IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3890 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 12, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003 to impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, 
expand the number of individuals against whom the visa 
ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and 
other prohibited activities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Block Burmese JADE 
(Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Burmese regime has continued and 
worsened its obstruction of democratic processes and 
mass violation of human rights identified in the Bur-
mese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–61; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). In August and 
September 2007, Burmese people from all walks of 
life conducted their largest peaceful public protests 
since 1988. The peaceful public protests responded 
to a drastic increase in fuel prices, as well as the 
Burmese regime’s ongoing denial of the democratic 
and human rights of the Burmese people. On Sep-
tember 24, 2007, Buddhist monks actively partici-
pated and increasingly led these peaceful demonstra-
tions, culminating in an estimated 100,000 people 
marching through Rangoon, Burma. The protesters 
peacefully demanded the release of 1991 Nobel 
Peace Prize Winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the 
leader of the National League for Democracy 
(NLD), marching past security barricades to her 
house in a show of support for Burmese democracy. 
The Burmese regime continues to refuse to recog-
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nize the results of the 1990 election, won by the 
NLD, which gave Aung San Suu Kyi’s party the 
right to form a government. 
(2) The Burmese regime, which calls itself the 
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), re-
sponded to these peaceful protests with a violent 
crackdown leading to the reported killing of some 
200 people, including a Japanese photojournalist, 
and hundreds of injuries. Human rights groups fur-
ther estimate that over 2,000 individuals have been 
detained, arrested, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, or 
otherwise intimidated as part of this crackdown. The 
Burmese regime continues to detain, torture, and 
otherwise intimidate those individuals whom it be-
lieves participated in or led the protests and it has 
closed down or otherwise limited access to several 
monasteries and temples that played key roles in the 
protests. 
(3) The Burmese regime and its supporters fi-
nance their ongoing violations of human rights, un-
democratic policies, and military activities through 
financial transactions, travel, and trade involving the 
United States, including the sale of gemstones. De-
spite the sanctions imposed in the Burmese Freedom 
and Democracy Act of 2003, the Burmese regime 
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seeks out ways to evade these restrictions. Millions 
of dollars in gemstones that are exported from 
Burma ultimately enter the United States but the 
Burmese regime attempts to conceal the origin of 
the gemstones in an effort to evade the sanctions in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. 
For example, over 90 percent of the world’s ruby 
supply originates in Burma but only three percent of 
the rubies entering the United States are claimed to 
be of Burmese origin. The value of Burmese 
gemstones is more than 99 percent a function of 
their original quality and geological origin, and not 
a result of the labor involved in cutting and 
polishing the gemstones. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE BURMESE FREEDOM AND 
DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2003. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF JADEITE AND 
RUBIES FROM BURMA AND ARTICLES OF JEWELRY CON-
TAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES FROM BURMA.—The Bur-
mese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–61; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by inserting 
after section 3 the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 3A. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF JADEITE AND 
RUBIES FROM BURMA AND ARTICLES OF 
JEWELRY CONTAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES 
FROM BURMA. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Ways and Means 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) BURMESE COVERED ARTICLE.—The term 
‘Burmese covered article’ means— 
‘‘(A) jadeite mined or extracted from 
Burma; 
‘‘(B) rubies mined or extracted from 
Burma; or 
‘‘(C) articles of jewelry containing jadeite 
described in subparagraph (A) or rubies de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(3) NON-BURMESE
COVERED
ARTICLE.—The 
term ‘non-Burmese covered article’ means— 
‘‘(A) jadeite mined or extracted from a 
country other than Burma; 
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‘‘(B) rubies mined or extracted from a 
country other than Burma; or 
‘‘(C) articles of jewelry containing jadeite 
described in subparagraph (A) or rubies de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(4) JADEITE; RUBIES; ARTICLES OF JEWELRY 
CONTAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES.— 
‘‘(A) JADEITE.—The term ‘jadeite’ means 
any jadeite classifiable under heading 7103 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘HTS’). 
‘‘(B) RUBIES.—The term ‘rubies’ means 
any rubies classifiable under heading 7103 of 
the HTS. 
‘‘(C) ARTICLES OF JEWELRY CONTAINING 
JADEITE
OR
RUBIES.—The term ‘articles of 
jewelry containing jadeite or rubies’ means— 
‘‘(i) any article of jewelry classifiable 
under heading 7113 of the HTS that con-
tains jadeite or rubies; or 
‘‘(ii) any article of jadeite or rubies 
classifiable under heading 7116 of the 
HTS. 
