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(B) imposition of a no-fly zone or other co-
ercive measures; or 
(C) rapprochement with the Sudanese re-
gime or other diplomatic measures. 
(5) A complete description of both the evalua-
tion process for reviewing and adjusting the strategy 
and implementation as necessary, and measures of 
effectiveness for the implementation of the strategy. 
(c) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.—The President shall 
transmit in writing to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees any updates of the comprehensive interagency 
strategy and implementation plan required under sub-
section (b), as necessary. 
SEC. 1120A. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
To protect American jobs, spur economic growth and 
promote a ‘‘Green Economy’’, it shall be the policy of the 
United States that, with respect to the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change, the President, 
the Secretary of State and the Permanent Representative 
of the United States to the United Nations should prevent 
any weakening of, and ensure robust compliance with and 
enforcement of, existing international legal requirements 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act for the protec-
tion of intellectual property rights related to energy or en-
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vironmental technology, including wind, solar, biomass, 
geothermal, hydro, landfill gas, natural gas, marine, trash 
combustion, fuel cell, hydrogen, micro-turbine, nuclear, 
clean coal, electric battery, alternative fuel, alternative re-
fueling infrastructure, advanced vehicle, electric grid, or 
energy efficiency-related technologies. 
Subtitle B—Sense of Congress 
Provisions 
SEC. 1121. PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
IN BELARUS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Despite some modest improvements, notably 
the release of political prisoners, the Belarusian Gov-
ernment’s human rights and democracy record re-
mains poor as governmental authorities continue to 
commit frequent serious abuses. 
(2) 
Since 
1996, 
President 
Alexander 
Lukashenka has consolidated his power over all in-
stitutions and undermined the rule of law through 
authoritarian means. 
(3) Belarus restricts civil liberties, including 
freedoms of press, speech, assembly, association, and 
religion. Nongovernmental organizations and polit-
ical parties are subject to harassment, fines, pros-
ecution, and closure. The Belarusian Government 
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maintains a virtual monopoly over the country’s in-
formation space. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 
to— 
(1) support the aspirations of the people of 
Belarus for democracy, human rights, and the rule 
of law; 
(2) support the aspirations of the people of 
Belarus to preserve the independence and sov-
ereignty of their country; 
(3) seek and support the growth of democratic 
movements and institutions in Belarus as well the 
development of a democratic political culture and 
civil society; 
(4) seek and support the growth of an open 
market economy in Belarus through the development 
of entrepreneurship and protection of property 
rights; and 
(5) remain open to re-evaluating United States 
policy toward Belarus, including existing sanctions, 
as warranted by demonstrable democratic and 
human rights progress made by the Belarusian Gov-
ernment. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) the United States should furnish assistance 
to Belarus to the support democratic processes in 
that country, including— 
(A) expanding and facilitating the develop-
ment of independent print, radio, television, and 
internet broadcasting to and within Belarus; 
(B) aiding the development of civil society 
through assistance to nongovernmental organi-
zations promoting democracy and supporting 
human rights, including youth groups, entre-
preneurs, and independent trade unions; 
(C) supporting the work of human rights 
defenders; 
(D) enhancing the development of demo-
cratic political parties; 
(E) assisting the promotion of free, fair, 
and transparent electoral processes; 
(F) enhancing international exchanges, in-
cluding youth and student exchanges, as well as 
advanced professional training programs for 
leaders and members of the democratic forces 
in skill areas central to the development of civil 
society; and 
(G) supporting educational initiatives such 
as the European Humanities University, a 
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Belarusian university in exile based in Vilnius, 
Lithuania; and 
(2) the United States should support radio, tel-
evision, and internet broadcasting to the people of 
Belarus in languages spoken in Belarus, including 
broadcasting by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 
European Radio for Belarus, and Belsat. 
SEC. 1122. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SOVIET NU-
CLEAR TESTS AND KAZAKHSTAN’S COMMIT-
MENT TO NONPROLIFERATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1991, immediately after achieving inde-
pendence, Kazakhstan closed and sealed the world’s 
second largest nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk 
which had been inherited from the former Soviet 
Union and at which more than 500 nuclear tests 
had been conducted from 1949 to 1991. 
(2) The cumulative power of explosions from 
those tests, conducted above ground, on the ground, 
and underground is believed to be equal to the power 
of 20,000 explosions of the type of bomb dropped on 
Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. 
(3) More than 1,500,000 people in Kazakhstan 
suffered because of decades of Soviet nuclear weap-
ons testing in the region. 
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(4) A horrifying array of disease will continue 
to destroy the lives of hundreds of thousands and 
their descendants for many generations to come as 
a result of these tests. 
