118 STAT. 1387 PUBLIC LAW 108–347—OCT. 20, 2004 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 854: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004): Oct. 4, considered and passed House. Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 40 (2004): Oct. 20, Presidential statement. (2) expresses its grave concern about the disappearance of Victor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky, Yuri Zakharenko, and Dmitry Zavadsky and calls upon the Lukashenka regime to cooperate fully with the Belrussian civil initiative ‘‘We Remember’’ and to extend to this organization all necessary information to find out the truth about the disappearances; (3) calls upon the Lukashenka regime to cooperate fully with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and its specially appointed representatives in matters regarding the resolution of the cases of the disappeared; and (4) commends the democratic opposition in Belarus for their commitment to participate in October 2004 Parliamentary elections as a unified coalition and for their courage in the face of the repression of the Lukashenka regime in Belarus. SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) OSCE.—The term ‘‘OSCE’’ means the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (3) SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS.— The term ‘‘senior leadership of the Government of Belarus’’ includes— (A) the President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Min isters, government ministers, Chairmen of State Commit tees, and members of the Presidential Administration of Belarus; (B) any official of the Government of Belarus who is personally and substantially involved in the suppression of freedom in Belarus, including judges and prosecutors; and (C) any other individual determined by the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee) to be personally and substantially involved in the formulation or execution of the policies of the Lukashenka regime that are in contradic tion of internationally recognized human rights standards. Approved October 20, 2004. 22 USC 5811 note.
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