IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To authorize humanitarian assistance and impose sanctions 

with respect to human rights abuses in Burma, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability 

4 Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘BURMA Act of 2019’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Findings. 

TITLE I—MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONFLICT IN BURMA 

Sec. 101. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress with respect to humanitarian assistance, freedom 

of movement, and rights of returnees. 

Sec. 103. Sense of Congress on freedoms of press and association. 

Sec. 104. Imposition of sanctions for the violation of human rights. 

TITLE II—ASSISTANCE AND SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

BURMA 

Sec. 201. Authorization to provide humanitarian assistance. 

Sec. 202. Imposition of sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in 

Burma. 

TITLE III—GOVERNANCE OF THE BURMESE MINING AND 

GEMSTONE SECTORS 

Sec. 301. Sense of Congress on the mining sector of Burma. 

Sec. 302. Guidance relating to responsibility and transparency in the mining 

sector of Burma. 

TITLE IV—ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND 

STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH 

Sec. 401. Report on accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, 

and genocide in Burma. 

Sec. 402. Authorization to provide technical assistance for efforts against 

human rights abuses. 

Sec. 403. Strategy for promoting economic development in Burma. 

TITLE V—DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

Sec. 501. Determination of budgetary effects. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

5 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com6 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Rep7 resentatives; and 

8 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

9 the Committee on Banking, and the Committee 

10 on Armed Services of the Senate. 

11 (2) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.—The term 

12 ‘‘crimes against humanity’’ includes, when com13 mitted as part of a widespread or systematic attack 

14 directed against any civilian population, with knowl15 edge of the attack— 

16 (A) murder; 

17 (B) deportation or forcible transfer of pop18 ulation; 

19 (C) torture; 

20 (D) extermination; 

21 (E) enslavement; 

22 (F) rape, sexual slavery, or any other form 

23 of sexual violence of comparable severity; 

24 (G) persecution against any identifiable 

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1 tional, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or 

2 other grounds that are universally recognized as 

3 impermissible under international law; and 

4 (H) enforced disappearance of persons. 

5 (3) GENOCIDE.—The term ‘‘genocide’’ means 

6 any offense described in section 1091(a) of title 18, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘tran9 sitional justice’’ means the range of judicial, non10 judicial, formal, informal, retributive, and restorative 

11 measures employed by countries transitioning out of 

12 armed conflict or repressive regimes to redress leg13 acies of atrocities and to promote long-term, sustain14 able peace. 

15 (5) WAR CRIME.—The term ‘‘war crime’’ has 

16 the meaning given the term in section 2441(c) of 

17 title 18, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

19 Congress finds the following: 

20 (1) On August 25, 2017, Burmese military and 

21 security forces violently and disproportionately re22 sponded to an attack on security outposts, resulting 

23 in a mass exodus of Rohingya from the Rakhine 

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1 national Organization of Migration called ‘‘unprece2 dented in terms of volume and speed’’. 

3 (2) Between August 2017 and March 2019, in 

4 response to the violence perpetrated by the Burmese 

5 military and security forces, the United Nations esti6 mates more than 740,000 Rohingya, approximately 

7 75 percent of whom are women and children, have 

8 fled to Bangladesh, fearing loss of life, livelihoods, 

9 and shelter. Rohingya have continued to flee Burma 

10 in significant numbers, including in 2019. According 

11 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu12 gees, more than 1,400 Rohingya have arrived in 

13 Bangladesh since January 1, 2019. 

14 (3) Even after the Burmese military scaled 

15 back attacks against Rohingya in late 2017, security 

16 forces continued to impose restrictions on the basic 

17 freedoms of Rohingya in Rakhine State, including on 

18 freedom of movement. In November 2017, Amnesty 

19 International determined that Rohingya remaining 

20 in Rakhine are ‘‘trapped in a vicious system of state21 sponsored, institutionalized discrimination that 

22 amounts to apartheid’’. 

23 (4) Despite the steps taken toward democracy 

24 in Burma, there exists limited control by the civilian 

25 government over civilian agencies as well as military 


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1 and security forces that carried out the violence in 

2 Rakhine State. The military and security forces con3 tinue to engage in grave human rights abuses 

4 against ethnic minorities throughout in the country. 

5 (5) Both government- and military-initiated in6 vestigations into human rights abuses in Burma in7 volving violence between ethnic minorities and Bur8 mese security forces have failed to yield credible re9 sults or hold perpetrators accountable. 

10 (6) In a public address on October 12, 2017, 

11 State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi laid out the fol12 lowing goals for the State of Rakhine: 

13 (A) Repatriation of those who have crossed 

14 over to Bangladesh. 

15 (B) Effective provision of humanitarian as16 sistance. 

17 (C) Resettlement of displaced populations. 

18 (D) Economic development and durable 

19 peace. 

20 (7) Due to restrictions enforced by the Rakhine 

21 State government and the national military and se22 curity forces, there has been little progress made 

23 since that time and limited ability for the inter24 national community to support, verify, or evaluate 

25 the Government of Burma’s efforts. There are also 


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1 credible reports of Burmese military and security 

2 forces bulldozing numerous villages where violence 

3 occurred, thus destroying physical evidence, and in 

4 some cases, constructing new military installations 

5 on top of the bulldozed villages. 

