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 118 STAT. 3029 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; (ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, reporting, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and sequestration measures; (iv) to help meet such countries’ responsibilities under the Framework Convention on Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the vulner ability to impacts of climate change and mitigation and adapta tion response strategies. (c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the manage ments of the international financial institutions and the public that it is the policy of the United States that any assistance by such institutions (including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural resource should not be provided unless the government of the country has in place or is taking the necessary steps to establish functioning systems for: (i) accurately accounting for revenues and expenditures in connection with the extraction and export of the type of natural resource to be extracted or exported; (ii) the inde pendent auditing of such accounts and the widespread public dissemination of the audits; and (iii) verifying government receipts against company payments including widespread dissemination of such payment information in a manner that does not create competitive disadvantage or disclose proprietary information. (2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for each inter national financial institution, the amount and type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other national resource since September 30, 2004. UZBEKISTAN SEC. 577. Funds appropriated by this Act may be made avail able for assistance for the central Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial and continuing progress in meeting its commitments under the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Coopera tion Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of America’’, including respect for human rights, establishing a genuine multi party system, and ensuring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and the independence of the media. CENTRAL ASIA SEC. 578. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the protection of human rights during the preceding 6 month period. (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Deadline. Reports.

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