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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1939
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to conflict in Sudan,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH6, 2025
Mr. M
EEKS(for himself, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. AMO, Mrs.
C
HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAMLAGER-
D
OVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms. MENG, Mr.
M
ORELLE, Ms. OMAR, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary,
and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to conflict
in Sudan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘U.S. Engagement in Sudanese Peace Act’’. 5
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
this Act is as follows: 7
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Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Statement of policy.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
TITLE I—SANCTIONS AUTHORITIES
Sec. 101. Report on international crimes and blocking humanitarian aid.
Sec. 102. Report on foreign entities violating the United Nations arms embargo
on Darfur.
Sec. 103. Sanctions required.
Sec. 104. Termination of sanctions.
Sec. 105. Definitions.
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Strategy.
Sec. 202. Special Envoy for Sudan.
Sec. 203. Use of United States influence at the United Nations.
Sec. 204. Assistance to deploy and sustain a United Nations, African Union,
or multinational force.
Sec. 205. Empowering Sudanese women and youth.
Sec. 206. Prohibition on sale and licensing of major defense equipment.
Sec. 207. Certification and report on non-restriction of United States humani-
tarian assistance in Sudan.
Sec. 208. Report on United States weapons being used in Sudan.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
1
It is the policy of the United States— 2
(1) to support an inclusive diplomatic process, 3
that meaningfully includes women and youth leaders, 4
and marginalized communities, to establish a cease 5
fire and a sustainable peace agreement in Sudan; 6
(2) to support justice and accountability for vio-7
lations of international humanitarian law, genocide, 8
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other seri-9
ous human rights abuses by armed actors in Sudan, 10
especially those involved in the conflict that began 11
on April 15, 2023, those who perpetrated the Octo-12
ber 25, 2021, coup d’etat, and those who committed 13
human rights abuses during and in the wake of the 14
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state of emergency declared by the military junta 1
after the October 25, 2021, coup d’etat; and 2
(3) to pursue a strategy on Sudan that in-3
cludes— 4
(A) leading and coordinating international 5
efforts to establish and facilitate a comprehen-6
sive and inclusive peace process that meaning-7
fully includes civil society and seeks a sustain-8
able end to the country’s conflicts; 9
(B) facilitating unrestricted delivery of hu-10
manitarian aid throughout Sudan, across mili-11
tary lines and across international borders, in-12
cluding through local grassroots organizations; 13
(C) developing and advancing a plan for 14
the prevention of mass atrocities and for pro-15
tecting civilians; 16
(D) pursuing survivor-centered justice and 17
accountability for violations of international hu-18
manitarian law, genocide, war crimes, crimes 19
against humanity, and other serious human 20
rights abuses, including conflict-related sexual 21
and gender-based violence; and 22
(E) supporting an inclusive dialogue aimed 23
at establishing a civilian-led transition to de-24
mocracy, including by promoting mechanisms 25
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that ensure the meaningful leadership and in-1
clusion of women, youth, and traditionally 2
marginalized communities. 3
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 4
It is the sense of Congress that— 5
(1) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 6
the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 7
Treasury, should— 8
(A) sanction the leadership of the Rapid 9
Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese 10
Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for strategic 11
decisions that have directed or enabled the com-12
mission of atrocities, including genocide, war 13
crimes, and crimes against humanity; 14
(B) sanction adult family members of 15
those in the leadership of the RSF and SAF 16
unless such family member has condemned the 17
sanctionable activity and taken tangible steps to 18
oppose the activity; and 19
(C) designate the RSF for sanctions; 20
(2) the United Nations should expand its arms 21
embargo to all of Sudan; 22
(3) United Nations assessed contributions 23
should be used pursuant to United Nations Security 24
Council Resolution 2719 (2023) to fund an African 25
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Union force to protect civilians, support ceasefire 1
monitoring, or secure humanitarian operations in 2
Sudan if such a force is authorized; and 3
(4) the Department of State and United States 4
Agency for International Development should de-5
velop a plan to facilitate greater funding to emer-6
gency response rooms and other local mutual aid or-7
ganizations providing humanitarian assistance in 8
Sudan, including use of market-based assistance. 9
TITLE I—SANCTIONS 10
AUTHORITIES 11
SEC. 101. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND 12
BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN AID. 13
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 14
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-15
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 16
that identifies each foreign person that has knowingly en-17
gaged in any of the following conduct in Sudan since April 18
2023: 19
(1) Perpetrating, directing, or enabling the 20
commission of genocide, war crimes, or crimes 21
against humanity against civilians. 22
(2) Systematic blocking of and interference with 23
the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians. 24
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(b) UPDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap-1