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‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’, when used in the geographic sense, means 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF BURMESE 
COVERED ARTICLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, until such time as the President de-
termines and certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that Burma has met the condi-
tions described in section 3(a)(3), beginning 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Block Bur-
mese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act 
of 2007, the President shall prohibit the importation 
into the United States of any Burmese covered arti-
cle. 
‘‘(2) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 
is authorized to, and shall as necessary, issue such 
proclamations, regulations, licenses, and orders, and 
conduct such investigations, as may be necessary to 
implement the prohibition under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) OTHER ACTIONS.—Beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
take all appropriate actions to seek the following: 
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‘‘(A) The issuance of a draft waiver deci-
sion by the Council for Trade in Goods of the 
World Trade Organization granting a waiver of 
the applicable obligations of the United States 
under the World Trade Organization with re-
spect to the provisions of this section and any 
measures taken to implement this section. 
‘‘(B) The adoption of a resolution by the 
United Nations General Assembly expressing 
the need to address trade in Burmese covered 
articles and calling for the creation and imple-
mentation of a workable certification scheme for 
non-Burmese covered articles to prevent the 
trade in Burmese covered articles. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION OF NON- 
BURMESE COVERED ARTICLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), until such time as the President deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that Burma has met the conditions de-
scribed in section 3(a)(3), beginning 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Block Burmese 
JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 
2007, the President shall require as a condition for 
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the importation into the United States of any non- 
Burmese covered article that— 
‘‘(A) the exporter of the non-Burmese cov-
ered article has implemented measures that 
have substantially the same effect and achieve 
the same goals as the measures described in 
clauses (i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) (or 
their functional equivalent) to prevent the trade 
in Burmese covered articles; and 
‘‘(B) the importer of the non-Burmese cov-
ered article agrees— 
‘‘(i) to maintain a full record of, in 
the form of reports or otherwise, complete 
information relating to any act or trans-
action related to the purchase, manufac-
ture, or shipment of the non-Burmese cov-
ered article for a period of not less than 5 
years from the date of entry of the non- 
Burmese covered article; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide the information de-
scribed in clause (i) to the relevant United 
States authorities upon request. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
waive the requirements of paragraph (1) with 
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respect to the importation of non-Burmese cov-
ered articles from any country with respect to 
which the President determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees has 
implemented the measures described in sub-
paragraph (B) (or their functional equivalent) 
to prevent the trade in Burmese covered arti-
cles. 
‘‘(B) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The meas-
ures referred to in subparagraph (A) are the 
following: 
‘‘(i) With respect to exportation from 
the country of jadeite or rubies in rough 
form, a system of verifiable controls on the 
jadeite or rubies from mine to exportation 
demonstrating that the jadeite or rubies 
were not mined or extracted from Burma, 
and accompanied by officially-validated 
documentation certifying the country from 
which the jadeite or rubies were mined or 
extracted, total carat weight, and value of 
the jadeite or rubies. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to exportation from 
the country of finished jadeite or polished 
rubies, a system of verifiable controls on 
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the jadeite or rubies from mine to the 
place of final finishing of the jadeite or ru-
bies demonstrating that the jadeite or ru-
bies were not mined or extracted from 
Burma, and accompanied by officially-vali-
dated documentation certifying the country 
from which the jadeite or rubies were 
mined or extracted. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to exportation from 
the country of articles of jewelry con-
taining jadeite or rubies, a system of 
verifiable controls on the jadeite or rubies 
from mine to the place of final finishing of 
the article of jewelry containing jadeite or 
rubies demonstrating that the jadeite or 
rubies were not mined or extracted from 
Burma, and accompanied by officially-vali-
dated documentation certifying the country 
from which the jadeite or rubies were 
mined or extracted. 
‘‘(iv) With respect to re-exportation 
from the country of jadeite or rubies in 
rough form, finished jadeite or polished ru-
bies, or articles of jewelry containing 
jadeite or rubies, a system of verifiable 
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controls on the jadeite or rubies or articles 
of jewelry containing jadeite or rubies en-
suring that no jadeite or rubies mined or 
extracted from Burma have entered the le-
gitimate trade in jadeite or rubies. 
‘‘(v) Verifiable recordkeeping by all 
entities and individuals engaged in mining, 
importation, and exportation of non-Bur-
mese covered articles in the country, and 
subject to inspection and verification by 
authorized authorities of the government of 
the country in accordance with applicable 
law. 
‘‘(vi) Implementation by the govern-
ment of the country of proportionate and 
dissuasive penalties against any persons 
who violate laws and regulations designed 
to prevent trade in Burmese covered arti-
cles. 
‘‘(vii) Full cooperation by the country 
with the United Nations or other official 
international organizations that seek to 
prevent trade in Burmese covered articles. 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) and subsection (c)(1) shall not apply 
with respect to the importation of Burmese covered 
articles and non-Burmese covered articles, respec-
tively, that were previously exported from the United 
States and reimported into the United States by the 
same person, without having been advanced in value 
or improved in condition by any process or other 
means while outside the United States, if the person 
declares that the reimportation of the Burmese cov-
ered articles or non-Burmese covered articles, as the 
case may be, satisfies the requirements of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
PROVISION.—The require-
ments of subsection (c)(1) shall not apply with re-
spect to the importation of non-Burmese covered ar-
ticles that are imported by or on behalf of an indi-
vidual for personal use and accompanying an indi-
vidual upon entry into the United States. 
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT.—Burmese covered articles or 
non-Burmese covered articles that are imported into the 
United States in violation of any prohibition of this Act 
or any other provision law shall be subject to all applicable 
seizure and forfeiture laws and criminal and civil laws of 
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the United States to the same extent as any other violation 
of the customs laws of the United States. 
‘‘(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the President should take the necessary steps to 
seek to negotiate an international arrangement— 
similar to the Kimberley Process Certification 
Scheme for conflict diamonds—to prevent the trade 
in Burmese covered articles. Such an international 
arrangement should create an effective global system 
of controls and should contain the measures de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(B) (or their functional 
equivalent). 
‘‘(2) 
KIMBERLEY
PROCESS
CERTIFICATION 
SCHEME
DEFINED.—In paragraph (1), the term 
‘Kimberley Process Certification Scheme’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(6) of the Clean 
Diamond Trade Act (Public Law 108–19; 19 U.S.C. 
3902(6)). 
‘‘(g) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Block Bur-
mese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act 
of 2007, the President shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report describing 
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what actions the United States has taken during the 
60-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of such Act to seek— 
‘‘(A) the issuance of a draft waiver deci-
sion by the Council for Trade in Goods of the 
World Trade Organization, as specified in sub-
section (b)(3)(A); 
‘‘(B) the adoption of a resolution by the 
United Nations General Assembly, as specified 
in subsection (b)(3)(B); and 
‘‘(C) the negotiation of an international ar-
rangement, as specified in subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(2) UPDATE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the transmission of the report required under para-
graph (1), and every 6 months thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an update of the report describing the 
continued efforts of the United States to seek the 
items specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 
of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(h) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 14 months after 
the date of the enactment of the Block Burmese JADE 
(Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the ef-
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fectiveness of the implementation of this section. The 
Comptroller General shall include in the report any rec-
ommendations or any modifications to this Act that may 
be necessary.’’. 
(b) VISA BAN.—Paragraph (1) of section 6(a) of the 
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) VISA BAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State shall deny the issuance of a visa and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny ad-
mission to the United States to a sanctioned 
person (as such term is defined in section 
4(b)(8). 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The ban described in sub-
paragraph (A) may be waived only if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to Con-
gress that such is in the national interests of 
the United States.’’. 
(c) FREEZING ASSETS OF THE BURMESE REGIME IN 
THE UNITED STATES.—Section 4 of the Burmese Free-
dom and Democracy Act of 2003 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsection (c) and (d); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) BLOCKING OF ASSETS AND OTHER PROHIBITED 
ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall block 
all property and interests in property, including all 
commercial, industrial, or public utility undertakings 
or entities, that, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti- 
Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007— 
‘‘(A) are owned, in whole or in part, by 
any sanctioned person; and 
‘‘(B) are in the United States, or in the 
possession or control of the Government of the 
United States or of any financial institution or 
financial agency organized under the laws of a 
State, territory, or possession of the United 
States, including any branch or office of such 
financial institution or financial agency that is 
located outside the United States. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES.—Any person 
who, on or after the date of the enactment of the 
Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Ef-
forts) Act of 2007, engages in any of the following 
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activities shall be subject to penalties described in 
paragraph (6): 
‘‘(A) Payments or transfers of any prop-
erty, or any transactions involving the transfer 
of anything of economic value by any United 
States person, including any financial institu-
tion or financial agency organized under the 
laws of a State, territory, or possession of the 
United States and any branch or office of such 
financial institution or financial agency that is 
located outside the United States, to any sanc-
tioned person. 
