I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3189 
To promote the development of democratic institutions and full respect for 
human rights in the countries of Central Asia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2005 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To promote the development of democratic institutions and 
full respect for human rights in the countries of Central 
Asia. 
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 ‘‘Central Asia Democ-
racy and Human Rights Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) More than 13 years after independence, the 
five 
countries 
of 
Central 
Asia—Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and
Uzbekistan—are struggling, to varying degrees, with 
their transition from authoritarian rule to demo-
cratic societies that fully respect human rights and 
uphold their freely undertaken commitments as par-
ticipating States in the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 
(2) As OSCE participating States, the countries 
of Central Asia committed themselves in the Charter 
of Paris for a New Europe to ‘‘build, consolidate 
and strengthen democracy as the only system of gov-
ernment of our nations’’. 
(3) In the Global War on Terrorism, the United 
States is increasingly engaged with the countries of 
Central Asia on a political, economic, and military 
basis. 
(4) In the Global War on Terrorism, policies 
that bolster authoritarian governments which sup-
press and terrorize their own people will ultimately 
be self defeating, as repression often breeds extre-
mism and terrorism. 
(5) The Final Report of the National Commis-
sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’) 
recommended: ‘‘The U.S. government must define 
what the message is, what it stands for. We should
offer an example of moral leadership in the world, 
committed to treat people humanely, abide by the 
rule of law, and be generous and caring to our 
neighbors.’’. 
(6) The September 2004 Final Report of the 
Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic 
Communication stated: ‘‘The perception of intimate 
U.S. support of tyrannies in the Muslim World is 
perhaps the critical vulnerability in American strat-
egy. It strongly undercuts our message, while 
strongly promoting that of the enemy.’’. 
(7) In a speech to the United Nations General 
Assembly on September 21, 2004, President George 
W. Bush stated: ‘‘People everywhere are capable of 
freedom, and worthy of freedom . . . For too long, 
many nations, including my own, tolerated, even ex-
cused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of 
stability. Oppression became common, but stability 
never arrived. We must take a different approach.’’. 
(8) In keeping with the President’s objectives 
outlined in the September 21, 2004, speech to the 
United Nations General Assembly, the United States 
has a clear opportunity to implement short-term 
policies promoting stability in the countries of Cen-
tral Asia, stand for human dignity, foster security,
and build long-term popular support for the United 
States. 
(9) The September 2002 National Security 
Strategy of the United States of America stated: 
‘‘America must stand firmly for the nonnegotiable 
demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on 
the absolute power of the state; free speech; freedom 
of worship; equal justice; respect for women; reli-
gious and ethnic tolerance; and respect for private 
property.’’. 
(10) The National Security Strategy of the 
United States of America further elaborated that the 
United States must ‘‘make freedom and the develop-
ment of democratic institutions key themes in our 
bilateral relations, seeking solidarity and cooperation 
from other democracies while we press governments 
that deny human rights to move toward a better fu-
ture’’. 
(11) In his second inaugural address on Janu-
ary 20, 2005, President George W. Bush stated: 
‘‘For as long as whole regions of the world simmer 
in resentment and tyranny—prone to ideologies that 
feed hatred and excuse murder—violence will gather, 
and multiply in destructive power, and cross the 
most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat.’’.
In this address, President Bush further declared: ‘‘It 
is the policy of the United States to seek and sup-
port the growth of democratic movements and insti-
tutions in every nation and culture, with the ulti-
mate goal of ending tyranny in our world.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should support those gov-
ernments and individuals making substantial and 
sustained progress to establish democracy, guarantee 
the rule of law, and protect human rights; 
(2) the United States should use every means 
at its disposal to encourage the countries of Central 
Asia to provide greater respect for democracy, the 
rule of law, and human rights, thereby promoting 
the long-term stability and security of the Central 
Asian region, and ensure that all assistance pro-
grams for the Central Asian region support and 
communicate this goal; and 
(3) the United States should seek and support 
the growth of democratic movements and institu-
tions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate 
goal of ending tyranny in our world.