July 31st, 2007 by Stephen

As mentioned here yesterday, on Friday the House passed H.R. 1, the “Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007,” after the Senate passed the bill on Thursday. The final version of the bill includes most provisions of the ADVANCE Democracy Act, a historic piece of legislation that declares it to be U.S. policy “to promote freedom, democracy and human rights as fundamental components of United States foreign policy” and includes several measures to further institutionalize U.S. promotion of democracy abroad.

In addition, H.R. 1 includes substantial policy provisions related to U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and toward particular countries in the region. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation into law sometime this week.

Click here to read POMED’s report on this important legislation.

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