Asia Freedom Act of 2004
Latest action · Nov 19, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/20/2004 S11644-11646)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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."
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 19, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Nov 19, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Nov 19, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/20/2004 S11644-11646)
- Nov 19, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 11/20/2004 S11644)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administration of justice
- Administrative procedure
- AIDS (Disease)
- 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
- East Asia
- East Timor
- EBB Terrorism
- 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 exchange
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Free enterprise
- Freedom of the press
- Government ethics
- Government officials
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Hong Kong
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Indonesia
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- 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
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