‘‘(B) Direct or indirect payments of any 
tax, cancellation penalty, or any other amount 
to the Burmese Government, including amounts 
paid or incurred with respect to any joint pro-
duction agreement relating to the Yadana or 
Shwe gas fields or pipelines. Any such payment 
made by or on behalf of a United States person 
after the date of the enactment of the Block 
Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Ef-
forts) Act of 2007 shall be deemed a willful vio-
lation of this Act for purposes of penalties de-
scribed in paragraph (6) and any other related 
provision of law. 
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‘‘(C) The export or reexport to any entity 
owned, controlled, or operated by a sanctioned 
person directly or indirectly, of any goods, tech-
nology, or services by a United States person. 
‘‘(D) The performance by any United 
States person of any contract, including a con-
tract providing a loan or other financing, in 
support of an industrial, commercial, or public 
utility operated, controlled, or owned by a sanc-
tioned person. 
‘‘(3) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) 
BLOCKING
OF
PROPERTY.—The 
President may block all property and interests 
in property of the following entities and per-
sons, to the same extent as property and inter-
ests in property of a foreign person determined 
to have committed acts of terrorism for pur-
poses of Executive Order No. 13224 of Sep-
tember 21, 2001, (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) may 
be blocked: 
‘‘(i) The Burmese Government, the 
Burmese military, or a sanctioned person, 
including entities owned or effectively con-
trolled by the Burmese Government, the 
Burmese military, or a sanctioned person. 
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‘‘(ii) Persons otherwise associated 
with the Burmese Government, the Bur-
mese military, or a sanctioned person. 
‘‘(B) 
CONDITIONS
ON
CERTAIN
AC-
COUNTS.—The President may prohibit or im-
pose conditions on the opening or maintaining 
in the United States of a correspondent account 
or payable-through account by any financial in-
stitution or financial agency that is organized 
under the laws of a State, territory, or posses-
sion of the United States, if the President de-
termines that such an account might be used— 
‘‘(i) by a person or entity that holds 
property or an interest in property belong-
ing to the Burmese Government, the Bur-
mese military, or a sanctioned person; or 
‘‘(ii) to conduct a transaction on be-
half of or for the benefit of the Burmese 
Government, the Burmese military, or a 
sanctioned person. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any 
contract or other financial transaction with any non-
governmental humanitarian organization in Burma. 
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‘‘(5) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions and re-
strictions described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
shall not apply to medicine, medical equipment or 
supplies, food, or any other form of humanitarian 
assistance provided to Burma as relief in response to 
a humanitarian crisis. 
‘‘(6) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates any 
prohibition or restriction described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) shall be subject to the penalties under 
section 6 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as 
for a violation under that Act. 
‘‘(7) LISTING OF SANCTIONED PERSONS.—The 
Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury 
shall update and publish in the Federal Register new 
lists of sanctioned persons as additional information 
becomes available. The Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall devote sufficient re-
sources to the identification of information con-
cerning sanctioned persons to carry out the purposes 
described in this Act. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CORRESPONDENT
ACCOUNT; 
PAY-
ABLE-THROUGH
ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘cor-
respondent account’ and ‘payable-through ac-
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count’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 5318A(e)(1) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(B) FINANCIAL AGENCY.—The term ‘fi-
nancial agency’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 5312 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(C) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘financial institution’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 5312 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(D) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ means— 
‘‘(i) any United States citizen or alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
to the United States; 
‘‘(ii) any person in the United States; 
‘‘(iii) any entity organized under the 
laws of the United States, any State or 
territory thereof, or the District of Colum-
bia, and any foreign branch or subsidiary 
of such an entity; or 
‘‘(iv) any entity organized under the 
laws of the United States, any State or 
territory thereof, or the District of Colum-
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bia, in which an individual or entity de-
scribed in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) owns, di-
rectly or indirectly, more than 50 percent 
of the outstanding capital stock or other 
beneficial interest in such entity. 
‘‘(E) SANCTIONED
PERSON.—The term 
‘sanctioned person’ means— 
‘‘(i) any individual who is a member 
of the former or present leadership of the 
SPDC or the union Solidarity Development 
Association; 
‘‘(ii) any member of the Burmese 
military involved in the violent repression 
of the public protests in Burma in August, 
September, and October 2007 (regardless 
of when such repression occurred); 
‘‘(iii) any Burmese official who has 
engaged in, ordered, or facilitated acts of 
gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights (as defined in section 
502B(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)), either as 
an individual or as a member of a group 
or government; or 
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‘‘(iv) any member of the immediate 
family of any individual described in 
clauses (i), (ii), or (iii).’’. 
SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AND HU-
MANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
use all available resources to assist Burma democracy ac-
tivists and humanitarian aid workers in their efforts to 
promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in 
Burma. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to the Sec-
retary of State for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 
for the following purposes: 
(1) To provide aid to democracy and human 
rights activists and organizations inside and outside 
of Burma working to bring a transition to democ-
racy inside Burma, including to individuals and 
groups that— 
(A) promote democracy and human rights; 
(B) represent the ethnic minorities of 
Burma; 
(C) broadcast radio and television pro-
grams into Burma that promote democracy and 
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report on human rights conditions inside 
Burma; or 
(D) compile evidence of human rights vio-
lations by the SPDC and its civilian militia, the 
Union Solidarity and Development Association 
(USDA), and of the SPDC and its entities’ ef-
forts to repress peaceful activities. 
(2) To provide aid to humanitarian workers 
who— 
(A) provide food, medical, educational, or 
other assistance to refugees and internally dis-
placed persons; 
(B) assist women and girls after incidents 
of rape and other forms of sexual violence; or 
(C) assist in the rehabilitation of child sol-
diers. 
(c) PREVENTING FUNDS FROM ENRICHING
THE 
SPDC.—None of the funding made available under this 
section may be provided to SPDC-controlled entities, enti-
ties working with or providing cash or resources to the 
SPDC, including organizations affiliated with the United 
Nations, or entities requiring the approval of the SPDC 
to operate within the borders of Burma. 
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SEC. 5. REPORT ON MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO 
BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report containing a list of coun-
tries, companies, and other entities that provide military 
or intelligence aid to the SPDC and describing such mili-
tary or intelligence aid provided by each such country, 
company, and other entity. 
(b) MILITARY OR INTELLIGENCE AID DEFINED.— 
For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘military or in-
telligence aid’’ means, with respect to the SPDC— 
(1) the provision of weapons, weapons parts, 
military vehicles, or military aircraft; 
(2) the provision of military or intelligence 
training, including advice and assistance on subject 
matter expert exchanges; 
(3) the provision of weapons of mass destruc-
tion and related materials, capabilities, and tech-
nology, including nuclear, chemical, or dual-use ca-
pabilities; 
(4) conducting joint military exercises; 
(5) the provision of naval support, including 
ship development and naval construction; 
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(6) the provision of technical support, including 
computer and software development and installa-
tions, networks, and infrastructure development and 
construction; or 
(7) the construction or expansion of airfields, 
including radar and anti-aircraft systems. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 6. DENIAL OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT WITH RESPECT 
TO BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 901(j) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR BURMA.—In ad-
dition to any period during which this sub-
section would otherwise apply to Burma, this 
subsection shall apply to Burma during the pe-
riod— 
‘‘(i) beginning on January 1, 2008, 
and 
‘‘(ii) ending on the date the Secretary 
of State certifies to the Secretary of the 
Treasury that Burma meets the require-
ments of section 3(a)(3) of the Burmese 
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Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2008. 
SEC. 7. WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITATION 
UNDER GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF-
ERENCES FOR CERTAIN ARTICLES OF INDIA 
AND THAILAND. 
(a) WAIVER.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall waive 
the application of subsection (c)(2) of section 503 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) pursuant to sub-
section (d) of such section (relating to waiver of competi-
tive need limitation) with respect to articles of Thailand 
and India classifiable under subheading 7113.19.50 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should— 
(1) review any waiver of the application of sub-
section (c)(2) of section 503 of the Trade Act of 
1974 pursuant to subsection (d) of such section with 
respect to any eligible article of any beneficiary de-
veloping country that is revoked pursuant to sub-
section (d)4)(B)(ii) of such section; and 
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(2) reinstate such waiver unless the United 
States International Trade Commission affirmatively 
determines that— 
(A) revocation of such waiver will not re-
duce the current level of exports of such article 
from the beneficiary developing country to the 
United States; and 
(B) revocation of the waiver will not ben-
efit one or more countries that are not des-
ignated as beneficiary developing countries for 
purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974. 
SEC. 8. OFFSETS. 
(a) TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 
TAXES.—The percentage under subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 401(1) of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconcili-
ation Act of 2005 in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act is increased by 0.25 percentage points. 
(b) 
CUSTOMS
USER
FEES.—Section 
13031(j)(3)(B)(i) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(B)(i)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘December 13, 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 24, 2015’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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