6 (8) On November 22, 2017, former Secretary of 

7 State Rex Tillerson stated that ‘‘After a careful and 

8 thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that 

9 the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes 

10 ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. Those re11 sponsible for these atrocities must be held account12 able’’. He also said the violence ‘‘has a number of 

13 characteristics of certainly crimes against human14 ity’’. Despite repeated requests from Members of 

15 Congress, as well as the result of its own investiga16 tion (the executive summary of which was released 

17 on September 17, 2018), the Department has de18 clined to make a determination if the atrocities in 

19 Rakhine State constitute genocide or crimes against 

20 humanity. 

21 (9) On December 12, 2017, Wa Lone and 

22 Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters reporters covering the 

23 crisis in Rakhine State, were entrapped, arrested, 

24 and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, 

25 continuing a trend of restricting media and free 


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1 speech and attempting to thwart coverage of the 

2 events in Rakhine State. 

3 (10) Another barrier to the voluntary, safe, dig4 nified and sustainable return of the Rohingya to 

5 Rakhine State is the refusal of the Government of 

6 Burma to reinstate the full citizenship of the 

7 Rohingya, as well as the Government’s unwillingness 

8 to consider the repeal of or amendments to the Citi9 zenship Act of 1982 that stripped the Rohingya of 

10 their full citizenship. 

11 (11) During 2018, the ongoing conflict in 

12 Burma escalated in Kachin and Shan States, re13 ignited in Karen (Kayin) State, and spread into 

14 Chin and Rakhine States. Along with the increase in 

15 fighting between Burma’s security forces and several 

16 ethnic armed organizations, there was a rise in alle17 gations of human rights abuses perpetrated by Bur18 mese security forces in these conflict areas. 

19 (12) In April 2018, thousands of civilians fled 

20 fighting between the military and ethnic armed 

21 groups in Kachin State, prompting peaceful dem22 onstrations. In December 2018, three prominent ac23 tivist in Kachin State, Lum Zawng, Nang Pu and 

24 Zau Jet were convicted and sentenced to 6 months 

25 imprisonment for defaming the military. 


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1 (13) On June 6, 2018, the United Nations Ref2 ugee Agency and the United Nations Development 

3 Programme signed a tripartite Memorandum of Un4 derstanding with Burma. The Office of the United 

5 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and var6 ious international human rights and international re7 lief agencies agreed that conditions in Rakhine State 

8 are not sufficient for the voluntary, safe, dignified, 

9 and sustainable return of the Rohingya. 

10 (14) The United Nations Independent Inter11 national Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, the De12 partment of State, and more than a dozen human 

13 rights organizations have reported and documented 

14 a campaign of violence perpetrated by the security 

15 forces of Burma, which indiscriminately fired on and 

16 killed civilians, raped women and girls, and arrested 

17 Rohingya men without any cause or charges. Sat18 ellite images obtained by Amnesty International re19 veal that, out of the approximately 470 villages in 

20 northern Rakhine State, nearly 300 were partially or 

21 completely destroyed by fire since August 25, 2017, 

22 most of which were completely or partially populated 

23 by Rohingya Muslims. 

24 (15) In its report of September 17, 2018, the 

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1 Finding Mission on Myanmar determined that there 

2 was sufficient evidence of ‘‘genocidal intent’’ in the 

3 attacks against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, and 

4 probable ‘‘crimes against humanity’’ and ‘‘war 

5 crimes’’ in Burmese security forces assaults on eth6 nic minorities in Kachin and Shan States. The Mis7 sion recommended that the United Nations Security 

8 Council ‘‘should ensure accountability for crimes 

9 under international law committed in Myanmar, 

10 preferably by referring the situation to the Inter11 national Criminal Court or alternatively by creating 

12 an ad hoc international criminal tribunal’’. The Mis13 sion also recommended the imposition of targeted 

14 economic sanctions, including an arms embargo on 

15 Burma. 

16 (16) On September 3, 2018, Wa Lone and 

17 Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted and sentenced to seven 

18 years in prison and released as an act of Presi19 dential amnesty on May 6, 2019, after over 500 

20 days in jail. Time Magazine included pictures the 

21 two reporters on the cover of its ‘‘Person of the 

22 Year’’ issue on December 10, 2018, as two of the 

23 ‘‘Guardians and the War on Truth’’. 

24 (17) According to the free-speech organization 

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1 trial since 2016 charged with colonial-era laws used 

2 to stifle dissent, while tightening restrictions on ac3 tivist groups. 

4 (18) On September 28, 2018, the United Na5 tions Human Rights Council passed a resolution 

6 that calls for an independent mechanism to collect 

7 and analyze evidence in regard to the serious inter8 national crimes committed in Burma against 

9 Rohingya Muslims and other minorities since 2011. 

10 The resolution requests that the independent mecha11 nism ‘‘prepare files in order to facilitate and expe12 dite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in 

13 accordance with international law standards, in na14 tional, regional or international courts or tribunals 

15 that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over 

16 these crimes’’. 

17 (19) On November 15, 2018, the Government 

18 of Bangladesh and the Government of Burma aban19 doned plans to return more than 2,000 Rohingya to 

20 Rakhine State after it was determined that none 

21 were willing to voluntarily return given the current 

22 conditions in Rakhine State, as well as the Govern23 ment of Burma’s failure to ensure the returnees’ 

24 safety, dignity, or sustainability of their livelihoods. 