propriate congressional committees an update of the re-2
port required by subsection (a) for each of the 5 calendar 3
years following the calendar year in which the initial re-4
port is submitted. 5
SEC. 102. REPORT ON FOREIGN ENTITIES VIOLATING THE 6
UNITED NATIONS ARMS EMBARGO ON 7
DARFUR. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 9
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 10
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 11
identifies each foreign person determined to be violating 12
the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur imposed pur-13
suant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 14
1556 (July 30, 2004) and 1591 (March 29, 2005). 15
(b) U
PDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap-16
propriate congressional committees an update of the re-17
port required by subsection (a) for each of the 5 calendar 18
years following the calendar year in which the initial re-19
port is submitted. 20
SEC. 103. SANCTIONS REQUIRED. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 22
date on which the President— 23
(1) submits the report or update to the report 24
required by section 101, the President shall impose 25
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6 or more of the sanctions described in paragraphs 1
(1) through (7) of subsection (b) on each foreign 2
person identified in the report; and 3
(2) submits the report or update to the report 4
required by section 102, the President shall impose 5
4 or more of the sanctions described in paragraphs 6
(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) of subsection (b) on each 7
foreign person identified in the report. 8
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-9
scribed in this subsection are the following: 10
(1) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 11
shall pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-12
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), block 13
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-14
terests in property of the foreign person if such 15
property and interests in property are in the United 16
States, come within the United States, or are or 17
come within the possession or control of a United 18
States person. 19
(2) E
XPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE FOR 20
EXPORTS TO SANCTIONED PERSONS .—The President 21
shall direct the Export-Import Bank of the United 22
States not to give approval to the issuance of any 23
guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici-24
pation in the extension of credit in connection with 25
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the export of any goods or services to the foreign 1
person. 2
(3) L
OANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 3
INSTITUTIONS.—The President shall prohibit any 4
United States financial institution from making 5
loans or providing credits to the foreign person total-6
ing more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period 7
unless the person is primarily engaged in activities 8
to relieve human suffering and the loans or credits 9
are provided for such activities. 10
(4) L
OANS FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 11
INSTITUTIONS.—The President shall direct the 12
United States executive director to each inter-13
national financial institution to use the voice and 14
vote of the United States to oppose any loan from 15
the international financial institution that would 16
benefit the foreign person. 17
(5) L
OANS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DEVEL -18
OPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE UNITED 19
STATES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY .—The 20
President shall direct the Chief Executive Officer of 21
the United States International Development Fi-22
nance Corporation and the Director of the United 23
States Trade and Development Agency to prohibit 24
any loan, loan guarantee, equity investment, project 25
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assistance, or any other type of support to a listed 1
foreign person. 2
(6) P
ROCUREMENT SANCTION .—The United 3
States Government may not procure, or enter into 4
any contract for the procurement of, any goods or 5
services from the foreign person. 6
(7) E
XCLUSION OF FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS .— 7
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The President shall di-8
rect the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, 9
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to ex-10
clude from the United States, any individual 11
identified in the report required by subsection 12
(a). 13
(B) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 14
alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec-15
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 16
one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 17
to believe, is described in subparagraph (A) is— 18
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 19
(ii) ineligible for a visa or other docu-20
mentation to enter the United States; and 21
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 22
or paroled into the United States or to re-23
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-24
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tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 1
seq.). 2
(C) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 3
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The issuing con-4
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 5
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-6
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 7
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-8
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 10
documentation issued to an alien described 11
in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 12
the visa or other entry documentation is 13
issued. 14
(ii) E
FFECT OF REVOCATION .—A rev-15
ocation under clause (i)— 16
(I) shall take effect immediately; 17
and 18
(II) shall automatically cancel 19
any other valid visa or entry docu-20
mentation that is in the alien’s pos-21
session. 22
(c) E
XCEPTIONS.— 23
(1) E
XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -24