(5) Since its independence, Kazakhstan has 
constructed a stable and peaceful state, voluntarily 
disarmed the world’s fourth largest nuclear arsenal, 
joined 
the 
Strategic 
Arms 
Reduction 
Treaty 
(START), and within the frameworks of the Cooper-
ative Threat Reduction program the government of 
Kazakhstan, in cooperation with the United States 
Government, conducted a very successful secret op-
eration, code-named Project Sapphire, as a result of 
which 581 kilograms (1,278 pounds) of highly en-
riched uranium enough to produce 20–25 nuclear 
warheads were removed from Kazakhstan. 
(6) Because of the successful cooperation be-
tween the Governments of the United States and 
Kazakhstan, the last lethal weapon was removed 
from Kazakhstan in April 1995. 
(7) Kazakhstan, allegiant to its commitment to 
nonproliferation, in December 2004 signed with the 
United States an amendment to the bilateral agree-
ment on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass de-
struction which will move the two nations towards a 
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new level of cooperation in preventing the threat of 
bio-terrorism. 
(8) By its actions, Kazakhstan has proven itself 
not only as a universally recognized leader and one 
of the key members in the nonproliferation process, 
but also as a reliable and consistent ally of the 
United States in reducing nuclear threats and pre-
venting lethal weapons from being acquired by ter-
rorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda. 
(9) Recently Kazakhstan has also offered to 
host an international nuclear fuel bank where low- 
enriched uranium would be stored in accordance 
with the highest international standards for safety, 
security, and safeguards. 
(10) The Norwegian Defence Research Estab-
lishment is also working with Kazakhstan to 
strengthen nuclear security and nonproliferation. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the people of Kazakhstan and its Govern-
ment should be congratulated for their commitment 
to nonproliferation and their leadership in offering 
to host an international nuclear fuel bank; and 
(2) the Secretary of State should work to estab-
lish a joint working group with the Governments of 
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Kazakhstan and Norway to explore common chal-
lenges and opportunities on disarmament and non- 
proliferation, and to assist in assessing the environ-
mental damage and health effects caused by Soviet 
nuclear testing in Semipalatinsk. 
SEC. 1123. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HOLOCAUST-ERA 
PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND COMPENSA-
TION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
which have not already done so must return looted 
and confiscated properties to their rightful owners 
or, where restitution is not possible, pay equitable 
compensation, in accordance with principles of jus-
tice and in an expeditious manner that is trans-
parent and fair; 
(2) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
must enact and implement appropriate restitution 
and compensation legislation to facilitate private, 
communal, and religious property restitution; and 
(3) countries in Central and Eastern Europe 
must ensure that such restitution and compensation 
legislation establishes a simple, transparent, and 
timely process, so that such process results in a real 
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benefit to those individuals who suffered from the 
unjust confiscation of their property. 
SEC. 1124. EFFORTS TO SECURE THE FREEDOM OF GILAD 
SHALIT. 
It is the sense of Congress that Israeli soldier Gilad 
Shalit, who has been held captive continuously since his 
illegal abduction by Gazan kidnappers in 2006, should be 
safely released at the earliest possible time and that, pend-
ing his release, the International Committee of the Red 
Cross should be granted full access to him, in accordance 
with international law and civilized values. 
SEC. 1125. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SUDAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should support efforts to 
find a stable and lasting peace in Sudan in the wake 
of a devastating conflict that led to a major humani-
tarian disaster and caused the deaths of hundreds of 
thousands, and continues to cause violence in Darfur 
and throughout Sudan; 
(2) to achieve that peace, all parties must agree 
to uphold the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
(CPA); 
(3) international partners should aim to widen 
acceptance of the Darfur Peace Agreement by all 
stakeholders; 
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(4) the United States should support efforts to 
prepare for the national elections and for the ref-
erendum; 
(5) the United States should support efforts to 
develop a coordinated international strategy to sup-
port the rebuilding of Sudan, with a particular focus 
on key CPA benchmarks including policy toward the 
Three Areas, transitional justice, which would in-
clude prosecuting perpetrators of war crimes, oil rev-
enue sharing, the census, the return of displaced 
Darfuris and other peoples to their homeland, and 
management of the armed forces; and 
(6) United States policy toward Darfur should 
be fully integrated with United States policy toward 
the CPA, as full and lasting resolution to the Darfur 
crisis hinges on the resolution of a common set of 
national problems. 
SEC. 1126. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESTRICTIONS ON RE-
LIGIOUS 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’’. 
(2) In November 2006, the Secretary of State 
announced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
was no longer designated as a ‘‘Country of Par-
ticular 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) Over the last 3 years, 18 Hoa Hao Bud-
dhists have been arrested for distributing sacred 
texts or publically protesting the religious restric-
tions placed on them by the Government of Vietnam, 
at least 12 remain in prison, including 4 sentenced 
in 2007 for staging a peaceful hunger strike. 