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1 (20) A December 2018 report by the Public 

2 Law Interest & Policy group noted that ‘‘the de3 struction of their villages, crops, and virtually all in4 frastructure clearly points to a strategy of ensuring 

5 the Rohingya’s permanent removal. The mass 

6 killings and accompanying brutality, including 

7 against children, women, pregnant women, the elder8 ly, and those crossing the border to Bangladesh fur9 ther suggest, however, that, at least in the minds of 

10 some perpetrators, the goal was not only to expel, 

11 but also to exterminate the Rohingya * * *’’ and 

12 that ‘‘there are reasonable grounds to believe that 

13 crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes 

14 have been committed against the Rohingya in 

15 Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State’’. 

16 (21) Despite substantial evidence of widespread 

17 and systematic atrocities committed by Burmese se18 curity forces in Rakhine State, State Counselor 

19 Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s Commander-in20 Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing continue to 

21 maintain that no such widespread and systematic 

22 atrocities occurred. 

23 (22) On December 13, 2018, the United States 

24 House of Representatives passed House Resolution 

25 1091 (115th Congress) which expressed the sense of 


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1 the House that ‘‘the atrocities committed against the 

2 Rohingya by the Burmese military and security 

3 forces since August 2017 constitute crimes against 

4 humanity and genocide’’ and called upon the Sec5 retary of State to review the available evidence and 

6 make a similar determination. 

7 (23) On December 19, 2018, the United Na8 tions Humanitarian Coordinator requested 

9 $202,000,000 for the 2019 Humanitarian Response 

10 Plan for Burma. 

11 (24) The 2019 Joint Response Plan for the 

12 Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis asks the inter13 national community to provide $20,500,000 in as14 sistance to meet needs in Bangladesh. 

15 (25) On May 14, 2019, the United Nations 

16 Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar urged all coun17 tries to cut off economic ties to Burma’s military18 owned businesses, stating ‘‘* * * due to the gravity 

19 of past and continuing violations, attention must be 

20 given to the political, economic and financial ties of 

21 the Myanmar military * * * so we can cut off the 

22 money supply as a means of increasing pressure and 

23 reducing the violence.’’. 


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1 TITLE I—MATTERS RELATING 

2 TO THE CONFLICT IN BURMA 

3 SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States as follows: 

5 (1) To support a complete transition to democ6 racy and genuine national reconciliation in Burma, 

7 including accountability for the atrocities committed 

8 by the Burmese military against the Rohingya popu9 lation and other ethnic minorities throughout the 

10 country. 

11 (2) To pursue a United States strategy of cali12 brated engagement, which is essential to support the 

13 establishment of a peaceful, prosperous, and demo14 cratic Burma that includes respect for the human 

15 rights of all its people regardless of ethnicity and re16 ligion. 

17 (3) To ensure that the guiding principles of 

18 such a strategy include— 

19 (A) supporting legal reforms, removing re20 maining restrictions on civil and political rights, 

21 and ensuring civilian governance, including re22 forms to the current constitutional provision re23 serving 25 percent of parliamentary seats for 

24 appointments by the military, which provides 


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1 the military with veto power over constitutional 

2 amendments; 

3 (B) establishing a fully democratic, plural4 istic, and representative political system that in5 cludes free, fair, and democratic elections in 

6 which all people of Burma can vote; 

7 (C) promoting national reconciliation and 

8 the conclusion of a nationwide cease-fire agree9 ment, including the development of a political 

10 system that is inclusive of ethnic Rohingya, 

11 Shan, Kachin, Chin, Karen, and other ethnic 

12 groups, measures to address natural resource 

13 governance, revenue-sharing, land rights, and 

14 constitutional change enabling inclusive peace; 

15 (D) ensuring accountability through inde16 pendent international investigations of genocide, 

17 war crimes, and crimes against humanity, in18 cluding sexual and gender-based violence, per19 petrated against the Rohingya and other ethnic 

20 minorities by the military and security forces of 

21 Burma, violent extremist groups and other com22 batants involved in the conflict; 

23 (E) strengthening Burma’s civilian govern24 mental institutions, including support for great25 er transparency and accountability; 


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1 (F) encouraging the establishment of pro2 fessional military, security, and police forces 

3 that operate under civilian control and are held 

4 accountable for human rights abuses, corrup5 tion, or other abuses of power; 

6 (G) combating corruption and illegal eco7 nomic activity, including that which involves the 

8 military and its close allies; 

9 (H) empowering local communities, civil 

10 society, and independent media; 

11 (I) encouraging the provision of full citi12 zenship for the Rohingya population in Burma, 

13 as well as durable solutions for those displaced 

14 in Bangladesh; 

15 (J) promoting responsible international 

16 and regional engagement; 

17 (K) strengthening respect for and protec18 tion of human rights and religious freedom; and 

19 (L) promoting broad-based, inclusive eco20 nomic development and fostering healthy and 

21 resilient communities. 


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1 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO HUMANI2 TARIAN ASSISTANCE, FREEDOM OF MOVE3 MENT, AND RIGHTS OF RETURNEES. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that— 

6 (1) significant and sustained international fund7 ing, from both public and private sources, is nec8 essary to address the medium- and long-term im9 pacts of the crisis in Burma and the impact of the 

10 crisis on Bangladesh; and 

11 (2) the United States should make resolving the 

12 Rohingya crisis one of its top priorities in its en13 gagement with regional institutions, such as the As14 sociation of Southeast Asian Nations. 