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under sub-25
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section (b)(7) shall not apply with respect to the ad-1
mission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 2
into the United States is necessary to permit the 3
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-4
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 5
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 6
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-7
tions and the United States, or other applicable 8
international obligations. 9
(2) E
XCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 10
OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .—Sanctions under 11
this section may not be imposed with respect to 12
transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 13
(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 14
food, medicine, or medical devices; 15
(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-16
ance; 17
(C) financial transactions relating to hu-18
manitarian assistance; or 19
(D) transporting goods or services that are 20
necessary to carry out operations relating to 21
humanitarian assistance. 22
(3) E
XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE , LAW EN-23
FORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVI -24
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 25
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to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 1
national security activities of the United States. 2
(4) C
LASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial 3
review of a determination made under this section, 4
if the determination was based on classified informa-5
tion (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified In-6
formation Procedures Act) such information may be 7
submitted to the reviewing court ex parte and in 8
camera. This paragraph does not confer or imply 9
any right to judicial review. 10
(d) N
ATIONALINTERESTWAIVER.—The President 11
may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection 12
(b) with respect to a person if the President— 13
(1) determines that such a waiver is vital to the 14
national interests of the United States; and 15
(2) not more than 15 days after issuing the 16
waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 17
committees a notification of the waiver and the rea-18
sons for the waiver. 19
SEC. 104. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 21
(b), the President may terminate the application of sanc-22
tions under this section with respect to a person if the 23
President determines and reports to the appropriate con-24
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gressional committees not later than 15 days before the 1
termination of the sanctions that— 2
(1) credible information exists that the person 3
did not engage in the activity for which sanctions 4
were imposed; 5
(2) the person has credibly demonstrated a sig-6
nificant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate 7
consequence for the activity for which sanctions were 8
imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage 9
in an activity described in subsection (a) in the fu-10
ture; or 11
(3) the termination of the sanctions is in the 12
vital national interests of the United States. 13
(b) S
ANCTIONSRELATING TOBLOCKING THEPROVI-14
SION OFHUMANITARIANAID TOCIVILIANS.—The author-15
ity to impose sanctions under section 101(3) shall termi-16
nate if a comprehensive agreement to end the conflict is 17
reached and implemented between the warring parties in 18
Sudan. 19
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS. 20
In this title— 21
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-22
mittees’’ means— 23
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 1
the Committee on Financial Services of the 2
House of Representatives; and 3
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 4
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 5
Urban Affairs of the Senate; 6
(2) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means an indi-7
vidual or entity that is not a United States person; 8
and 9
(3) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 10
(A) a United States citizen; 11
(B) a permanent resident alien of the 12
United States; or 13
(C) an entity organized under the laws of 14
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 15
the United States, including a foreign branch of 16
such an entity. 17
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 18
SEC. 201. STRATEGY. 19
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 20
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-21
mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 22
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-23
tions of the Senate a strategy to support the protection 24
of civilians, the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and 25
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progress towards a sustainable peace in Sudan that in-1
cludes— 2
(1) plans for establishing and leading a diplo-3
matic mechanism for negotiations that lead to a 4
comprehensive ceasefire and a sustainable peace; 5
(2) actions in multilateral fora and with re-6
gional institutions in support of protection of civil-7
ians, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access, 8
enforcement of the United Nations arms embargo 9
and the expansion of the United Nations arms em-10
bargo to include all of Sudan; 11
(3) plans to support an inclusive civilian polit-12
ical dialogue, including activities to improve and in-13
crease women’s and youth’s meaningful leadership 14
and participation in political negotiations, related to 15
the development of a constitutional framework and 16
a pathway that will lead to civilian rule; 17
(4) efforts to support grassroots organizations 18
that are currently providing humanitarian and 19
peacebuilding assistance to the Sudanese people in 20
conflict-affected areas that traditional implementing 21
partners cannot reach, including through the devel-22
opment of mechanisms through which to fund orga-23
nizations and the facilitation of electronic means and 24
other technology enabling communication; 25