(5) At least 15 individuals are being detained in 
long term house arrest for reasons relating to their 
faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do 
and most of the leadership of the UBCV. 
(6) According to Human Rights Watch, ‘‘In 
April 2008 Montagnard Christian Y Ben Hdok was 
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beaten to death while in police custody in Dak Lak 
after other Montagards in his district tried to flee to 
Cambodia to seek political asylum.’’. 
(7) According to the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom 2009 Annual 
Report, 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 of 
Vietnam and Fr. Nguyen Van Loi is being held 
without official detention orders under house arrest. 
(8) In February 2009, as many as 11 
Montagnard Protestants were detained for refusing 
to join the officially recognized Southern Evangelical 
Church of Vietnam, and 2 still remain in prison. 
(9) Since August 2008, the Government of 
Vietnam has arrested and sentenced at least eight 
individuals and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, pub-
licly slandered, and threatened Catholics engaged in 
peaceful activities seeking the return of Catholic 
Church properties confiscated by the Vietnamese 
Government after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the 
Thai Ha parish. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(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. 1127. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE MUR-
DER OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE 
MAJOR KARL D. HOERIG AND THE NEED FOR 
PROMPT JUSTICE IN STATE OF OHIO V. CLAU-
DIA C. HOERIG. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) United States Air Force Reserve Major 
Karl D. Hoerig of Newton Falls, Ohio, was a United 
States citizen and soldier who admirably served his 
country for over 25 years and flew over 200 combat 
missions. 
(2) The State of Ohio has charged Claudia C. 
Hoerig with aggravated murder in the case of State 
of Ohio v. Claudia C. Hoerig. 
(3) The State of Ohio charges that Claudia C. 
Hoerig, Karl D. Hoerig’s wife, allegedly purchased a 
.357 five-shot revolver, practiced shooting the weap-
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on, and then shot Karl D. Hoerig three times, which 
led to his death on March 12, 2007. 
(4) Claudia C. Hoerig fled to Brazil, and claims 
she is both a citizen of the United States and Brazil. 
(5) Brazil’s constitution forbids extradition of 
its nationals, but the United States and Brazil rec-
ognize and uphold a Treaty of Extradition signed in 
1964. 
(6) Law enforcement officials are vigorously 
pursuing State of Ohio v. Claudia C. Hoerig, the 
charge of aggravated murder is internationally rec-
ognized, and the punishment, which is not capital 
punishment, is internationally respected. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the alleged aggravated murder of United 
States Air Force Reserve Major Karl D. Hoerig is 
deserving of justice, and his family and friends de-
serve closure regarding the murder of their loved 
one; 
(2) the United States Government should, as a 
priority matter, work with prosecutors in the State 
of Ohio, as well as facilitate cooperation with the 
Government of Brazil, in order to obtain justice in 
this tragic case; and 
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(3) a resolution of the case of State of Ohio v. 
Claudia Hoerig is important to maintain the tradi-
tionally close cooperation and friendship between the 
United States and Brazil. 
SEC. 1128. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PENSION PAY-
MENTS 
OWED 
BY 
THE 
STATES 
OF 
THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should continue working with the states of the former So-
viet Union to come to an agreement whereby each state 
of the former Soviet Union would pay the tens of thou-
sands of beneficiaries who have immigrated to the United 
States the pensions for which they are eligible and enti-
tled. 
SEC. 1129. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ISRAEL’S 
RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that Israel has the inalien-
able right to defend itself in the face of an imminent nu-
clear or military threat from Iran, terrorist organizations, 
and the countries that harbor them. 
SEC. 
1130. 
INTERNATIONAL 
PREVENTION 
AND 
ELIMI-
NATION OF CHILD SOLDIERS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the use of child soldiers is unacceptable; 
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(B) is chosen by the President of Afghani-
stan or Pakistan, as the case may be, in con-
sultation with labor unions and industry asso-
ciations; and 
(C) is vested with the authority to perform 
the functions described in paragraph (2). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the labor of-
ficial shall include— 
(A) developing and maintaining a registry 
of textile or apparel producers, and developing, 
in consultation and coordination with any other 
appropriate officials of the Government of Af-
ghanistan or Pakistan, as the case may be, a 
system to ensure participation by such pro-
ducers in the program described in subsection 
(d); 
(B) overseeing the implementation of the 
program described in subsection (d); 
(C) receiving and investigating comments 
from any interested party regarding the condi-
tions described in subsection (d)(2) in facilities 
of textile or apparel producers listed in the reg-
istry described in subparagraph (A) and, where 
appropriate, referring such comments or the re-
sult of such investigations to the appropriate 
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