15 (b) RESTORATION OF HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AND

16 ACCOUNTABILITY IN RAKHINE STATE.—Congress calls on 

17 the Government of Burma, including the Burmese military 

18 and security forces, to ensure full and secure humani19 tarian access to the State of Rakhine and to cooperate 

20 with the ongoing international mechanism set up by the 

21 United Nations Human Rights Council in September 

22 2018 and funded by the United Nations General Assembly 

23 to gather evidence and other information pertaining to al24 legations of crimes against humanity and genocide com25 mitted in Burma. 


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1 (c) RIGHTS OF REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

2 PERSONS, AND RETURNEES.— 

3 (1) BURMA.—Congress calls on the Government 

4 of Burma to— 

5 (A) ensure that Rohinyga in Burma have 

6 freedom of movement; 

7 (B) create conditions for return of those 

8 displaced from their homes and implement the 

9 recommendations of the Advisory Commission 

10 on Rakhine State, which includes full and equal 

11 citizenship; 

12 (C) work closely with the international 

13 community, including the United Nations High 

14 Commissioner for Refugees, to ensure the dig15 nified, safe, sustainable and voluntary return of 

16 all those displaced from their homes, especially 

17 from Rakhine State, without an unduly high 

18 burden of proof; and 

19 (D) offer compensation or restitution to 

20 those refugees who do not want to return to 

21 their homes. 

22 (2) BANGLADESH.—Congress calls on the Gov23 ernment of Bangladesh to— 

24 (A) ensure that the rights of refugees are 

25 protected, including through allowing them to 


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1 build more permanent shelters, and ensuring 

2 equal access to healthcare, basic services, edu3 cation and work; 

4 (B) work closely with the international 

5 community, including the United Nations High 

6 Commissioner for Refugees, to ensure that any 

7 repatriation or resettlement of refugees be dig8 nified, safe, sustainable and voluntary; and 

9 (C) ensure that any relocation or local in10 tegration of refugees in Bangladesh be con11 sistent with international humanitarian prin12 ciples, including freedom of movement, and im13 plemented only through voluntary, fully in14 formed consent. 

15 SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FREEDOMS OF PRESS 

16 AND ASSOCIATION. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that, in order to promote 

18 the freedom of the press and speech, the Government of 

19 Burma should undertake serious legal reforms including 

20 reform of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the Unlawful As21 sociation Act, 1908, and the Penal Code. 

22 SEC. 104. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS FOR THE VIOLATION 

23 OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 

24 The President shall impose sanctions— 


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1 (1) against officials in Burma, including Com2 mander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Myanmar 

3 Min Aung Hlaing, under the Global Magnitsky 

4 Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 

5 note); and 

6 (2) against military-owned enterprises, includ7 ing the Myanmar Economic Corporation and Union 

8 of Myanmar Economic Holding, under the Burmese 

9 Freedom and Democracy Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), 

10 the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s 

11 Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (50 U.S.C. 

12 1701 note), and other relevant statutory authorities. 

13 TITLE II—ASSISTANCE AND 

14 SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

15 TO BURMA 

16 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AS17 SISTANCE. 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated $220,500,000 

19 for fiscal year 2020 to provide humanitarian assistance 

20 for Burma, Bangladesh, and the surrounding region, in21 cluding for the following purposes: 

22 (1) Assisting the victims of the Burmese mili23 tary’s crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya 

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1 Shan States, including those displaced in Burma, 

2 Bangladesh, Thailand, and the surrounding region. 

3 (2) Supporting voluntary resettlement or repa4 triation of such displaced persons in Burma, upon 

5 the conclusion of genuine agreements developed and 

6 negotiated with the involvement and consultation of 

7 such displaced persons. 

8 (3) Assistance to promote ethnic and religious 

9 tolerance, combat gender-based violence, and support 

10 victims of violence and destruction in Rakhine, 

11 Kachin, and Shan States. 

12 (4) Supporting programs to investigate and 

13 document allegations of war crimes, crimes against 

14 humanity, and genocide committed in Burma, in15 cluding gender-based violence. 

16 (5) Supporting access to education for children 

17 currently living in refugee camps in the surrounding 

18 region, and access to higher education in Ban19 gladesh. 

20 (6) Assisting minority ethnic groups and civil 

21 society in Burma to help sustain cease-fire agree22 ments and further prospects for reconciliation and 

23 sustainable peace. 

24 (7) Promoting ethnic minority inclusion and 

25 participation in Burma’s political processes. 


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1 SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BURMA. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the 8-year period beginning 

4 on the date that is 270 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 

6 described in subsection (b) with respect to each foreign 

7 person that the President determines, based on credible 

8 evidence— 

9 (1) is a current or former senior official of the 

10 military or security forces of Burma who— 

11 (A) knowingly perpetrated, ordered, or oth12 erwise directed serious human rights abuses in 

13 Burma; or 

14 (B) has taken significant steps to impede 

15 investigations or prosecutions of alleged serious 

16 human rights abuses, including against the 

17 Rohingya community in Rakhine State; 

18 (2) is an entity owned or controlled by any per19 son described in paragraph (1); 

20 (3) is an entity, such as the Myanmar Eco21 nomic Cooperation or the Myanmar Economic Hold22 ing Corporation, that is owned or controlled, directly 

23 or indirectly, by the military or security forces of 

24 Burma, including through collective or cooperative 

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1 scribed in paragraph (1) derive significant revenue 

2 or financial benefit; or 

3 (4) has knowingly— 

4 (A) provided significant financial, material, 

5 or technological support— 

6 (i) to a foreign person described in 

7 paragraph (1) in furtherance of any of the 

8 acts described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 

9 of such paragraph; or 

10 (ii) to any entity owned or controlled 

11 by such person or an immediate family 

12 member of such person; or 

13 (B) received significant financial, material, 

14 or technological support from a foreign person 

15 described in paragraph (1) or an entity owned 

16 or controlled by such person or an immediate 

17 family member of such person. 

