chinese authorities stopped 
Mr. Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing, at the airport, re-
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voked her passport, and forcibly returned her to her 
village as she attempted to travel to Manila to collect 
Mr. Chen’s Magsaysay Award, known as Asia’s Nobel 
Prize. 
(6) Mr. Chen was released from prison on Sep-
tember 9, 2010, with a chronic, debilitating intestinal 
illness contracted in prison, for which he has been al-
lowed no medical treatment. 
(7) Mr. Chen is now under house arrest, where 
he has been repeatedly and severely beaten, and de-
nied adequate medical treatment and nutrition de-
spite fragile and deteriorating health. 
(8) Mr. Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing, and their 
children have been subjected to harassment, surveil-
lance, and confinement throughout Mr. Chen’s impris-
onment and house arrest. 
(9) Mr. Chen and Ms. Yuan secretly recorded a 
video describing the harsh conditions of their house 
arrest, which included constant surveillance by 66 se-
curity police, severed telephone and internet connec-
tions, lack of adequate food, and continued intimida-
tion by officials, who enter their home at any time, 
without notice. 
(10) In February 2011, following the video’s re-
lease, Mr. Chen’s legal team tried to assist him, but 
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several were placed under house arrest, and two of his 
lawyers, Jiang Tianyong and Teng Biao, were beaten 
and later disappeared. 
(11) The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China 
issued the following warning on February 17, 2011, 
‘‘Correspondents should be careful if they attempt to 
enter the village of activist Chen Guangcheng in 
Shandong Province. In recent days several cor-
respondents have encountered groups of violent, plain-
clothes thugs. . . They have pushed reporters around, 
threatened them with bricks, damaged their cars, con-
fiscated or destroyed their equipment and taken their 
press credentials’’. 
(12) The 2010 Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on China Report states that ‘‘Chinese authorities 
continued to implement population planning policies 
that interfere with and control the reproductive lives 
of women, employing various methods including fines, 
cancellation of state benefits and permits, forced steri-
lization, forced abortion, arbitrary detention, and 
other abuses’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China 
should 
cease 
its 
harassment 
of 
Chen 
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Guangcheng and his family, including his wife, 
daughter, son, and mother, and arrange medical 
treatment for him and his wife, Yuan Weijing; 
(2) the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China should release Chen Guangcheng and his fam-
ily from house arrest, allow them freedom of move-
ment, and allow access to him by international dip-
lomats and journalists; 
(3) the President and the Secretary of State 
should actively and repeatedly seek diplomatic visits 
to Chen Guangcheng and his family; 
(4) the President, Secretary of State, and other 
Administration officials should raise the issue of har-
assed, arrested, disappeared, and disbarred human 
rights lawyers and defenders with the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China and link this issue to 
United States interests in the rule of law and human 
rights; 
(5) the President, Secretary of State, and other 
United States Government officials should aggres-
sively and repeatedly raise the issue of the coercive 
implementation of China’s birth limitation policy 
with President Hu Jintao; and 
(6) Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan 
Weijing, are to be commended for their courage and 
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integrity and should be supported in their determina-
tion to expose and oppose coercive population control 
methods in China that violate the human rights of 
women. 
SEC. 1154. CHINESE DRYWALL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Between 2001 through 2009, contaminated 
drywall manufactured in China was imported into 
the United States and used in home construction. 
(2) It has been found through scientific studies, 
including a study by Sandia National Laboratories 
in New Mexico, that the contaminated drywall im-
ported from China creates a corrosive environment for 
fire safety alarm devices, such as smoke and carbon 
monoxide alarms, electrical distribution components, 
such as receptacles, switches, and circuit breakers, 
and gas service piping and fire suppression sprinkler 
systems installed in the affected homes. 
(3) Based on these scientific findings, the United 
States Consumer Product Safety Commission issued 
an updated Remediation Protocol for Homes with 
Problem Drywall on March 18, 2011, which rec-
ommends the replacement of all contaminated drywall 
and replacement of fire safety alarm devices, electrical 
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distribution components, and gas service piping and 
fire suppression sprinkler systems. 
(4) In addition, homeowners with contaminated 
drywall from China have indicated that the drywall 
releases a strong sulfur-like odor that renders the 
home uninhabitable. 