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(5) efforts to provide training and other sup-1
port for doctors, lawyers, and other human rights 2
defenders, as well as those working at the grassroots 3
providing humanitarian assistance, on activities un-4
dertaken to— 5
(A) support accountability for human 6
rights abuses, including gathering witness testi-7
mony and preservation of forensic evidence; and 8
(B) provide psychosocial support for Suda-9
nese civilians who experienced violence, particu-10
larly victims of conflict related sexual and gen-11
der-based violence; 12
(6) a comprehensive sanctions strategy focused 13
on deterring genocide, war crimes and crimes 14
against humanity, ending hostilities, and supporting 15
accountability by— 16
(A) targeting actors, both within Sudan 17
and internationally, who are responsible for 18
gross violations of human rights and inter-19
national humanitarian law and whose actions 20
enable those responsible for such violations; and 21
(B) targeting actors providing arms, mate-22
rial, and financial support to the Rapid Support 23
Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces 24
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(SAF) or individuals belonging to or affiliated 1
with these individuals; and 2
(7) an identification of countries supporting the 3
RSF or SAF through provision of materiel or other 4
resources or equipment. 5
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 6
on which the strategy required by subsection (a) is sub-7
mitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 8
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-9
tions of the Senate, and every 180 days thereafter for 4 10
years, the Secretary of State shall submit to such commit-11
tees a report on implementation of the strategy that in-12
cludes substantive updates of the matters described in 13
paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a). 14
SEC. 202. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 7204 of the National De-16
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 17
118–159) is amended— 18
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘with the ad-19
vice and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘con-20
sistent with section 1(j) of the State Department 21
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 22
2651a(j))’’; and 23
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘shall termi-24
nate on the date that is 2 years after the date of the 25
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enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘shall termi-1
nate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the 2
enactment of this Act’’. 3
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 4
authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of fis-5
cal years 2025 through 2029 to carry out the amendments 6
made by subsection (a). 7
SEC. 203. USE OF UNITED STATES INFLUENCE AT THE 8
UNITED NATIONS. 9
The Secretary of State and the United States Perma-10
nent Representative to the United Nations shall use the 11
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 12
United Nations and other multilateral bodies to— 13
(1) advocate for unimpeded humanitarian ac-14
cess and an immediate end to bureaucratic impedi-15
ments to humanitarian assistance in Sudan; 16
(2) support the documentation of atrocities in-17
cluding possible genocide, war crimes, and crimes 18
against humanity; 19
(3) ensure development of plans for protection 20
of civilians in Sudan; and 21
(4) advocate for an end to hostilities in Sudan. 22
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SEC. 204. ASSISTANCE TO DEPLOY AND SUSTAIN A UNITED 1
NATIONS, AFRICAN UNION, OR MULTI-2
NATIONAL FORCE. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-4
sultation with the Administrator of the United States 5
Agency for International Development, is authorized to 6
provide assistance to deploy and sustain a United Nations, 7
African Union, or multinational force to advance civilian 8
protection, facilitate humanitarian operations, and mon-9
itor any prospective ceasefire in Sudan. 10
(b) C
ONDITIONS.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Assistance provided under 12
subsection (a) may not be provided until the force 13
has agreed not to transfer title to, or possession of, 14
any such assistance to anyone not an officer, em-15
ployee or agent of the force, and not to use or to 16
permit the use of such assistance for any purposes 17
other than those for which such assistance was fur-18
nished, unless the consent of the President has first 19
been obtained, and written assurances reflecting all 20
of the forgoing have been obtained from the force by 21
the President. 22
(2) C
ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION .—If the 23
President consents to the transfer of such assistance 24
to anyone not an officer, employee, or agent of the 25
force, or agrees to permit the use of such assistance 26
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for any purposes other than those for which such as-1
sistance was furnished, the President shall imme-2
diately notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 3
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 4
Foreign Relations of the Senate in accordance with 5
the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifica-6
tions under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 7
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1). 8
(c) A
DDITIONALCIVILIANPROTECTIONOPTIONS.— 9
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Adminis-10
trator of USAID, shall engage the United Nations, Afri-11
can Union, and other international, regional, and local 12
stakeholders to develop additional civilian protection op-13
tions in Sudan, including community-based mechanisms, 14
and international monitoring or observation mechanisms. 15
(d) T
ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of De-16
fense, the Secretary of State, the Director of National In-17
telligence, and the Administrator of the United States 18
Agency for International Development are authorized to 19
detail or second staff and to provide other technical assist-20
