Asia Freedom Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-3016
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2004-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Administration of justice
Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Australia
Biological warfare
Bribery
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
Chemical warfare
Children's rights
China
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil-military relations
Commemorations
Commerce
Computers
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Cooperative societies
Credit
Credit unions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Debt relief
Decision making
Democracy
Development credit institutions
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Disabled
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Dissenters
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
EBB Terrorism
East Asia
East Timor
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economic integration
Economic stabilization
Economic statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emigration
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Ethnic relations
Europe
European Union
Exchange of persons programs
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Fiji
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial disclosure
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade promotion
Free enterprise
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Government officials
Health
Hong Kong
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human rights
Immigration
Indonesia
Intellectual property
International agencies
International environmental cooperation
International law
International relief
Internet
Japan
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Laos
Law
Legislation
Macau
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Military assistance
Military personnel
Misconduct in office
Money laundering
Mongolia
Names
New Zealand
Nongovernmental organizations
Nuclear nonproliferation
Oceania
Opposition (Political science)
Pacific area
Papua New Guinea
Parliamentary government
Peace negotiations
Philippines
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Police
Policy sciences
Political participation
Political parties
Political prisoners
Public administration
Public corruption
Radio broadcasting
Refugees
Regionalism (International organization)
Religion
Religious liberty
Reporters and reporting
Rule of law
Samoa
Science, Technology, Communications
Singapore
South Korea
State-sponsored terrorism
Sustainable development
Taiwan
Technology transfer
Terrorism
Thailand
Tibet
Tonga
Transboundary pollution
U.S. Agency for International Development
United Nations
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Visas
Weapons of mass destruction
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: 
Asia Freedom Act of 2004 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance to North and South East Asia (as defined by this Act) for: (1) humanitarian needs; (2) democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; (3) independent media; (4) free market systems; (5) security; (6) social programs; (7) environment; (8) political opposition; (9) parliamentary exchanges; and (10) migration.
 
Sets forth specified funding authorities, including funding for: (1) security assistance; (2) an institute for reform in Asia; (3) law enforcement; (4) promotion of competitive elections; (5) political transitions; and (6) Taiwan and the Republic of Korea. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to deny entry visas to public or private individuals who have impeded human rights, the rule of law, and economic freedom in North and South East Asia. Directs the Secretary of State to maintain a database of individuals who may be denied entry.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any democracy fund established by the United Nations (UN) in response to the September 21, 2004, speech by President George W. Bush to the UN General Assembly should be known as the ``Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Democracy Fund.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/20/2004 S11644-11646)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 11/20/2004 S11644)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate