108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5061

AN ACT

To provide assistance for the current crisis in the

prehensive peace in Sudan.Darfur region of Sudan and to facilitate a com-

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5061

AN ACT

To provide assistance for the current crisis in the Darfur

region of Sudan and to facilitate a comprehensive peace

in Sudan.

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.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Peace

3 in Sudan Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

5 In this Act:

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re9 lations of the House of Representatives and the

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

11 (2) JEM.—The term ‘‘JEM’’ means the Justice

12 and Equality Movement.

13 (3) SPLM.—The term ‘‘SPLM’’ means the

14 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.

15 (4) SLA.—The term ‘‘SLA’’ means the Sudan

16 Liberation Army.

17 (5) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Gov18 ernment of Sudan’’ means the National Islamic

19 Front-led government in Khartoum, Sudan, or any

20 successor government formed on or after the date of

21 the enactment of this Act (other than the coalition

22 government agreed upon in the Nairobi Declaration

23 on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan).

24 SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

25 Congress makes the following findings:
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1 (1) Since seizing power through a military coup

2 in 1989, the Government of Sudan repeatedly has

3 attacked and dislocated civilian populations in south4 ern Sudan in a coordinated policy of ethnic cleansing

5 that has cost the lives of over 2,000,000 people and

6 displaced more than 4,000,000 people.

7 (2) The Governments of the United States, the

8 United Kingdom, and Norway each have committed

9 significant resources to promote an internationally

10 supported peace process between the Government of

11 Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement

12 (SPLM), under the auspices of the Inter-Govern13 mental Authority on Development.

14 (3) Following the signing of the Machakos

15 Agreement in July 2002, the Government of Sudan

16 and the SPLM reached a number of important

17 agreements on issues such as self-determination, se18 curity arrangements, and wealth and power sharing,

19 culminating in a final framework agreement, the

20 Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in

21 the Sudan, signed on June 5, 2004.

22 (4) In early 2003, while the Government of

23 Sudan and the SPLM were negotiating for a final,

24 country-wide peace, armed conflict between forces of

25 the Government of Sudan, including militia forces
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1 backed by the Government, and rebel forces, includ2 ing the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Jus3 tice and Equality Movement (JEM), began in the

4 Darfur region of western Sudan.

5 (5) Evidence collected by international observ6 ers in the Darfur region between February 2003 and

7 September 2004 indicate a coordinated effort to tar8 get African Sudanese civilians in a scorched earth

9 policy, similar to that which was employed in south10 ern Sudan, that has destroyed African Sudanese vil11 lages, killing and driving away its people, while Arab

12 Sudanese villages have been left unscathed.

13 (6) As a result of this campaign, which the

14 United States Congress and executive branch have

15 declared to be genocide, an estimated 50,000 people

16 have been killed, 1,200,000 people have been inter17 nally displaced, and 200,000 people have been forced

18 to flee to neighboring Chad.

19 (7) Reports further indicate the systematic rape

20 of thousands of women and girls, the abduction of

21 women and children, and the destruction of hun22 dreds of ethnically African villages, including the

23 poisoning of their wells and the plunder of their

24 crops and cattle upon which the people of such vil25 lages sustain themselves.
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1 (8) The Government of Sudan conducted aerial

2 attack missions and deadly raids across the inter3 national border between Sudan and Chad in an ille4 gal effort to pursue Sudanese civilians seeking ref5 uge in Chad.

6 (9) In addition to the thousands of violent

7 deaths directly caused by ongoing Sudanese military

8 and government sponsored militia attacks in the

9 Darfur region, the Government of Sudan has re10 stricted humanitarian access to the region, primarily

11 through bureaucratic and administrative obstruction,

12 in an attempt to inflict the most devastating harm

13 on those individuals displaced from their villages and

14 homes without any means of sustenance or shelter.

15 (10) The Government of Sudan’s continued

16 support for the Janjaweed militias and their ob17 struction of the delivery of food, shelter, and medical

18 care to the Darfur region is estimated by the World

19 Health Organization to be resulting in up to 10,000

20 deaths per month and, should current trends con21 tinue, is projected to escalate to thousands of deaths

22 each day by December 2004.

23 (11) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on

24 Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions

25 stated in a recent report to the United Nations Sub-
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1 Commission on Human Rights that ‘‘[i]t is beyond

2 doubt that the [G]overnment of Sudan is responsible

3 for extrajudicial and summary executions of large

4 numbers of people over the last several months in

5 the Darfur region’’, and that ‘‘[t]he current humani6 tarian disaster unfolding in Darfur, for which the

7 government is largely responsible, has put millions of

8 civilians at risk’’.

9 (12) Attacks on civilians in the Darfur region

10 continue despite an April 8, 2004, temporary cease11 fire agreement reached between the Government of

12 Sudan and the JEM and SLA rebel groups in

13 N’Djamena, Chad.

14 (13) The United Nations High Commissioner

15 for Human Rights identified ‘‘massive human rights

16 violations in Darfur perpetrated by the Government

17 of Sudan and the Janjaweed, which may constitute

18 war crimes and/or crimes against humanity’’.

19 (14) On July 22, 2004, the United States

20 House of Representatives and Senate both declared

21 that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan are

22 genocide.

23 (15) On September 9, 2004, Secretary of State

24 Colin L. Powell stated before the Committee on For25 eign Relations of the Senate: ‘‘When we reviewed the
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1 evidence compiled by our team, along with other in2 formation available to the State Department, we

3 concluded that genocide has been committed in

4 Darfur and that the Government of Sudan and the

5 [Janjaweed] bear responsibility—and genocide may

6 still be occurring.’’.

7 (16) On July 30, 2004, the United Nations Se8 curity Council passed Resolution 1556, calling upon

9 the Government of Sudan to disarm the Janjaweed

10 militias, apprehend and bring to justice Janjaweed

11 leaders and their associates who have incited and

12 carried out violations of human rights and inter13 national humanitarian law, as well as other atroc14 ities in the Darfur region.

15 (17) On September 18, 2004, the United Na16 tions Security Council passed Resolution 1564, de17 termining that the Government of Sudan had failed

18 to meet its obligations under Resolution 1556, call19 ing for a military flight ban in and over the Darfur

20 region, demanding the names of Janjaweed militia21 men disarmed and arrested for verification, estab22 lishing an International Commission of Inquiry into

23 violations of international humanitarian and human

24 rights laws, and threatening sanctions should the
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1 Government of Sudan fail to fully comply with Secu2 rity Council Resolutions 1556 and 1564.

3 (18) The African Union’s commitment to con4 flict resolution and peacekeeping on the continent,

5 and its mandate to prevent genocide, has led the or6 ganization to engage in both political and military

7 action in an effort to end the conflict in the Darfur

8 region.

9 (19) The SPLM should seek to play a construc10 tive role in bringing about a political settlement be11 tween the Government of Sudan, the SLA, and the

12 JEM.

13 (20) Practical implementation of a comprehen14 sive peace agreement for Sudan, as envisioned in the

15 Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), and in the

16 Machakos Protocol of 2002, is hampered by the on17 going violence in the Darfur region and by the Gov18 ernment of Sudan’s complicity in the violence.

19 (21) The Government of Sudan’s complicity in

20 the atrocities in the Darfur region raises funda21 mental questions about the Government of Sudan’s

22 commitment to peace and stability in Sudan.
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1 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING GENOCIDE AND

2 THE CONFLICT IN DARFUR, SUDAN.

3 (a) SUDAN PEACE ACT.—It is the sense of Congress

4 that the Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) remains

5 relevant and should be extended to include the Darfur re6 gion of Sudan.

7 (b) ACTIONS TO ADDRESS GENOCIDE AND THE CON8 FLICT IN DARFUR.—It is the sense of Congress that—

9 (1) the atrocities unfolding in the Darfur region

10 of Sudan are genocide;

11 (2) the Government of Sudan has violated the

12 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of

13 the Crime of Genocide, signed at Paris on December

14 9, 1948, to which it is a contracting party, as a re15 sult of its complicity in the violence in the Darfur

16 region;

17 (3) a legitimate countrywide peace in Sudan

18 will only be possible if the principles enumerated in

19 the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

20 as affirmed in the Machakos Protocol of 2002, and

21 the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace

22 in the Sudan, are applied to all of Sudan, including

23 the Darfur region;

24 (4) the parties to the Humanitarian Ceasefire

25 on the Conflict in Darfur (the Government of

26 Sudan, the SLA, and the JEM), signed in
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1 N’Djamena, Chad, on April 8, 2004, must meet

2 their obligations under that agreement, including—

3 (A) to give up the use of force as a means

4 of settling the conflict in the Darfur region;

5 (B) to allow safe and immediate access for

6 the provision of humanitarian assistance

7 throughout the Darfur region;

8 (C) to allow the deployment of and cooper9 ate with international monitors and security

10 forces; and

11 (D) to expedite the conclusion of a political

12 agreement to end the conflict in the Darfur re13 gion;

14 (5) the President should impose targeted sanc15 tions on the assets and activities of those Sudanese

16 Government officials and other individuals who are

17 determined to be involved in planning, carrying out,

18 or otherwise involved in the policy of genocide in the

19 Darfur region, as well as on the assets and activities

20 of businesses controlled by the Government of Sudan

21 and the National Congress Party;

22 (6) the United States Government should not

23 normalize relations with Sudan, including through

24 the lifting of any sanctions, until the Government of

25 Sudan agrees to and takes demonstrable steps to im-
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1 plement a comprehensive peace agreement for all

2 areas of Sudan, including the Darfur region;

3 (7) the United States and the international

4 community should use all necessary means to assist

5 international monitors and security forces in the

6 Darfur region, particularly the African Union moni7 toring team, in order to ensure an appropriate inter8 national response to the crisis in the Darfur region;

9 (8) the United States should continue to pro10 vide humanitarian assistance to the areas of Sudan

11 to which the United States has access and, at the

12 same time, implement a plan to provide assistance to

13 the areas of Sudan to which access has been ob14 structed or denied;

15 (9) the President should appoint a new Special

16 Presidential Envoy for Peace in the Sudan to com17 plement and continue the work of former Senator

18 John C. Danforth, who shall be tasked with assist19 ing all parties to the conflict in Sudan, including in

20 the Darfur region, to achieve a just, comprehensive,

21 and permanent peace in Sudan;

22 (10) the member states of the United Nations,

23 particularly the member states from the African

24 Union, the Arab League, and the Organization of

25 the Islamic Conference, should undertake urgent
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1 measures to prevent the genocide in the Darfur re2 gion from escalating further, including the imposi3 tion of targeted sanctions against those responsible

4 for the atrocities; and

5 (11) the international community, including Af6 rican, Arab, and Muslim nations, should immediately

7 provide logistical, financial, in-kind, and personnel

8 resources necessary to save the lives of hundreds of

9 thousands of individuals at risk as a result of the

10 Darfur crisis.

11 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUDAN PEACE ACT.

12 (a) ASSISTANCE FOR THE CRISIS IN DARFUR AND

13 FOR COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN SUDAN.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Sudan Peace Act (50

15 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end

16 the following new section:

17 ‘‘SEC. 12. ASSISTANCE FOR THE CRISIS IN DARFUR AND

18 FOR COMPREHENSIVE PEACE IN SUDAN.

19 ‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE

20 FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT IN SUDAN AND TO RESPOND

21 TO THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN DARFUR.—

22 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the requirements

23 of this section, the President is authorized to provide

24 assistance for Sudan—
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1 ‘‘(A) to support the implementation of a

2 comprehensive peace agreement that applies to

3 all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur re4 gion; and

5 ‘‘(B) to address the humanitarian and

6 human rights crisis in the Darfur region and

7 eastern Chad, including to support the African

8 Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan.

9 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.—

10 Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the Assistance for

11 International Malaria Control Act (Public Law 106–

12 570; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), assistance authorized

13 under this section may be provided to the Govern14 ment of Sudan only if the President transmits the

15 certification described in paragraph (3).

16 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT

17 OF SUDAN.—The certification referred to in para18 graph (2) is a certification transmitted by the Presi19 dent to the appropriate congressional committees

20 that the Government of Sudan has taken demon21 strable steps to—

22 ‘‘(A) ensure that the armed forces of

23 Sudan and any associated militias are not com24 mitting atrocities or obstructing human rights
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1 monitors or the provision of humanitarian as2 sistance;

3 ‘‘(B) demobilize and disarm militias sup4 ported or created by the Government of Sudan;

5 ‘‘(C) allow full and unfettered humani6 tarian assistance to all regions of Sudan, in7 cluding Darfur;

8 ‘‘(D) allow an international commission of

9 inquiry to conduct its investigation of atrocities

10 in the Darfur region and Khartoum, preserve

11 evidence of atrocities and prosecute those re12 sponsible for war crimes, crimes against hu13 manity, and genocide;

14 ‘‘(E) cooperate fully with the African

15 Union and all other observer and monitoring

16 missions mandated to operate in Sudan;

17 ‘‘(F) ensure the safe return of displaced

18 persons and refugees to their homes and rebuild

19 the communities destroyed in the violence;

20 ‘‘(G) implement the Nairobi Declaration on

21 the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan; and

22 ‘‘(H) install a new coalition government

23 based on the agreements reached in the Nairobi

24 Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the

25 Sudan.
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1 ‘‘(4) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—If, on a

2 date after the President transmits the certification

3 described in paragraph (3), the President determines

4 that the Government of Sudan has ceased taking the

5 actions described in such paragraph, the President

6 shall immediately suspend the provision of any as7 sistance to such Government until the date on which

8 the President transmits to the appropriate congres9 sional committees a further certification that the

10 Government of Sudan has resumed taking such ac11 tions.

12 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any

14 other funds otherwise available for such pur15 poses, there are authorized to be appropriated

16 to the President—

17 ‘‘(i) $100,000,000 for each of the fis18 cal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 to carry

19 out paragraph (1)(A); and

20 ‘‘(ii) $150,000,000 for fiscal year

21 2005 to carry out paragraph (1)(B).

22 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro23 priated pursuant to the authorization of appro24 priations under subparagraph (A) are author25 ized to remain available until expended.
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1 ‘‘(b) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN DEFINED.—In this

2 section, the term ‘Government of Sudan’ means the Na3 tional Islamic Front government in Khartoum, Sudan, or

4 any successor government formed on or after the date of

5 the enactment of the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act

6 (other than the coalition government agreed upon in the

7 Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the

8 Sudan).’’.

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(2)

10 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Except as provided in section 12, the’’.

12 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 8 of the

13 Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended in

14 the first sentence by striking ‘‘Sudan’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘Sudan, including the conflict in the Darfur region’’.

16 SEC. 6. SANCTIONS IN SUPPORT OF PEACE IN DARFUR.

17 (a) SANCTIONS.—Beginning on the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the President shall, notwithstanding

19 paragraph (1) of section 6(b) of the Sudan Peace Act (50

20 U.S.C. 1701 note), implement the measures set forth in

21 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2) of such

22 section.

23 (b) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.—The President

24 may suspend the application of subsection (a) if the Presi25 dent transmits to the appropriate congressional commit-
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1 tees a certification in accordance with paragraph (3) of

2 section 12(a) of the Sudan Peace Act (as added by section

3 5(a)(1) of this Act).

4 (c) REINSTATEMENT OF SANCTIONS.—The President

5 shall reinstate the sanctions listed in subsection (a) that

6 have been suspended under subsection (b) if at any time

7 the President determines and certifies to the appropriate

8 congressional committees that the Government of Sudan

9 is no longer in compliance with any of the criteria listed

10 in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 12(a)(3) of

11 the Sudan Peace Act (as added by section 5(a)(1) of this

12 Act).

13 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica14 tion of subsection (a) if the President determines and cer15 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that

16 such a waiver is in the national interest of the United

17 States.

18 (e) CONTINUATION OF RESTRICTIONS.—Restrictions

19 against the Government of Sudan that were imposed pur20 suant to title III and sections 508, 512, and 527 of the

21 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro22 grams Act, 2004 (division D of Public Law 108–199; 118

23 Stat. 143), or any other similar provision of law, may not

24 be lifted pursuant to such provisions of law unless the

25 President transmits a certification to the appropriate con-
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1 gressional committees in accordance with paragraph (3)

2 of section 12(a) of the Sudan Peace Act (as added by sec3 tion 5(a)(1) of this Act).

4 SEC. 7. DISCLOSURE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN SUDAN.

5 (a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary

6 of the Treasury shall, not later than 180 days after the

7 date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the

8 end of each 1-year period thereafter, submit to Congress

9 a report that includes—

10 (1) the identity of all entities that are engaged

11 in commercial activity in Sudan;

12 (2) the nature and extent of that commercial

13 activity in Sudan, including any plans for expansion

14 or diversification;

15 (3) the identity of all agencies of the Sudanese

16 Government with which any such entity is doing

17 business; and

18 (4) the relationship of the commercial activity

19 to any violations of religious freedom and other

20 human rights in Sudan.

21 (b) DISCLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of

22 the Treasury shall publish or otherwise make available to

23 the public each report submitted under subsection (a).
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1 SEC. 8. MULTILATERAL EFFORTS.

