To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.
PL 109-205 (H.R.1053), enacted 03/23/2006

120 STAT. 313
PUBLIC LAW 109–205—MAR. 23, 2006
Public Law 109–205
109th Congress
An Act
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations
treatment) to the products of Ukraine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Ukraine allows its citizens the right and opportunity
to emigrate, free of any heavy tax on emigration or on the
visas or other documents required for emigration and free of
any tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizens as
a consequence of the desire of such citizens to emigrate to
the country of their choice.
(2) Ukraine has received normal trade relations treatment
since 1992 and has been found to be in full compliance with
the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV of the
Trade Act of 1974 since 1997.
(3) Since the establishment of an independent Ukraine
in 1991, Ukraine has made substantial progress toward the
creation of democratic institutions and a free-market economy.
(4) Ukraine has committed itself to ensuring freedom of
religion, respect for rights of minorities, and eliminating intoler-
ance and has been a paragon of inter-ethnic cooperation and
harmony, as evidenced by the annual human rights reports
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) and the United States Department of State.
(5) Ukraine has taken major steps toward global security
by ratifying the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of
Strategic Offensive Weapons (START I) and the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, subsequently
turning over the last of its Soviet-era nuclear warheads on
June 1, 1996, and agreeing, in 1998, not to assist Iran with
the completion of a program to develop and build nuclear
breeding reactors, and has fully supported the United States
in nullifying the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.
(6) At the Madrid Summit in 1997, Ukraine became a
member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and has been a partici-
pant in the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program since 1994.
(7) Ukraine is a peaceful state which established exemplary
relations with all neighboring countries, and consistently pur-
sues a course of European integration with a commitment
to ensuring democracy and prosperity for its citizens.
19 USC 2434
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PUBLIC LAW 109–205—MAR. 23, 2006
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1053 (S. 632):
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
Mar. 8, considered and passed House.
Mar. 9, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 42 (2006):
Mar. 23, Presidential remarks.
(8) Ukraine has built a broad and durable relationship
with the United States and has been an unwavering ally in
the struggle against international terrorism that has taken
place since the attacks against the United States that occurred
on September 11, 2001.
(9) Ukraine has concluded a bilateral trade agreement with
the United States that entered into force on June 23, 1992,
and is in the process of acceding to the World Trade Organiza-
tion (WTO). On March 6, 2006, the United States and Ukraine
signed a bilateral market access agreement as a part of the
WTO accession process.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE
ACT OF 1974 TO THE PRODUCTS OF UKRAINE.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTENSION OF NON-
DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding any provision of
title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the
President may—
(1) determine that such title should no longer apply to
Ukraine; and
(2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with
respect to Ukraine, proclaim the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products
of that country.
(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY OF TITLE IV.—On and after
the effective date under subsection (a) of the extension of non-
discriminatory treatment to the products of Ukraine, title IV of
the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that country.
Approved March 23, 2006.
19 USC 2434
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