(5) Companies in China that manufactured and 
exported the contaminated drywall to the United 
States have refused to meet with United States offi-
cials, including representatives of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission, have not provided financial 
assistance to homeowners with contaminated drywall 
from China, and have not submitted to jurisdiction in 
United States Federal Courts that are hearing cases 
on contaminated drywall from China. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Secretary of State should insist that Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China, which has 
ownership interests in the companies that manufac-
tured and exported contaminated drywall to the 
United States, have the companies meet with rep-
resentatives of the United States Government on rem-
edying homeowners that have contaminated drywall 
in their homes; and 
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(2) the Secretary of State should insist that the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China have 
the companies that manufactured and exported con-
taminated drywall submit to jurisdiction in United 
States Federal Courts and comply with any decisions 
issued by the Courts for homeowners with contami-
nated drywall. 
SEC. 1155. RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN EGYPT. 
(a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress is concerned 
about the state of religious freedom in Egypt and the plight 
of religious minorities in the country, including Coptic 
Christians. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Office of International 
Religious Freedom and the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor at the Department of State should dedi-
cate all appropriate resources to promoting the rights of re-
ligious minorities in Egypt. 
SEC. 1156. PLIGHT OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Coptic Christians in Egypt have been subject 
to discrimination, oppression, and violent attacks as 
documented by the United State Commission on 
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and 
other human rights groups. 
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(2) USCIRF has called for Egypt to be des-
ignated as a Country of Particular Concern pursuant 
to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. 
(3) Credible reports concerning the disappear-
ance, forced conversion, and forced marriages of Cop-
tic Christian women and girls in Egypt reveal a con-
sistent pattern of targeting such vulnerable individ-
uals with deceptive practices, often involving psycho-
logical and physical abuse, including rape, beatings, 
confinement, and isolation from their families. 
(4) The Government of Egypt has failed to 
credibly investigate these allegations, creating a cli-
mate of impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes 
and denying justice to the victims and their families. 
(5) The current political uncertainty in Egypt 
has increased concerns as to whether the religious 
freedom and other human rights of Coptic Christians 
will be respected and protected. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Administration should include the protection of 
Coptic Christian communities and respect for their human 
rights as a priority in diplomatic engagements with the 
Government of Egypt, including regular bilateral consulta-
tions on the status of investigations, prosecutions, sen-
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tencing, and imprisonment of perpetrators of human rights 
violations against Coptic Christians. 
SEC. 1157. STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM BY ERI-
TREA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) given the growing security threat from al 
Shabaab, a United States-designated foreign terrorist 
organization, every effort should be made to tackle its 
outside sources of support; 
(2) Eritrea’s ongoing and well-documented sup-
port for armed insurgents in Somalia, including al 
Shabaab, poses a significant threat to the national se-
curity interests of the United States and East African 
countries; and 
(3) the Secretary of State should designate Eri-
trea as a state sponsor of terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, and sec-
tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
SEC. 1158. HOLOCAUST-ERA PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND 
COMPENSATION 
BY 
CERTAIN 
EUROPEAN 
COUNTRIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
that have not already done so should return looted 
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and confiscated properties from the Holocaust to their 
rightful owners or, where restitution is not possible, 
pay equitable compensation, in accordance with prin-
ciples of justice and in an expeditious manner that 
is transparent and fair; 
(2) to this end, such countries should follow the 
Terezin Declaration of June 30, 2009, and the Guide-
lines and Best Practices for the Restitution and Com-
pensation of Immovable (Real) Property Confiscated 
or Otherwise Wrongfully Seized by the Nazis, Fascists 
and Their Collaborators during the Holocaust 
(Shoah) Era between 1933-1945, including the Period 
of World War II, both of which were adopted by more 
than 40 countries in Prague on June 9, 2010; and 
(3) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
should enact and implement appropriate restitution 
and compensation legislation to facilitate private, 
communal, and religious property restitution. 
