(22) On December 9, 2019, the Department of 
the Treasury imposed sanctions under the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) with respect to certain corrupt 
Cambodian actors and their networks. 
(23) In February 2020, the European Union, 
Cambodia’s largest export market, partially sus-
pended trade preferences for Cambodia under its 
‘‘Everything but Arms’’ trade program, in response 
to Cambodia’s violations of civil and political rights. 
(24) In 2021, the Joint Vietnamese Friendship 
building, a facility built by the Government of Viet-
nam, was relocated off the Ream Naval Base, re-
portedly to avert conflicts with military personnel of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(25) On June 8, 2022, in the groundbreaking 
ceremony for constructing new facilities of the Ream 
Naval Base, which, according to the Washington 
Post, would allow the People’s Liberation Army to 
have ‘‘exclusive use of the northern portion of the 
base’’, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of 
China to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, declared that 
the base would be a monument to ‘‘the ironclad 
friendship and cooperation between the two mili-
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taries’’ of the People’s Republic of China and Cam-
bodia. 
(26) In June 2018, the United States imposed 
sanctions with respect to Hun Sen’s chief body-
guard, Hing Bun Hieng, for ‘‘being the leader of an 
entity involved in serious human rights abuse’’, ac-
cording to the Department of the Treasury. In 
March 2020, a French court issued arrest warrants 
for Hing Bun Hieng and Huy Piseth, the former 
deputy chief of Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit, for tak-
ing part in a grenade attack against the opposition 
party in 1997. 
(27) In 2015, 2 CNRP lawmakers were vi-
ciously attacked while they were leaving the National 
Assembly. Three men were arrested and tried for the 
attack. All 3 men are members of Hun Sen’s per-
sonal bodyguard unit. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States is committed to pro-
moting democracy, human rights, and the rule of 
law in Cambodia, as laid out in the 1991 Paris 
Peace Agreements; 
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(2) the United States Government, through di-
plomacy and assistance, should urge the Government 
of Cambodia to— 
(A) release all political prisoners; 
(B) drop all politically motivated charges 
and vacate convictions against members of the 
Cambodia National Rescue Party, journalists, 
and civil society activists; 
(C) restore full political rights to the Cam-
bodia National Rescue Party and other political 
parties; 
(D) reverse the policies and actions that 
have resulted in the dismantling of democracy, 
the blatant disregard of fundamental human 
rights, and the breakdown of rule of law in 
Cambodia; 
(E) immediately discontinue the imprison-
ment and judicial harassment of journalists, po-
litical dissidents, and activists, drop politically 
motivated charges, and unconditionally release 
all political prisoners; 
(F) stop arrests and intimidation of civil 
society members, including human rights activ-
ists, environmental defenders, and labor leaders, 
and promote a flourishing civil society that sup-
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ports the political and economic development of 
Cambodia; 
(G) halt the threat of mass arrests and vi-
olence if and when Cambodia National Rescue 
Party members currently overseas return to 
Cambodia; 
(H) reinstate the political status of the 
Cambodia National Rescue Party and other op-
position parties, restore the Cambodia National 
Rescue Party’s elected seats in the National As-
sembly, and support electoral reform efforts in 
Cambodia with free and fair elections monitored 
by international observers; 
(I) ensure that media outlets are able to 
operate freely and without interference, includ-
ing having the ability to apply for and receive 
licenses to operate within Cambodia; 
(J) consider how allowing the People’s Lib-
eration Army to conduct activities, gain access, 
or establish a presence in Cambodia would 
harm Cambodia’s relationships with its neigh-
bors, partners, and allies, and could violate the 
Constitution of Cambodia; and 
(K) cease providing support to authori-
tarian regimes and undermining democratic ac-
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tivists in the region, especially through its ties 
to the Burmese military that seized power in a 
coup d’e´tat on February 1, 2021, and instead 
play a constructive role in multilateral organiza-
tions like the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations to promote peace and democracy in the 
region; 
(3) Prime Minister Hun Sen is directly respon-
sible, and should be held accountable, for the safety, 
health, and welfare of exiled Cambodia National 
Rescue Party leaders and their supporters upon 
their return to Cambodia; 
(4) other governments throughout the Indo-Pa-
cific region should— 
(A) urge the Government of Cambodia to 
allow the peaceful return of exiled Cambodia 
National Rescue Party leaders and their sup-
porters; 
(B) refrain from illegally restricting the 
rights of Cambodia National Rescue Party 
members to travel to and through their coun-
tries as they return; and 
(C) press the Government of Cambodia not 
to allow the People’s Liberation Army to use 
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