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ments of subsection (a)(2), the President may waive 
the application of subsection (a) for any fiscal year 
if the President determines that the provision to the 
Government of Vietnam of increased nonhumani-
tarian assistance would promote the purpose of this 
Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the 
United States. 
(2) EXERCISE
OF
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The 
President may exercise the authority under para-
graph (1) with respect to— 
(A) all United States nonhumanitarian as-
sistance to Vietnam; or 
(B) one or more programs, projects, or ac-
tivities of such assistance. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
NONHUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term ‘‘nonhumanitarian assistance’’ means— 
(A) any assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (including programs under 
title IV of chapter 2 of part I of that Act, relat-
ing to the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration), other than— 
(i) disaster relief assistance, including 
any assistance under chapter 9 of part I of 
that Act; 
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(ii) assistance which involves the pro-
vision of food (including monetization of 
food) or medicine; 
(iii) assistance for environmental re-
mediation of dioxin-contaminated sites and 
related health activities; 
(iv) assistance for demining and 
unexploded ordnance (UXO) remediation, 
and related health and educational activi-
ties; 
(v) assistance to combat severe forms 
of trafficking in persons; 
(vi) assistance to combat pandemic 
diseases; 
(vii) assistance for refugees; and 
(viii) assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, 
including any assistance under section 
104A of that Act; and 
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under 
the Arms Export Control Act. 
(2) SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—The term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per-
sons’’ means any activity described in section 103(8) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
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(Public Law 106–386 (114 Stat. 1470); 22 U.S.C. 
7102(8)). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to the provision of nonhumanitarian assist-
ance to the Government of Vietnam for fiscal year 2014 
and subsequent fiscal years. 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) RADIO FREE ASIA TRANSMISSIONS
TO VIET-
NAM.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should take measures to overcome the jamming of Radio 
Free Asia by the Government of Vietnam and that the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors should not cut staffing, 
funding, or broadcast hours for the Vietnamese language 
services of the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, 
which shall be done without reducing any other broadcast 
language services. 
(b) UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH VIETNAM.—It is the sense 
of Congress that any programs of educational and cultural 
exchange between the United States and Vietnam should 
actively promote progress toward freedom and democracy 
in Vietnam by providing opportunities to Vietnamese na-
tionals from a wide range of occupations and perspectives 
to see freedom and democracy in action and, also, by en-
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suring that Vietnamese nationals who have already dem-
onstrated a commitment to these values are included in 
such programs. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 
should strongly oppose, and encourage other members of 
the United Nations to oppose, the candidacy of Vietnam 
for membership on the United Nations Human Rights 
Council for the term beginning in 2014. 
SEC. 5. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.—It is the 
sense of Congress that Vietnam should be designated as 
a country of particular concern for religious freedom pur-
suant to section 402(b) of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)). 
(b) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Government of Vietnam does not fully comply with the 
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and 
is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compli-
ance, and this determination should be reflected in the an-
nual report to Congress required pursuant to section 
110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
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SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every 12 months 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress 
a report on the following: 
(1) The determination and certification of the 
President that the requirements of subparagraphs 
(A) through (G) of section 3(a)(2) have been met, 
if applicable. 
(2) If the President has waived the application 
of section 3(a) pursuant to section 3(b) during the 
reporting period— 
(A) the national interest with respect to 
which such a waiver was based; 
(B) the amount of increased nonhumani-
tarian assistance provided to the Government of 
Vietnam; and 
(C) a description of the type and amount 
of commensurate assistance provided pursuant 
to section 3(b)(1). 
(3) Efforts by the United States Government to 
promote access by the Vietnamese people to Radio 
Free Asia transmissions. 
(4) Efforts to ensure that programs with Viet-
nam promote the policy set forth in section 102 of 
the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Pol-
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