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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2400
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Commerce
to prepare annual assessments of the progress being made by the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states in
establishing a free market economy, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 10, 1993
Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 13, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Commerce to prepare annual assessments of
the progress being made by the independent states of
the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states in estab-
lishing a free market economy, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘International Statis-
tical Information and Analysis Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Both the public and private sectors in the
United States would benefit from the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of reliable statistical in-
formation about the independent states of the
former Soviet Union and the Baltic states.
(2) Statistical information about the independ-
ent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic
states can be used in policy development on issues
ranging from domestic and foreign trade to inter-
national population growth, health, and the environ-
ment. United States Government statistical agencies
could use data collected in the independent states
and the Baltic states to develop statistical compari-
sons between the United States and the rest of the
world.
(3) Reliable economic statistical information
can also assist United States businesses in identify-
ing trade and investment opportunities in the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union and the
Baltic states.
(4) Reliable information is needed about eco-
nomic performance at both the macro and micro-eco-
nomic levels as the independent states of the former
Soviet Union and the Baltic states make the transi-
tion from a centrally planned economy to a free
market economy.
(5) Reliable economic statistical information is
especially important in evaluating the effectiveness
of assistance provided to the independent states of
the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states by the
United States Government, by nongovernmental
organizations, 
and 
by 
international 
financial
institutions.
(6) Such evaluations would be facilitated by an-
nual reports, prepared by the Secretary of Com-
merce with the assistance of United States Govern-
ment statistical agencies, assessing the progress
being made by the independent states of the former
Soviet Union and the Baltic states in establishing a
free market economy.
(7) United States Government statistical agen-
cies (such as the Bureau of the Census of the De-
partment of Commerce, the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics of the Department of Labor, the Bureau of Eco-
nomic Analysis of the Department of Commerce, and
the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the
Department of Agriculture) have been involved in
providing statistical assistance to foreign countries
for more than 40 years.
(8) United States Government statistical agen-
cies have set the standard for modern statistical
methodology used throughout the world.
(9) United States Government statistical agen-
cies have the personnel, facilities, expertise, and
other resources to provide training and other tech-
nical assistance to the independent states of the
former Soviet Union and the Baltic states with re-
spect to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of
economic statistical data. In addition, to the extent
that the independent states or Baltic states use non-
standard collection methods, United States Govern-
ment statistical agencies have the ablility to rec-
oncile discrepant data, thereby increasing its useful-
ness.
SEC. 3. ECONOMIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REGARDING
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION AND BALTIC STATES.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 13.—Title 13 of the
United States Code is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘CHAPTER 11—ECONOMIC STATISTICAL ANALY-
SIS REGARDING INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND BALTIC
STATES
‘‘Sec.
‘‘501. Preparation and publication of analysis.
‘‘502. Definitions.
‘‘§ 501. Preparation and publication of analysis
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the
Congress each year a report analyzing the progress being
made by the the independent states of the former Soviet
Union and the Baltic states in establishing a free market
economy.
‘‘(b) In preparing the reports required by subsection
(a), the Secretary shall draw upon the information col-
lected and the analysis performed under the auspices of
the International Statistical Assistance Coordinating Com-
mittee established pursuant to section 4 of the Inter-
national Statistical Information and Analysis Coordina-
tion Act of 1993.
‘‘(c) The first report pursuant to subsection (a) shall
be submitted as soon as reliable economic statistical infor-
mation is available about the independent states of the
former Soviet Union and the Baltic states, but not later
than 5 years after the date of enactment of this chapter.
‘‘§ 502. Definitions
‘‘As used in this chapter—