18 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED; EXCEPTIONS.— 

19 (1) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions described in 

20 this subsection are the following: 

21 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—Notwithstanding 

22 the requirements of section 202 of the Inter23 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

24 U.S.C. 1701), the exercise of all powers granted 

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1 essary to block and prohibit all transactions in 

2 all property and interests in property of a for3 eign person the President determines meets one 

4 or more of the criteria described in subsection 

5 (a) if such property and interests in property 

6 are in the United States, come within the 

7 United States, or are or come within the pos8 session or control of a United States person. 

9 (B) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, AD10 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

11 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—A 

12 foreign person described in subsection (a) 

13 is— 

14 (I) inadmissible to the United 

15 States; 

16 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

17 other documentation to enter the 

18 United States; and 

19 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

20 admitted or paroled into the United 

21 States or to receive any other benefit 

22 under the Immigration and Nation23 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 


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1 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A 

2 foreign person described in subsection (a) 

3 is subject to the following: 

4 (I) Revocation of any visa or 

5 other entry documentation regardless 

6 of when the visa or other entry docu7 mentation is or was issued. 

8 (II) A revocation under subclause 

9 (I) shall— 

10 (aa) take effect immediately; 

11 and 

12 (bb) automatically cancel 

13 any other valid visa or entry doc14 umentation that is in the foreign 

15 person’s possession. 

16 (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA17 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

18 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 

19 to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 

20 United States is necessary to permit the United 

21 States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

22 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

23 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No24 vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 


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1 the United States, or other applicable international 

2 obligations. 

3 (c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, attempts 

4 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 

5 section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 

6 out subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties set 

7 forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter8 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

9 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 

10 unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

11 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

12 all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 

13 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section and shall 

15 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec16 essary to carry out this section. 

17 (e) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF

18 GOODS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require20 ments to impose sanctions authorized under this Act 

21 shall not include the authority or requirement to im22 pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

23 (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

24 term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man25 made substance, material, supply or manufactured 


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1 product, including inspection and test equipment, 

2 and excluding technical data. 

3 (f) WAIVER.—The President may annually waive the 

4 application of sanctions imposed on a foreign person pur5 suant to subsection (a) if the President— 

6 (1) determines that a waiver with respect to 

7 such foreign person is in the national interest of the 

8 United States; and 

9 (2) not later than the date on which such waiv10 er will take effect, submits to the following commit11 tees notice of and justification for such waiver: 

12 (A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com14 mittee on Financial Services of the House of 

15 Representatives. 

16 (B) The Committee on Foreign Relations, 

17 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

18 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

19 Affairs of the Senate. 

20 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

21 (1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

22 and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

23 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

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1 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

3 person. 

4 (3) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’ 

5 means, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or 

6 a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, 

7 or should have known, of the conduct, the cir8 cumstance, or the result. 

9 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

10 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

11 (A) a United States citizen, an alien law12 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

13 United States, or any other individual subject 

14 to the jurisdiction of the United States; or 

15 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

16 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

17 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

18 such entity. 

19 TITLE III—GOVERNANCE OF THE 

20 BURMESE MINING AND GEM21 STONE SECTORS 

22 SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE MINING SECTOR OF 

23 BURMA. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) In 2015, the nongovernmental organization 

2 Global Witness estimated that the value of total pro3 duction of jade in Burma in 2014 was 

4 $31,000,000,000, almost 48 percent of the official 

5 gross domestic product of Burma. As much as 80 

6 percent of that jade sold is smuggled out of Burma. 

7 (2) Burma’s military and associated entities, in8 cluding companies owned or controlled by Myanmar 

9 Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic 

10 Holding Limited, their affiliated companies, and 

11 companies owned or controlled by current and 

12 former senior military officers or their family mem13 bers, are linked to the mining sector, including the 

14 gemstone industry, and benefit financially from 

15 widespread illegal smuggling of jade and rubies from 

16 Burma. 

17 (3) Illegal trafficking in precious and 

18 semiprecious stones from Burma, including the trade 

19 in high-value jade and rubies, deprives the people of 

20 Burma and the civilian government of critical rev21 enue and instead benefits military-linked entities, 

22 non-state armed groups, and transnational organized 

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1 (4) In 2016, the Government of Burma began 

2 to take steps to reform aspects of the mining sector, 

3 including— 

4 (A) improving governance in the gemstone 

5 industry, by temporarily suspending the 

6 issuance or renewal of jade and gemstone min7 ing permits; 

8 (B) commissioning an environmental man9 agement plan for some mining areas; and 

10 (C) establishing the multi-stakeholder Jade 

11 and Gemstone Support Committee under the 

12 Ministry of Natural Resources and Environ13 mental Conservation to develop recommenda14 tions for a new industry-wide policy and limited 