SEC. 1159. DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Georgia is a strategic partner of the United 
States and the United States should fully support the 
development and consolidation of effective democratic 
governance in Georgia, respect for human rights and 
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the rule of law, an independent media, and a vibrant 
civil society; 
(2) the United States should support the 
strengthening of democratic government institutions, 
including truly independent executive, judicial, and 
legislative branches that exhibit effective transparency 
and accountability; 
(3) the United States should support a free and 
fair electoral system in Georgia with a diverse and 
robust multi-party political system representative of 
Georgia’s diverse population; 
(4) the United States should fully support Geor-
gia’s efforts to join NATO and the transatlantic com-
munity; and 
(5) the United States should fully support Geor-
gia’s territorial integrity and should urge the Euro-
pean Union, its Member States, and other responsible 
countries to call for an immediate and complete with-
drawal of Russian troops occupying Georgian terri-
tory in accordance with the August and September 
2008 ceasefire agreements. 
SEC. 1160. URGING THE IMMEDIATE RETURN OF UNITED 
STATES CHILDREN ABDUCTED TO JAPAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) More than 300 United States children have 
been wrongfully removed to and retained in Japan 
since the United States began keeping records in 
1994. 
(2) At least 31 United States children were 
wrongfully removed to and retained in Japan in 
2010 alone. 
(3) The Department of State currently has at 
least 113 open cases involving 156 children who have 
been reported to the Department and who are being 
retained in Japan against the wishes of their parent 
in the United States and, in many cases, in direct 
violation of a valid United States court order. 
(4) Congress is not aware of any legal decision 
that has been issued and enforced by the Government 
of Japan to return a single abducted child to the 
United States. 
(5) Japan has announced that it is preparing to 
ratify the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil As-
pects of International Child Abduction (the ‘‘Hague 
Convention’’). 
(6) The Hague Convention provides enumerated 
defenses designed to provide protection to children al-
leged to be subjected to a grave risk of physical or 
psychological harm in the left-behind country. 
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(7) The Hague Convention by its own terms 
would not apply to any abductions occurring before 
Japan’s ratification of the Hague Convention, there-
fore necessitating that a separate protocol be estab-
lished to immediately address the existing abduction 
cases of all United States children wrongfully re-
moved to and currently retained in Japan. 
(8) According to the Department of State’s April 
2009 Report on Compliance with the Hague Conven-
tion on the Civil Aspects of International Child Ab-
duction, abducted children are at risk of serious emo-
tional and psychological problems and have been 
found to experience anxiety, eating problems, night-
mares, mood swings, sleep disturbances, aggressive be-
havior, resentment, guilt, and fearfulness, and as 
adults may struggle with identity issues, their own 
personal relationships, and parenting. 
(9) Left-behind parents may encounter substan-
tial psychological, emotional, and financial problems, 
and many may not have the financial resources to 
pursue civil or criminal remedies for the return of 
their children in foreign courts or political systems. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
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(1) the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abduction (the ‘‘Hague Conven-
tion’’), if ratified by Japan, will not provide for the 
resolution of the existing cases involving the abduc-
tions of more than 156 United States children to 
Japan; 
(2) the United States, by way of a memorandum 
of understanding with the Government of Japan, and 
through all other appropriate means, should seek the 
immediate return of all United States children 
wrongfully removed to or retained in Japan; and 
(3) the Secretary of State should take any and 
all other appropriate measures to ensure that left be-
hind parents with United States children wrongfully 
removed or retained in Japan, have direct access and 
communications with their children. 
SEC. 1161. RELATING TO THE QUARTET AND CONTACTS 
WITH ANY PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On January 30, 2006, the Quartet stated 
that all members of a future Palestinian government 
must be committed to nonviolence, recognition of 
Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and ob-
ligations, including the Roadmap, and recalled this 
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statement on March 30, 2006, following the formation 
of a Hamas-controlled Palestinian government. 
(2) On July 5, 2011, the Quartet called for an 
end to the deplorable five-year detention of Gilad 
Shalit. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of State should urge the Quartet to adopt 
the immediate and unconditional release of Gilad Shalit 
as an additional condition for contact with any Palestinian 
government in which Hamas participates. 
