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and political rights, including citizenship, and face bar-
riers today such that they are mostly stateless peoples; 
Whereas since the August 25 attacks, Burma’s military and 
security forces, as well as private mobs, have carried out 
attacks resulting in over 600,000 Rohingya fleeing to 
Bangladesh; 
Whereas Amnesty International described the attacks by stat-
ing that ‘‘Myanmar security forces are setting northern 
Rakhine State ablaze in a targeted campaign to push the 
Rohingya people out of Myanmar.’’; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has called for 
an end to the violence and attacks; 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner on Human 
Rights has said that the response by the military is 
‘‘grossly disproportionate’’ and a ‘‘textbook example of 
ethnic cleansing’’; 
Whereas Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, ‘‘This vio-
lence must stop, this persecution must stop’’; 
Whereas under Burma’s military-drafted constitution, the 
country’s military and security services are not subject to 
civilian rule and only Burma’s Commander-in-Chief, Min 
Aung Hlaing, can command troops to cease attacks im-
pacting civilians in Rakhine State; 
Whereas Burma’s civilian Government, led by Aung San Suu 
Kyi, has not yet taken necessary steps to address the vio-
lence and should take further measures, including to ad-
dress the pervasive problem of hate speech; 
Whereas the United States acknowledges the democratic 
transition underway in Burma, maintains hope for fur-
ther genuine democratic reforms, and expects Burma’s 
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elected officials to take action to prevent violence and se-
cure rights; 
Whereas the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State 
(‘‘Rakhine Commission’’) examined, beginning in 2016, 
the underlying tensions in Rakhine State and made a se-
ries of recommendations including a wide range of sug-
gestions and policy changes dealing with humanitarian 
aid, citizenship, reconciliation, and peace; 
Whereas the Rakhine Commission stated, ‘‘While Myanmar 
has every right to defend its own territory, a highly mili-
tarized response is unlikely to bring peace to the area. 
What is needed is a calibrated approach—one that com-
bines political, developmental, security and human rights 
responses to ensure that violence does not escalate and 
inter-communal tensions are kept under control.’’; 
Whereas the United Nations estimates that $434 million in 
humanitarian assistance will be needed to provide life- 
sustaining support to 1,200,000 people, both refugees 
and host communities, in the first few months of this cri-
sis; and 
Whereas the United States is providing an initial $32 million 
in humanitarian assistance to address the urgent needs 
of Rohingya fleeing violence from Rakhine State into 
Bangladesh, as well as the needs of internally displaced 
persons in Rakhine State and host communities in Ban-
gladesh: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) condemns the attacks against civilians by 
Burma’s military and security forces and calls on 
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Burma’s Commander-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to 
immediately end all attacks against civilians in the 
state of Rakhine in Burma; 
(2) expresses deepest appreciation to the Gov-
ernment of Bangladesh for providing refuge to those 
fleeing violence and attacks; 
(3) condemns the attacks by the Arakan 
Rohingya Salvation Army and the violence in 
Rakhine and Rohingya communities, but warns that 
these attacks do not justify the unrestrained re-
sponse by Burmese military and security forces that 
has resulted in severe human rights violations, mur-
derous ethnic cleansing, and atrocities against civil-
ians; 
(4) calls on Burma’s Government, led by Aung 
San Suu Kyi, and the Burmese military and security 
forces to work constructively to implement the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Commission on 
Rakhine State, including those relating to justice, 
reconciliation, humanitarian aid, and citizenship; 
(5) calls on Burma’s Government and its mili-
tary and security services to allow unimpeded hu-
manitarian access to refugees and internally dis-
placed persons; 
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(6) urges support and access for the United 
Nations Fact Finding Mission to Burma; 
(7) calls on Burma’s military and Government 
to allow refugees to voluntarily return to Burma in 
a manner consistent with internationally recognized 
principles of human rights and refugee protection 
and to change laws and policies that have contrib-
uted to insecurity in the state of Rakhine; and 
(8) calls on the President of the United States 
to impose sanctions on members of the Burmese 
military and security forces who are responsible for 
human rights abuses. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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