Uzbekistan Freedom Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3545
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alien property
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arms control
Arms sales
Central Asia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Dissenters
Economic assistance
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign leaders
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Human rights
Immigration
Kyrgyzstan
Military assistance
Military bases
Misconduct in office
Nongovernmental organizations
Opposition (Political science)
Political parties
Political persecution
Political prisoners
Political violence
President and foreign policy
Prosecution
Public corruption
Refugees
Religion
Religious liberty
Relocation
Repatriation
Right of asylum
Sanctions (International law)
Torture
Uzbekistan
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Uzbekistan Freedom Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance, with specified exceptions, to the government of Uzbekistan unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of Uzbekistan: (1) is cooperating with an independent international inquiry into the Andijan violence, has ceased pressuring the government of Kyrgyzstan to return the refugees who fled the massacre, and is prosecuting responsible individuals; and (2) has accelerated democratic reforms and fulfilled its human rights obligations. 
 
Prohibits visa issuance to any official of the government of Uzbekistan who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses or corruption unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the visa issuance is in U.S. national security interests.
 
Directs the President to: (1) freeze the financial assets and other economic resources in the United States of any official (or family member) of the government of Uzbekistan who is credibly alleged to have ordered, acquiesced to, or participated in human rights abuses, including the massacre in Andijan. (Permits lifting of such freeze if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the official or individual has been properly investigated and cleared of any wrongdoing.); (2) prohibit munitions or dual use exports to Uzbekistan unless the President certifies that the government of Uzbekistan has met the requirements of the first paragraph above; (3) expedite U.S. admission of any Uzbekistan national who is under threat of severe penalty as a result of participating in pro-democracy activities, including Uzbekistan citizens who have fled to Kyrgyzstan; and (4) transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to move all U.S. military operations from Uzbekistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed 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.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed 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.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed 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.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed 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.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House