SEC. 1162. DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Government of the Russian Federation 
should— 
(A) safeguard human rights, including free-
doms of speech, assembly, and association; and 
(B) take all necessary steps to ensure that 
the upcoming parliamentary and presidential 
elections meet international electoral standards 
and are universal, free, equal, fair, secret, trans-
parent, and accountable and to— 
(i) allow credible, independent electoral 
observers, both domestic and international 
for both long-term and short-term observa-
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tion missions, unrestricted and timely ac-
cess to complete their work; 
(ii) take steps to ensure that the text 
and implementation of election law in the 
Russian Federation is consistent with inter-
national electoral standards; 
(iii) provide access to the ballot for all 
political parties and candidates by remov-
ing unreasonable barriers to political party 
registration and to candidate acceptance on 
electoral ballots and by ensuring fair, im-
partial, and timely consideration of all po-
litical party registration applications; and 
(iv) undertake an impartial, inde-
pendent investigation of the procedures used 
to deny the party registration application 
of the Party of the People’s Freedom 
(PARNAS) to ensure that the procedures 
used were consistent with international 
standards; and 
(2) the President and the Secretary of State 
should make respect for democracy, the rule of law, 
and human rights a priority in the ongoing relation-
ship and dialogue between the Governments of the 
United States and the Russian Federation, in par-
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ticular in light of the upcoming parliamentary and 
presidential elections in Russia. 
SEC. 1163. REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN AND REPUBLIC OF 
SOUTH SUDAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States was a witness to the 2005 
Comprehensive 
Peace 
Agreement 
(CPA), 
which 
marked the end of more than two decades of civil war 
between North and South Sudan that resulted in the 
deaths of more than 2,000,000 people. 
(2) The CPA provided the framework for a his-
toric referendum to determine the future status of 
South Sudan held between January 9, 2011, and 
January 15, 2011. 
(3) On February 7, 2011, the Southern Sudan 
Referendum Commission announced that the people of 
South Sudan voted in favor of succession from the Re-
public of the Sudan by a margin of 98.8 percent in 
a credible and transparent vote. 
(4) The mandate for the United Nations Mission 
in Sudan (UNMIS), which was established by United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1590 on March 
24, 2005, and was instrumental in supporting the 
implementation of the CPA, expired on July 9, 2011, 
with the completion of the CPA Interim Period. 
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(5) The mandate for the United Nations Mission 
in South Sudan (UNMISS), as established by United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011), 
commenced on July 9, 2011. 
(6) Several outstanding issues relating to CPA 
implementation and potential points of conflict re-
main unresolved between North and South Sudan, in-
cluding the final status of the contested area of Abyei, 
ongoing violence in Southern Kordofan and Blue 
Nile, disputed border areas, citizenship rights and na-
tionality, division of oil resources and profits, cur-
rency, international debt and assets, the liberation of 
slaves from South Sudan still held in Sudan, and 
other matters. 
(7) Lasting peace and stability for the region 
cannot be realized until all outstanding elements of 
the CPA are dealt with in a fair and peaceful man-
ner and a comprehensive peace is secured in Darfur. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the independence of the Republic of South 
Sudan represents an historic opportunity for peace in 
the region and the people of South Sudan should be 
commended for freely and peacefully expressing their 
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desire for independence through a credible and trans-
parent referendum; 
(2) the people and leaders of South Sudan should 
be commended for their efforts to reach this historic 
milestone; 
(3) all parties should continue to work to resolve 
outstanding matters relating to implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan, including 
the final status of Abyei, disputed border areas, the 
completion of popular consultations and security ar-
rangements in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, 
citizenship and nationality, division of oil resources 
and profits, currency, international debt and assets, 
the liberation of slaves from South Sudan still held in 
Sudan, and other matters in order to ensure a smooth 
transition to two states and to mitigate points of con-
flict; 
(4) all parties should fully implement their June 
20, 2011, agreement on temporary arrangements for 
the contested Abyei area and swiftly establish a ces-
sation of hostilities in Southern Kordofan; 
(5) the deployment of up to 4,200 Ethiopian 
peacekeepers to Abyei and the new United Nations 
Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are expected to 
help provide security and stability in the region; 
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(6) peace, rule of law, security, and good govern-
ance should be promoted throughout Sudan and South 
Sudan, particularly efforts to— 
(A) advance security and stability in both 
countries, especially in critical areas such as 
Darfur, Blue Nile, and Southern Kordofan and 
in Abyei; 
(B) promote respect for the human and civil 
rights of all, including southerners living in 
Sudan and northerners living in South Sudan; 
(C) encourage the development of multi- 
party democracy, vibrant democratic institu-
tions, and freedom of speech and association; 
(D) prevent extremists groups from exploit-
ing the territories of Sudan and South Sudan 
and encourage full cooperation with the United 
States on counterterrorism priorities; and 
(E) encourage a productive relationship be-
tween Sudan and South Sudan that recognizes 
the mutual need for cooperation and an open 
flow of people and goods across borders and to 
refrain from the use of proxy forces to foment 
conflict; 
(7) the United States and other responsible coun-
tries should support the Legislative Assembly of the 
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Republic of South Sudan, and the Auditor General’s 
office as it works to create a Petroleum Directorate, 
to ensure full accountability in the management of the 
country’s oil sector; and 
(8) the Darfur peace process should remain a 
priority in United States relations with Sudan, par-
ticularly with regard to efforts to secure a just and 
lasting peace in Darfur, humanitarian access to vul-
nerable populations, and freedom of movement for the 
African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur 
(UNAMID). 
