Highlight any text to annotate

“(a) Congressional Findings.—The Congress finds that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Republic of Hungary both have—“(1) dedicated themselves to respect for fundamental human rights; “(2) accorded to their citizens the right to emigrate and to travel freely; “(3) reversed over 40 years of communist dictatorship and embraced the establishment of political pluralism, free and fair elections, and multi-party political systems; “(4) introduced far-reaching economic reforms based on market-oriented principles and have decentralized economic decisionmaking; and “(5) demonstrated a strong desire to build friendly relationships with the United States. “(b) Preparatory Presidential Action.—The Congress notes that the President in anticipation of the enactment of section 2, has directed the United States Trade Representative to negotiate with the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Republic of Hungary, respectively, in order to—“(1) preserve the commitments of that country under the bilateral commercial agreement in effect between that country and the United States that are consistent with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and “(2) obtain other appropriate commitments.

Add a comment

Sign in to comment on this section.

Annotate the text

Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.