I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1061 
To prohibit United States assistance to the Federal Democratic Republic 
of Ethiopia until the Ethiopian Government returns all property of 
United States citizens and entities that has been nationalized, expropri-
ated, or otherwise seized by the Ethiopian Government in contravention 
of international law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2005 
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit United States assistance to the Federal Demo-
cratic Republic of Ethiopia until the Ethiopian Govern-
ment returns all property of United States citizens and 
entities that has been nationalized, expropriated, or oth-
erwise seized by the Ethiopian Government in contraven-
tion of international law, 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 American Property 
Claims Against Ethiopia Act of 2005. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
ETHIOPIA. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding section 592 of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 
447) or any other provision of law, United States assist-
ance may not be provided to the Federal Democratic Re-
public of Ethiopia unless and until the President transmits 
to Congress a certification that the Government of Ethi-
opia has taken appropriate steps in accordance with inter-
national law— 
(1) to return to United States citizens, and to 
entities not less than 50 percent beneficially owned 
by United States citizens, property of such citizens 
and entities that has been nationalized, expropriated, 
or otherwise seized by the Ethiopian Government be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act in con-
travention of international law; or 
(2) to provide equitable compensation to such 
citizens and entities for such nationalized, expropri-
ated, or seized property.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 
States assistance’’ means assistance under any provision 
of law— 
(1) including— 
(A) assistance under the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), in-
cluding assistance under title IV of chapter 2 of 
part I of such Act (relating to the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation) and assistance 
under chapter 4 of part II of such Act (relating 
to the Economic Support Fund); 
(B) assistance under the Millennium Chal-
lenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); 
(C) sales, or financing on any terms, under 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.), including assistance under section 23 
of such Act (relating to the ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing’’ program); 
(D) financing under the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.); and 
(E) contributions to the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and 
(2) other than— 
(A) assistance to meet humanitarian needs, 
including needs for food, medicine, medical sup-
plies and equipment, education, and clothing; 
and 
(B) assistance for disaster relief , including 
assistance under chapter 9 of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO OPPOSE MULTILATERAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR ETHIOPIA. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director to each appropriate inter-
national financial institution in which the United States 
participates, to oppose, and vote against the extension by 
such institution of any loan or financial or technical assist-
ance to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia until 
such time as the President transmits to Congress a certifi-
cation pursuant to section 2(a). 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
The President shall transmit to Congress an annual 
report on the implementation of this Act. Each such re-
port shall include a detailed description of all claims that 
are outstanding during the preceding year by United 
States citizens and entities described in section 2(a) for 
property nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized by 
the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of