SEC. 1164. SALE OF F-16 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO TAIWAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 
8) codified in law the basis for continued commercial, 
cultural, and other relations between the people of the 
United States and the people of Taiwan. 
(2) The Taiwan Relations Act states that ‘‘the 
United States will make available to Taiwan such de-
fense articles and defense services in such quantity as 
may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a 
sufficient self-defense capability’’, and that ‘‘both the 
President and the Congress shall determine the nature 
and quantity of such defense articles and services 
based solely upon their judgment on the needs of Tai-
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wan, in accordance with procedures established by 
law’’. 
(3) A Department of Defense report on the mili-
tary power of the People’s Republic of China in 2010 
stated that ‘‘China’s military build-up opposite [Tai-
wan] continued unabated. The [People’s Liberation 
Army] is developing the capability to deter Taiwan 
independence or influence Taiwan to settle the dispute 
on Beijing’s terms. . .[and] the balance of cross- 
Strait military forces continues to shift in the main-
land’s favor’’. 
(4) A Defense Intelligence Agency assessment of 
Taiwan’s air defense status in 2010 concluded that 
while Taiwan has nearly 400 combat aircraft in serv-
ice, ‘‘far fewer are operationally capable’’. 
(5) Taiwan’s president stated in a newspaper 
interview on February 17, 2011, that Taiwan needs 
both new F-16 C/D fighter jets and upgrades to the 
Taiwan Air Forces’ existing fleet of F-16 A/B fighter 
jets to ‘‘maintain a certain defensive and fighting ca-
pability’’. 
(6) The president of Taiwan stated his adminis-
tration’s desire to acquire F-16 C/Ds in a May 12, 
2010, video address to the United States where he 
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asked the United States to provide Taiwan with the 
necessary weapons to keep its aerial integrity intact. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States, in accordance with the 
Taiwan Relations Act, should continue to make avail-
able to Taiwan such defense articles and services as 
may be necessary for Taiwan to maintain a sufficient 
self-defense capability; and 
(2) the President should take immediate steps to 
sell to Taiwan— 
(A) all the F-16 fighter jets that are needed 
by Taiwan, including new F-16 C/D aircraft 
and upgrades to the existing F-16 A/B fleet; and 
(B) diesel submarines, offered to Taiwan by 
the United States in 2001, once Taiwan has 
budgeted for such submarines. 
SEC. 1165. OFFICIAL CONTACTS WITH GOVERNMENT OF 
TURKEY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, 
in all official contacts with Turkish leaders and other Turk-
ish officials, should emphasize that Turkey should— 
(1) end all forms of religious discrimination; 
(2) allow the rightful church and lay owners of 
Christian church properties, without hindrance or re-
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striction, to organize and administer prayer services, 
religious education, clerical training, appointments, 
and succession, religious community gatherings, so-
cial services, including ministry to the needs of the 
poor and infirm, and other religious activities; 
(3) return to their rightful owners all Christian 
churches and other places of worship, monasteries, 
schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and 
other religious properties, including movable prop-
erties, such as artwork, manuscripts, vestments, ves-
sels, and other artifacts; and 
(4) allow the rightful Christian church and lay 
owners of Christian church properties, without hin-
drance or restriction, to preserve, reconstruct, and re-
pair, as they see fit, all Christian churches and other 
places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, 
monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious 
properties within Turkey. 