15 gemstone payment disclosures under the 

16 Myanmar Extractives Industry Transparency 

17 Initiative. 

18 (5) In January 2019, the Government of 

19 Burma adopted a new Gemstone Law that does not 

20 adequately address corruption and tax avoidance, 

21 conflicts of interest, or the factors fueling conflict in 

22 Kachin State and other gemstone mining areas. 

23 (6) The lifting in October 2016 of United 

24 States sanctions on the importation of jade and 

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1 gemstones to legally enter the United States market, 

2 but some retailers have refrained from sourcing 

3 gemstones of Burmese origin due to governance and 

4 reputational concerns. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that— 

7 (1) notwithstanding Burma’s ‘‘Trafficking in 

8 Persons’’ ranking, the President should continue to 

9 provide assistance to Burma, pursuant to the waiver 

10 authority under section 110(d)(4) of the Trafficking 

11 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7107(d)(4)), in order to re-engage with the Govern13 ment of Burma with respect to the mining sector 

14 and should make available technical, capacity-build15 ing and other assistance through the Department of 

16 State or the United States Agency for International 

17 Development to support the Government of Burma 

18 in efforts to reform the gemstone industry; and 

19 (2) companies that seek to import to the United 

20 States gemstones or minerals that may be of Bur21 mese origin or articles of jewelry containing such 

22 gemstones should— 

23 (A) obtain such materials exclusively from 

24 entities that satisfy the transparency criteria 

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1 third parties that can demonstrate that they 

2 sourced the materials from entities that meet 

3 such criteria; and 

4 (B) undertake robust due diligence proce5 dures in line with the ‘‘Due Diligence Guidance 

6 for Responsible Business Conduct’’ and ‘‘Due 

7 Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply 

8 Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and 

9 High-Risk Areas’’ promulgated by the Organi10 zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop11 ment. 

12 SEC. 302. GUIDANCE RELATING TO RESPONSIBILITY AND 

13 TRANSPARENCY IN THE MINING SECTOR OF 

14 BURMA. 

15 (a) LIST OF PARTICIPATING WHITE-LIST ENTI16 TIES.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the en17 actment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date 

18 described in subsection (e), the Secretary of State shall 

19 submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and 

20 publish on a publicly available website, a list of each entity 

21 described in subsection (b)(1) that— 

22 (1) participates in Burma’s mining sector; 

23 (2) publicly discloses beneficial ownership, as 

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1 Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative 

2 (‘‘Myanmar EITI’’); 

3 (3) is not owned or controlled, either directly or 

4 indirectly, by the Burmese military or security 

5 forces, any current or former senior Burmese mili6 tary officer, or any person sanctioned by the United 

7 States pursuant to any relevant sanctions authority; 

8 and 

9 (4) is making significant progress toward meet10 ing the criteria described in subsection (b)(2). 

11 (b) ENTITIES AND CRITERIA DESCRIBED.— 

12 (1) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—The entities de13 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

14 (A) Entities that produce or process pre15 cious and semiprecious gemstones. 

16 (B) Entities that sell or export precious 

17 and semiprecious gemstones from Burma or ar18 ticles of jewelry containing such gemstones. 

19 (2) CRITERIA DESCRIBED.—The criteria de20 scribed in this subsection are the following: 

21 (A) The entity publicly discloses any politi22 cally exposed persons, officers, directors or ben23 eficial owners, as defined under the Myanmar 

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1 (B) The entity publicly discloses valid au2 thorization, license, or permit to produce, proc3 ess, sell, or export minerals or gemstones, as 

4 applicable. 

5 (C) The entity publicly discloses payments 

6 to the Government of Burma, including tax and 

7 non-tax, license, or royalty payments, and other 

8 payments or contract terms as may be required 

9 under Myanmar EITI standards. 

10 (D) The entity undertakes due diligence, in 

11 line with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance 

12 for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from 

13 Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, includ14 ing public reporting. 

15 (c) PERIODIC UPDATING.—The Secretary shall peri16 odically update the publicly available version of the list de17 scribed in subsection (a) as appropriate. 

18 (d) GUIDANCE AND WHITE-LIST ENTITIES.—The 

19 Secretary shall issue guidance for entities in the United 

20 States private sector with respect to the best practices for 

21 supply-chain due diligence that are applicable to importa22 tion of gemstones or minerals that may be of Burmese 

23 origin or articles of jewelry containing such gemstones, in24 cluding with respect to transactions with entities approved 

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1 in order to mitigate potential risks and legal liabilities as2 sociated with the importation of such items. 

3 (e) TERMINATION.—The date described in this sec4 tion is the date on which the President certifies to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees that the Govern6 ment of Burma has taken substantial measures to reform 

7 the mining sector in Burma, including the following: 

8 (1) Require the mandatory disclosure of pay9 ments, permit and license allocations, project reve10 nues, contracts, and beneficial ownership, including 

11 the identification any politically exposed persons who 

12 are beneficial owners, consistent with the approach 

13 agreed under the Myanmar EITI and with due re14 gard for civil society participation. 