2 The President, acting through the United States Per3 manent Representative to the United Nations, should—

4 (1) press the United Nations Security Council

5 to pursue accountability for those who are found re6 sponsible for orchestrating and carrying out the

7 atrocities in the Darfur region, consistent with

8 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1556

9 (July 30, 2004) and 1564 (September 18, 2004);

10 (2) encourage member states of the United Na11 tions to—

12 (A) freeze the assets of senior members of

13 the Government of Sudan and their families

14 held in each such member state;

15 (B) cease to import Sudanese oil;

16 (C) restrict the entry or transit of senior

17 members of the Government of Sudan and their

18 families through each such member state; and

19 (D) deny permission for any aircraft reg20 istered in Sudan to take off from, land in, or

21 overfly each such member state; and

22 (3) urge member states of the United Nations

23 to cease selling arms to the Government of Sudan,

24 including by—

25 (A) taking the necessary measures to pre26 vent the sale or supply to armed elements act-
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1 ing within the territory of Sudan, including the

2 Government of Sudan, the Janjaweed and the

3 Popular Defense Forces, by the nationals of

4 such member states, from the territories of

5 such member states, or through the use of flag

6 vessels or aircraft of such member states, of

7 arms and related materiel of all types, including

8 weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and

9 equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare

10 parts, as well as technical training or assistance

11 related to the provision, manufacture, mainte12 nance or use of such items, whether or not orig13 inating in the territories of such member states;

14 and

15 (B) ensuring that the measures imposed in

16 subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—

17 (i) supplies and related technical

18 training and assistance to monitoring,

19 verification, or peace support operations,

20 including such operations led by regional

21 organizations, that are authorized by the

22 United Nations or are operating with the

23 consent of the relevant parties;

24 (ii) supplies of non-lethal military

25 equipment intended solely for humani-
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1 tarian, human rights monitoring or protec2 tive use, and related technical training and

3 assistance; and

4 (iii) supplies of protective clothing, in5 cluding flak jackets and military helmets,

6 for the personal use of United Nations or

7 African Union personnel, human rights

8 monitors, representatives of the media and

9 humanitarian and development workers

10 and associated personnel.

11 SEC. 9. REPORT ON UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO A COM12 PREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT FOR

13 SUDAN.

14 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date

15 of enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to

16 the appropriate congressional committees a report on the

17 planned United States response to a comprehensive peace

18 agreement for Sudan.

19 (b) CONTENT.—The report required by subsection

20 (a) shall include—

21 (1) a description of steps taken by the United

22 States to respond to a modified peace process be23 tween the Government of Sudan and the SPLM that

24 would account for the implementation of peace in all

25 regions of Sudan, in particular Darfur;
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1 (2) a contingency plan for extraordinary hu2 manitarian assistance should the Government of

3 Sudan continue to obstruct or delay the inter4 national humanitarian response to the crisis in

5 Darfur, Sudan;

6 (3) if applicable, a notification and explanation

7 of the President’s intention to decline to impose tar8 geted sanctions on the assets and activities of those

9 Sudanese government officials and other individuals

10 that are involved in carrying out the policy of geno11 cide in the Darfur region, as well as on the assets

12 and activities of businesses controlled by the Govern13 ment of Sudan and the National Congress Party;

14 and

15 (4) if applicable, a notification and explanation

16 of the Government of the United States’ intention to

17 normalize relations with Sudan, including through

18 the lifting of any sanctions, until the Government of

19 Sudan agrees to and implements a comprehensive

20 peace agreement for all areas of Sudan, including

21 Darfur.

22 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub23 section (a) may be transmitted in classified form.
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1 SEC. 10. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES; EXCEPTION TO EX2 PORT PROHIBITIONS.

3 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Notwithstanding

4 any other provision of law, the President is authorized to

5 undertake appropriate programs using Federal agencies,

6 grants or contractual arrangements, or direct support of

7 indigenous groups, agencies, or organizations in areas out8 side of control of the Government of Sudan in an effort

9 to provide emergency relief, promote economic self-suffi10 ciency, build civil authority, provide education, enhance

11 rule of law and the development of judicial and legal

12 frameworks, support people-to-people reconciliation ef13 forts, or implement any program in support of any viable

14 peace agreement at the local, regional, or national level

15 in Sudan.

16 (b) EXCEPTION TO EXPORT PROHIBITIONS.—Not17 withstanding any other provision of law, the prohibitions

18 set forth with respect to Sudan in Executive Order No.

19 13067 of November 3, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 59989), shall

20 not apply to any export from an area in Sudan outside

21 of the control of the Government of Sudan, or to any nec22 essary transaction directly related to that export, if the

23 President determines that the export or related trans24 action, as the case may be, would directly benefit the eco25 nomic development of that area and its people.
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1 SEC. 11. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

2 Section 12 of the International Organizations Immu3 nities Act (22 U.S.C. 288f–2) is amended by striking ‘‘Or4 ganization of African Unity’’ and inserting ‘‘African

5 Union’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 6,

2004.

Attest:

Clerk.