SEC. 1166. RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN 
VIETNAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Secretary of State, under the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6401 et seq.) and authority delegated by the Presi-
dent, designates nations found guilty of ‘‘particularly 
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severe violations of religious freedom’’ as ‘‘Countries 
of Particular Concern’’ (‘‘CPC’’). 
(2) In November 2006, the Secretary of State an-
nounced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was 
no longer designated as a ‘‘Country of Particular 
Concern’’. 
(3) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 
(UBCV), the Hoa Hao Buddhists, and the Cao Dai 
groups continue to face unwarranted abuses because 
of their attempts to organize independently of the 
Government of Vietnam, including the detention and 
imprisonment of individual members of these reli-
gious communities. 
(4) In September 2009, Vietnamese police 
cordoned off a Lang Mai Buddhist monastery, and 
monks were beaten, degraded, and sexually assaulted 
by undercover policemen and civilians. 
(5) Protestants continue to face beatings and 
other ill-treatment, harassment, fines, threats, and 
forced renunciations of faith. 
(6) According to Human Rights Watch, 355 
Montagnard Protestants remain in prison, arrested 
after 2001 and 2004 demonstrations for land rights 
and religious freedom in the Central Highlands. 
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(7) According to the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom, there are reports 
that some Montagnard Protestants were imprisoned 
because of their religious affiliation or activities or 
because religious leaders failed to inform on members 
of their religious community who allegedly partici-
pated in demonstrations. 
(8) Ksor Tino, a Degar Christian, died on Sep-
tember 6, 2009, after being detained in a Plei Ku city 
prison and being tortured repeatedly with electric 
prods and severe physical punishment for refusing to 
join a government sanctioned religion. 
(9) On November 11, 2010, hundreds of Viet-
namese police violently attacked a Catholic prayer 
service in the Gia Lai Provence, leaving 9 of the beat-
en unconscious from strokes to the head. 
(10) According to the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom 2010 Annual Re-
port, religious freedom advocates and human rights 
defenders Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, and 
Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly are in prison under 
Article 88 of the Criminal Code and Fr. Phan Van 
Loi is being held without official detention orders 
under house arrest. 
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(11) At least 15 individuals are being detained 
in long term house arrest for reasons related to their 
faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do 
and most of the leadership of the UBCV. 
(12) UBCV monks and youth groups leaders are 
harassed and detained and charitable activities are 
denied, Vietnamese officials discriminate against eth-
nic minority Protestants by denying medical, hous-
ing, and educational benefits to children and families, 
an ethnic minority Protestant was beaten to death for 
refusing to recant his faith, over 600 Hmong Protes-
tant churches are refused legal recognition or affili-
ation, leading to harassment, detentions, and home 
destructions, and a government handbook on religion 
instructs government officials to control existing reli-
gious practice, halt ‘‘enemy forces’’ from ‘‘abusing re-
ligion’’ to undermine the Vietnamese Government, 
and ‘‘overcome the extraordinary growth of Prot-
estantism.’’ 
(13) Since August 2008, the Vietnamese Govern-
ment has arrested and sentenced at least eight indi-
viduals and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, publicly 
slandered, and threatened Catholics engaged in peace-
ful activities seeking the return of Catholic Church 
properties confiscated by the Vietnamese Government 
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after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the Thai Ha par-
ish. 
(14) Local police and mobile ‘‘anti-riot’’ police 
attacked a funeral procession in the Con Dau parish 
on May 4, 2010, shooting tear gas and rubber bullets, 
beating residents with batons and electric rods, injur-
ing 100, and killing at least one. 
(15) The United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom, prominent nongovern-
mental organizations, and representative associations 
of Vietnamese-American, Montagnard-American, and 
Khmer-American organizations have called for the re-
designation of Vietnam as a CPC. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Secretary of State should place Vietnam 
on the list of ‘‘Countries of Particular Concern’’ for 
particularly severe violations of religious freedom; 
and 
(2) the Government of Vietnam should lift re-
strictions on religious freedom and implement nec-
essary legal and political reforms to protect religious 
freedom. 