15 (2) Separate the commercial, regulatory, and 

16 revenue collection responsibilities within the 

17 Myanmar Gems Enterprise and other key state18 owned enterprises to remove existing conflicts of in19 terest. 

20 (3) Monitor and undertake enforcement actions, 

21 as warranted, to ensure that entities— 

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1 servation law, and other applicable laws and 

2 regulations; and 

3 (B) uphold occupational health and safety 

4 standards and codes of conduct that are aligned 

5 with the core labor standards of the Inter6 national Labour Organisation and with domes7 tic law. 

8 (4) Address the transparent and fair distribu9 tion of benefits from natural resources, including 

10 through local benefit-sharing. 

11 (5) Reform the process for valuation of 

12 gemstones at the mine-site, including developing an 

13 independent valuation system to prevent undervalu14 ation and tax evasion. 

15 (6) Require companies bidding for jade and 

16 ruby mining, finishing, or export permits to be inde17 pendently audited upon the request of the Govern18 ment of Burma and making the results of all such 

19 audits public. 

20 (7) Establish credible and transparent proce21 dures for permit allocations that are independent 

22 from external influence, including scrutiny of appli23 cants that prevents unscrupulous entities from gain24 ing access to concessions or the right to trade in 

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1 (8) Establish effective oversight of state-owned 

2 enterprises operating in such sector, including 

3 through parliamentary oversight or requirements for 

4 independent financial auditing. 

5 TITLE IV—ACCOUNTABILITY 

6 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

7 AND STRATEGY FOR ECO8 NOMIC GROWTH 

9 SEC. 401. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES, 

10 CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE 

11 IN BURMA. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 a report that— 

16 (1) summarizes credible reports of serious 

17 human rights violations, including war crimes, com18 mitted against the Rohingya or other ethnic minori19 ties in Burma between 2012 and the date of the 

20 submission of the report; 

21 (2) describes any potential transitional justice 

22 mechanisms in Burma; 

23 (3) provides an analysis of whether the serious 

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1 paragraph (1) amount to war crimes, crimes against 

2 humanity, or genocide; and 

3 (4) includes a determination of the Secretary 

4 whether— 

5 (A) the events that took place in the state 

6 of Rakhine in Burma, starting on August 25, 

7 2017, constitute war crimes, crimes against hu8 manity, or genocide; or 

9 (B) the situation faced by the Rohingya in 

10 Rakhine State, between 2012 and the date of 

11 the submission of the report, amounts to or has 

12 amounted to the crime of apartheid. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

14 (a) shall also include each of the following: 

15 (1) A description of— 

16 (A) each incident for which there is cred17 ible evidence that the incident may constitute 

18 war crimes, crimes against humanity, or geno19 cide committed by the Burmese military or se20 curity forces against the Rohingya and other 

21 ethnic minorities, including the identities of any 

22 other actors involved in such incident; 

23 (B) the role of the civilian government in 

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1 (C) each incident for which there is cred2 ible evidence that the incident may constitute 

3 war crime, crimes against humanity, or geno4 cide committed by violent extremist groups in 

5 Burma; 

6 (D) each attack on health workers, health 

7 facilities, health transport, or patients and, to 

8 the extent possible, the identities of any individ9 uals who engaged in or organized such incidents 

10 in Burma; and 

11 (E) to the extent possible, a description of 

12 the conventional and unconventional weapons 

13 used for any such crimes and the sources of 

14 such weapons. 

15 (2) A description and assessment, in consulta16 tion with the Administrator of the United States 

17 Agency for International Development, the Attorney 

18 General, and other heads of any other appropriate 

19 Federal departments or agencies, of the effectiveness 

20 of any programs that the United States has already 

21 undertaken to ensure accountability for war crimes, 

22 crimes against humanity, and genocide perpetrated 

23 against the Rohingya by the military and security 

24 forces of Burma, the Rakhine State government, 

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1 operating fighting in Rakhine, including programs 

2 to— 

3 (A) train civilian investigators within and 

4 outside of Burma and Bangladesh on how to 

5 document, investigate, develop findings of, iden6 tify, and locate alleged perpetrators of war 

7 crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide in 

8 Burma; 

9 (B) promote and prepare for a transitional 

10 justice process or processes for the perpetrators 

11 of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 

12 genocide occurring in the State of Rakhine in 

13 2017; and 

14 (C) document, collect, preserve, and pro15 tect evidence of war crimes, crimes against hu16 manity, and genocide in Burma, including by 

17 providing support for Burmese, Bangladeshi, 

18 foreign, and international nongovernmental or19 ganizations, the United Nations Human Rights 

20 Council’s investigative team, and other entities 

21 engaged in such investigative activities. 

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1 brid tribunal, or other international options, that in2 cludes— 

3 (A) a discussion of the use of universal ju4 risdiction or of legal cases brought against the 

5 country of Burma by other sovereign countries 

6 at the International Court of Justice to address 

7 war crimes, crimes against humanity, and geno8 cide perpetrated in Burma; 

9 (B) recommendations on which transitional 

10 justice mechanisms the United States should 

11 support, why such mechanisms should be sup12 ported, and what type of support should be of13 fered; and 

14 (C) close consultation regarding transi15 tional justice mechanisms with Rohingya rep16 resentatives and those of other ethnic minorities 

17 who have suffered grave human rights abuses. 

18 (c) PROTECTION OF WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.— 

19 The Secretary of State shall ensure that the identification 

20 of witnesses and physical evidence for purposes of the re21 port required by subsection (a) are not publicly disclosed 

22 in a manner that might place such persons at risk of harm 

23 or encourage the destruction of such evidence by the mili24 tary or Government of Burma. 