ance to the African Union to analyze conditions and plan 21
for the potential establishment of a multinational civilian 22
protection force in Sudan. 23
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SEC. 205. EMPOWERING SUDANESE WOMEN AND YOUTH. 1
(a) S
UDANESE WOMEN.—Consistent with the 2
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, the Secretary 3
of State and the Administrator of the United States Agen-4
cy for International Development, in coordination with 5
heads of other relevant Federal agencies and supported 6
by the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s 7
Issues, should take all available measures to actively facili-8
tate the safe and meaningful leadership and participation 9
of Sudanese women in— 10
(1) all formal and informal conflict prevention 11
and conflict resolution processes to address the con-12
flict in Sudan, as well as post-conflict relief, recov-13
ery, justice, accountability, and democratic govern-14
ance efforts; 15
(2) all gender-based violence prevention, mitiga-16
tion, and response efforts; and 17
(3) planning and delivery of humanitarian relief 18
and protection efforts to promote increased safety 19
and access to humanitarian assistance by women 20
and girls. 21
(b) S
UDANESEYOUTH.—The Secretary of State and 22
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-23
national Development should actively facilitate the safe 24
and meaningful leadership and participation of Sudanese 25
youth in— 26
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(1) all conflict prevention and conflict resolution 1
processes to address the conflict in Sudan, as well 2
as post-conflict relief, recovery, justice, account-3
ability, and democratic governance efforts; 4
(2) all gender-based violence prevention, mitiga-5
tion, and response efforts; and 6
(3) planning and delivery of humanitarian relief 7
and protection efforts. 8
SEC. 206. PROHIBITION ON SALE AND LICENSING OF 9
MAJOR DEFENSE EQUIPMENT. 10
(a) I
NGENERAL.—No sale, export, or transfer of 11
major defense equipment (as such term is defined in sec-12
tion 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 13
2794(6)) may be provided to any country that the Presi-14
dent identifies as supporting the Rapid Support Forces 15
(RSF) or the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) pursuant to 16
section 201(7). 17
(b) W
AIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-18
tion in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Presi-19
dent— 20
(1) determines such a waiver is vital to the na-21
tional interests of the United States; and 22
(2) not more than 15 days after issuing the 23
waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 24
committees a notification of the waiver and a de-25
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tailed description and justification for the utilization 1
of the waiver. 2
(c) A
PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-3
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-4
sional committees’’ means— 5
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 6
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-7
resentatives; and 8
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 9
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 10
SEC. 207. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT ON NON-RESTRIC-11
TION OF UNITED STATES HUMANITARIAN AS-12
SISTANCE IN SUDAN. 13
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 14
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-15
mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 16
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-17
tions of the Senate a certification and report consistent 18
with the requirements of section 620I(a) of the Foreign 19
Assistance Act of 1961 describing and assessing the extent 20
to which any country prohibits or otherwise restricts, di-21
rectly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United 22
States humanitarian assistance in Sudan, including any 23
United States Government-supported international efforts 24
to provide such humanitarian assistance. 25
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(b) USE OFEXCEPTION.—The certification and re-1
port required by subsection (a) shall include a description 2
of any uses of the exercise of the authority described in 3
section 620I(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 4
the date such waiver was exercised in the continued provi-5
sion of assistance to such country. 6
(c) F
ORM.—The certification and report required by 7
subsection (a) shall be provided in unclassified form but 8
may contain a classified annex if submitted separately 9
from the unclassified portion. 10
SEC. 208. REPORT ON UNITED STATES WEAPONS BEING 11
USED IN SUDAN. 12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 13
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 14
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Di-15
rector of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Com-16
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed 17
Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-18
mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed 19
Services of the Senate a report on United States-origin 20
weapons or military equipment being used by belligerents 21
in Sudan. 22
(b) M
ATTERSTOBEINCLUDED.—The report shall 23
include the following: 24
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(1) An assessment of whether United States-or-1
igin weapons have been or are currently being used 2
by belligerents in Sudan and by which actors. 3
(2) A list of the types of United States-origin 4
weapons identified as having been used by belliger-5
ents in Sudan. 6
(3) An analysis of the chain of control for any 7
United States-origin weapons identified as having 8
been used by belligerents in Sudan. 9
(4) A summary of actions already taken or 10
steps necessary to prevent any United States-origin 11
weapons from being used by belligerents in Sudan. 12
(c) F
ORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 13
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 14
a classified annex if submitted separately from the unclas-15
sified portion. 16
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