the Administration's toothless human rights policy towards China has failed miserably.

We must stop accepting pledges of future improvement in place of actual improvements.

The failure of the Administration's current policy to effect any improvement should come as no surprise.

To the extent that restrictions on the rights of religious minorities have occurred, they have been the consequence of actions taken by regional or local officials and do not appear to be a manifestation of federal government policy.

During the period under review, the Government of the Russian Federation has applied the 1997 Law on Religion in a manner that is not in conflict with its international obligations on religious freedom.

The citizenship requirement in the Czech property restitution laws discriminates against American citizens.

I hope that the Czech Government will now seek alternative means to end the discrimination against Czech Americans.

The Czech Government must end the discrimination against Czech Americans in the restitution of private property.

I rise today to express my concern over recent setbacks in the return of expropriated properties to rightful owners in the Czech Republic.