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1 (d) CRIME OF APARTHEID.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘crime of apartheid’’ means inhumane acts that— 

3 (1) are of a character similar to the acts re4 ferred to in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of sec5 tion 2(2); 

6 (2) are committed in the context of an institu7 tionalized regime of systematic oppression and domi8 nation by one racial group over any other racial 

9 group; and 

10 (3) are committed with the intention of main11 taining such regime. 

12 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AS13 SISTANCE FOR EFFORTS AGAINST HUMAN 

14 RIGHTS ABUSES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author16 ized to provide assistance to support appropriate civilian 

17 or international entities that are undertaking the efforts 

18 described in subsection (b) with respect to war crimes, 

19 crimes against humanity, and genocide perpetrated by the 

20 military and security forces of Burma, the Rakhine State 

21 government, pro-government militias, or any other armed 

22 groups fighting in Rakhine State. 

23 (b) EFFORTS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.— 

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1 (1) Identifying suspected perpetrators of war 

2 crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. 

3 (2) Collecting, documenting, and protecting evi4 dence of such crimes and preserve the chain of cus5 tody for such evidence. 

6 (3) Conducting criminal investigations. 

7 (4) Supporting investigations conducted by 

8 other countries, as appropriate. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

10 MECHANISMS.—The Secretary of State, taking into ac11 count any relevant findings in the report required by sec12 tion 401(a), is authorized to provide support for the cre13 ation and operation of transitional justice mechanisms, in14 cluding a potential hybrid tribunal, to prosecute individ15 uals suspected of committing war crimes, crimes against 

16 humanity, or genocide in Burma. 

17 SEC. 403. STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVEL18 OPMENT IN BURMA. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of 

22 the United States Agency for International Development 

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1 ance with the priorities of disadvantaged communities in 

2 Burma and in consultation with relevant civil society and 

3 local stakeholders, to improve economic conditions and 

4 government transparency. 

5 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

6 (a) to promote sustainable, inclusive and broad-based eco7 nomic development shall include a plan with each of the 

8 following elements: 

9 (1) Measures to diversify control over and ac10 cess to participation in key industries and sectors, 

11 including efforts to remove barriers and increase 

12 competition, access, and opportunity in sectors domi13 nated by officials of the Burmese military, former 

14 military officials, and their families, and 

15 businesspeople connected to the military of Burma, 

16 with the goal of eliminating the role of the military 

17 in the economy of Burma. 

18 (2) Measures to increase transparency disclo19 sure requirements in key sectors of the economy of 

20 Burma, to promote responsible investment, including 

21 through— 

22 (A) efforts to provide technical support to 

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1 tities in key sectors identified by the Govern2 ment of Burma, specifically by— 

3 (i) working with the Government of 

4 Burma to require the disclosure of the ulti5 mate beneficial ownership of entities in the 

6 mining industry and the publication of 

7 project revenues, payments, and contract 

8 terms relating to that industry; and 

9 (ii) ensuring that reforms complement 

10 the disclosures required to be put in place 

11 in Burma as a result of its participation in 

12 the Extractives Industry Transparency Ini13 tiative; and 

14 (B) efforts to promote universal access to 

15 reliable, affordable, energy efficient, and sus16 tainable power, including leveraging United 

17 States assistance to support reforms in the 

18 power sector and electrification projects that in19 crease energy access, in partnership with multi20 lateral organizations and the private sector. 

21 (3) Measures to create an enabling environment 

22 for economic growth and opportunity for all ethnic 

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1 (4) An identification of needs and opportunities 

2 to provide technical assistance to key ministries, in3 stitutions, and organizations to enact economic re4 forms, including revisions to existing policies on pub5 lic disclosure of beneficial ownership of companies in 

6 key sectors that will allow for identification of those 

7 seeking or securing access to Burma’s most valuable 

8 natural resources. 

9 (c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In developing the 

10 strategy required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State 

11 shall consult with appropriate officials of the Government 

12 of Burma, ethnic groups and civil society leaders in 

13 Burma. 

14 (d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 

15 180 days after the date of the submission of the strategy 

16 required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State, the Sec17 retary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of the 

18 United States Agency for International Development shall 

19 jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 a report in unclassified form, that may contain a classified 

21 annex, that describes— 

22 (1) the extent to which United States assistance 

23 and the efforts of the Government of Burma have 

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1 (2) the efforts undertaken, progress achieved, 

2 and any next steps planned by either the United 

3 States or the Government of Burma with respect 

4 to— 

5 (A) the elements in section 401(b); 

6 (B) the promotion of accountability and 

7 transparency, including through the collection, 

8 verification, and publication of beneficial owner9 ship information related to extractive industries; 

10 and 

11 (C) the promotion of best practices regard12 ing— 

13 (i) environmental conservation, man14 agement, and planning; 

15 (ii) social impact assessments, includ16 ing social and cultural protection and free, 

17 prior, and informed consent and meaning18 ful participation of local populations, par19 ticularly minority ethnic nationalities; and 

20 (iii) avoidance of displacement of local 

21 populations without meaningful consulta22 tion and consent, harm mitigation, and 

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1 TITLE V—DETERMINATION OF 

2 BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

3 SEC. 501. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

4 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

5 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

6 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

7 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

8 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

9 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

10 House of Representatives, provided that such statement 

11 has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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