SEC. 1167. EUROPEAN ARMS SALES TO CHINA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the European Union should continue its ban 
on all arms exports to the People’s Republic of China; 
(2) the President should raise United States ob-
jections to the potential lifting of the European Union 
arms embargo against the People’s Republic of China; 
(3) the United States Government should make 
clear in discussions with the governments of countries 
in the European Union that a lifting of the European 
Arms Embargo on arms sales to the People’s Republic 
of China would potentially adversely affect trans-
atlantic defense cooperation, including future trans-
fers of United States military technology, services, 
and equipment to European Union countries; 
(4) the European Union should make legally 
binding and enforceable its Code of Conduct for Arms 
Exports; 
(5) human rights abuses in the People’s Republic 
of China remain a matter of concern for United 
States foreign policy; 
(6) the continuing military build-up of the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China aimed at 
Taiwan and the ongoing weapon of mass destruction- 
and missile-related proliferation of state-sponsored 
companies in China are matters of grave concern to 
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United States foreign and national security policy; 
and 
(7) the United States Government and the Euro-
pean Union should work cooperatively to develop a 
common strategy to limit sensitive technologies ex-
ported to the People’s Republic of China, seek im-
provement in the human rights conditions in and the 
export control practices of the People’s Republic of 
China, as well as an end to the ongoing proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile 
related technology from China to state sponsors of ter-
rorism. 
TITLE XII—LIMITATION ON AS-
SISTANCE 
TO 
THE 
PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preparing the Pales-
tinian People for Peace Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 1202. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived 
up to its prior agreements with Israel to end incite-
ment; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to 
prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel. 
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SEC. 1203. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended by section 933, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 620O. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Funds may not be provided under 
this Act to the Palestinian Authority except during a period 
for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in 
effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-
after, the President shall certify in writing to Congress that 
the Palestinian Authority— 
‘‘(1) is not engaging in a pattern of incitement 
against Israel; and 
‘‘(2) is engaged in peace preparation activities, 
that is, activities aimed at promoting peace with the 
Jewish state of Israel. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The limitation of subsection (a) shall 
not apply if the President certifies in writing to Congress 
that waiving such prohibition is important to the national 
security interests of the United States. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (c) is exercised, the President shall submit 
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to Congress a report detailing the justification for the waiv-
er, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the 
reasons the President is unable to make the certification in 
subsection (b). Such report shall also detail the steps the 
Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, con-
fiscate weapons, halt incitement, dismantle the terrorist in-
frastructure, and promote peace with the Jewish state of 
Israel. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONGRESS.—The term ‘Congress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Speaker, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the President pro tempore, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) INCITEMENT.—The term ‘incitement’ means 
any of the following that is sponsored, supported, or 
directed by officials or employees of the Palestinian 
Authority or Palestinian Authority-controlled, spon-
sored, or supported electronic, broad cast, and print 
media, schools, mosques, and institutions: 
‘‘(A) Statements, media, communication, or 
other activities against any religion, ethnicity, 
or nationality. 
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‘‘(B) Advocacy, endorsement, or glorifi-
cation of violence, martyrdom, or terrorism. 
‘‘(C) Endorsement, glorification, honor, or 
other memorialization of any person or group 
that has advocated, sponsored, or committed acts 
of terrorism, including the naming after or dedi-
cation to such person or group of any school, 
community 
center, 
camp, 
stadium, 
public 
square, street, land, landmark, waterway, or 
other facility. 
‘‘(3) PEACE
PREPARATION
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term ‘peace preparation activities’ means Arabic-lan-
guage communications and educational activities 
sponsored by the Palestinian Authority, which are 
communicated or administered via electronic, broad 
cast and print media, schools, mosques and state-
ments by government officials that may include the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Public acknowledgments of the State of 
Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. 
‘‘(B) Firm public commitments to and en-
dorsements of peaceful co-existence with the Jew-
ish State of Israel. 
‘‘(C) Production, distribution, and public 
display 
via 
all 
media 
platforms, 
schools, 
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