curring, including in South Kordofan, Blue 
Nile, and Abyei; and 
(iii) authorize a peacekeeping force 
that contains a human rights monitoring 
component and the appropriate mandate 
and resources necessary to protect civilians 
to any area of Sudan not currently served 
by such a force and for which there is 
credible evidence of serious human rights 
violations; 
(4) promote free and transparent democratic 
reform in Sudan, including exploring methods 
through which the United States can provide tech-
nical support, training, capacity building, and fund-
ing to promote and strengthen democratic institu-
tions, nongovernmental organizations, civil society, 
and representative political participation in Sudan, 
including those institutions and organizations that 
can represent and articulate the demands of 
marginalized constituencies, such as the peripheries, 
youth, women, nomads, and urban and rural poor; 
(5) hold persons and governments accountable 
for committing or assisting in the commission of se-
rious human rights violations, or for supporting or 
assisting those persons and governments that com-
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mit or assist in the commission of human rights vio-
lations, including— 
(A) ensuring that all sanctions in effect 
against the Government of Sudan are exercised 
against all applicable Government of Sudan- 
controlled or supported persons and property, 
bearing in mind that the Government of Sudan 
may have nominally transferred certain state- 
controlled or supported persons and property to 
leaders within the National Congress Party 
(NCP) while preserving Government of Sudan 
control over or support of those persons and fi-
nancial interests; 
(B) expanding sanctions to target the Gov-
ernment of Sudan and persons controlled or 
supported by the Government of Sudan in the 
commission or assistance of serious human 
rights violations throughout Sudan, including in 
Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, or Abyei; 
(C) formulating and enforcing sanctions 
against persons or governments outside of 
Sudan that support or assist the Government of 
Sudan or persons controlled or supported by 
the Government of Sudan in the commission or 
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assistance of serious human rights violations in 
Sudan; 
(D) formulating and enforcing sanctions 
against persons or governments that fail to exe-
cute an International Criminal Court arrest 
warrant against any Government of Sudan offi-
cial as described under section 6(d); 
(E) urging the United Nations Security 
Council to— 
(i) create a more comprehensive, 
international set of sanctions against the 
Government of Sudan and persons con-
trolled or supported by the Government of 
Sudan that commit, assist in, or otherwise 
support serious human rights violations in 
Sudan; 
(ii) expand the ICC’s mandate beyond 
only Darfur to cover all of Sudan, includ-
ing South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Abyei; 
and 
(iii) adopt the broadest authority pos-
sible, including the application of the 
United Nations’ Charter Chapter 7 powers, 
to execute any ICC arrest warrants issued 
against any person in Sudan; 
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(F) encouraging countries to cooperate in 
executing ICC arrest warrants related to allega-
tions of genocide, war crimes, and crimes 
against humanity in Sudan; and 
(G) determining the extent of serious 
human rights violations throughout Sudan, in-
cluding in Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, 
and Abyei, which may include sending an as-
sessment team to interview refugees in Ethiopia 
and South Sudan; 
(6) ensure the resolution of all outstanding 
issues between the Governments of Sudan and South 
Sudan, including— 
(A) enhancing diplomacy with the African 
Union High Level Implementation Panel, the 
United Nations, and other key international 
and regional actors described in paragraph (6) 
that have significant influence or interests re-
lated to the region to assist the Governments of 
Sudan and South Sudan to continue high level 
engagement to resolve outstanding issues, ad-
dress points of conflict, and ensure a peaceful 
relationship between the two countries, includ-
ing— 
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(i) reaching agreement on the final 
status of Abyei and the disputed border 
areas; and 
(ii) implementing fully the framework 
and cooperation agreements signed in Sep-
tember 2012 on security, oil, financial mat-
ters, nationality, trade, and other critical 
issues; and 
(B) insisting that the Governments of 
Sudan and South Sudan respect the political 
independence and territorial integrity of neigh-
boring countries; and 
(7) engage with key international and regional 
actors, including the African Union, the United Na-
tions, the European Union, the League of Arab 
States, China, Russia, Ethiopia, Qatar, Turkey, and 
other governments and persons that have significant 
influence or interests related to Sudan, in order to 
achieve the policies of this section and the overall 
goals of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY 
TO END SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA-
TIONS, 
PROMOTE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TRANS-
FORMATION, AND CREATE PEACE THROUGH-
OUT SUDAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMIS-
SION OF COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall develop and transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a comprehensive strategy in ac-
cordance with the statement of policy specified in section 
4. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF STRATEGY.—The strategy re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The development of an interagency plan and 
the commitment of resources to end serious human 
rights violations in Sudan, create a nationwide, com-
prehensive peace, and promote democratic reform. 
Such interagency plan shall describe— 
(A) the diplomatic, economic, intelligence, 
and military activities to be undertaken to ad-
dress 
and 
end 
human 
rights 
violations, 
strengthen democratic institutions, and expand 
democratic participation and governance, in-
cluding capacity building of Sudanese civil soci-
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