the United States Government that have already 
been appropriated. 
(5) Support and monitor an effective remedy 
and reparations process for Rohingya, especially by 
engaging with Burma’s civilian leadership and any 
subsequent democratic leadership in Burma to offi-
cially acknowledge genocide and crimes against hu-
manity committed by members of the Burma mili-
tary, restore Rohingya’s citizenship and equal rights 
in Burma, and ensure compensation by the Govern-
ment of Burma and restitution for their land and 
property, and by providing support, including tech-
nical and financial assistance, for efforts to memori-
alize genocide and crimes against humanity in 
Burma, particularly those efforts led by the affected 
communities. 
(6) Provide support for institutional reform and 
other guarantees of non-recurrence by civilian lead-
ership in Burma, including the security sector, legis-
lature, and education system, and the inclusion and 
equal participation of Rohingya in all areas of ad-
ministration and governance, under an eventual 
Federal democratic system. 
(7) Use convening authority to directly bring 
together various ethnic groups and other related 
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stakeholders in Burma to promote truth, justice, 
non-recurrence, and reconciliation, to support facili-
tation of related efforts by civilian leadership in 
Burma, and to provide both technical and financial 
support to entities, especially the civil society of 
Burma, to implement work aimed at strengthening 
rule of law and initiatives aimed at atrocity and 
genocide prevention. 
SEC. 9. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 5 years, the Secretary of State and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that includes— 
(1) a description of and an assessment of the 
effectiveness of the efforts of the United States Gov-
ernment, during the year prior to the submission of 
such report, to— 
(A) identify and respond to atrocity risk 
factors that concern Rohingya; 
(B) 
deter 
future 
atrocities 
against 
Rohingya; 
(C) respond to the need for humanitarian 
assistance for and protection of Rohingya; 
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(D) document the nature of and responsi-
bility for atrocity crimes committed against 
Rohingya; and 
(E) promote justice and accountability for 
atrocity crimes committed against Rohingya; 
(2) a detailed description of the actions taken 
pursuant to sections 6, 7, and 8; 
(3) an assessment of the effect of the actions 
described in paragraph (2) on the advancement of 
the policies described in section 3; 
(4) a list of activities and programs initiated 
pursuant to this Act; 
(5) the number of Rohingya refugees resettled 
in the United States in the year preceding the sub-
mission of such report, segmented by the country 
from which such refugees were resettled; 
(6) the number of Rohingya refugees resettled 
in countries other than the United States in the year 
preceding the submission of such report; 
(7) a description of any new challenges facing 
Rohingya in Burma or in refugee camps in the year 
preceding the submission of such report, including 
an assessment of early warning indicators and risk 
factors for atrocities; and 
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(8) a list of recommendations to facilitate the 
implementation of this Act and advance the policies 
described in section 3, which may include rec-
ommended— 
(A) legislative action; 
(B) administrative action; and 
(C) provision of additional resources. 
(b) REPORT FORM.— 
(1) 
CLASSIFICATION.—The 
report 
required 
under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form and may contain a classified annex. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
Not later than 45 days after the date on which the 
appropriate congressional committees received such 
report, the unclassified portion of such report shall 
be made publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of State. 
SEC. 10. SCHOLARSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030, 
the Secretary of State should distribute to Rohingya who 
do not live in Burma not fewer than 50 scholarships to 
attend an institution of higher education in the United 
States. 
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(b) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘scholarship’’ means financial assistance for— 
(1) tuition and fees required to attend an edu-
cational institution, in full or in part; 
(2) books, supplies, and equipment required for 
a course at an educational institution; 
(3) living expenses at an educational institution; 
and 
(4) travel expenses to, from, and within the 
United States for the purpose of attending an insti-
tution of higher education. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT RA-
TIONS. 
The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Secretary of State are 
authorized to ensure that Rohingya refugees in refugee 
camps in Bangladesh receive a ration sufficient to meet 
the humanitarian minimum standards for food and nutri-
tion needs. 
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS.—For each of fiscal 
years 2025 through 2030, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated, from amounts made available to carry out the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq), 
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such sums as may be necessary to carry out sections 6, 
7, and 8 of this Act. 
(b) SPECIFIC
AUTHORIZATIONS
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, 
there are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) $10,000,000 for the Department of State to 
support atrocity crime investigations, documentation, 
and casework, transitional justice and accountability 
mechanisms, witness protection measures, and tech-
nical support related to Rohingya; and 
(2) $8,000,000 for the Conflict Observatory of 
the Department of State’s Bureau of Conflict and 
Stabilization Operations to establish and support a 
Burma-focused conflict observatory program that 
captures, analyzes, and makes widely available evi-
dence of the ongoing atrocities in Burma through 
the documentation, verification, and dissemination of 
open-source evidence regarding the actions of the 
Burma military. 
SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) SPECIAL COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Spe-
cial Coordinator’’ means the United States Special 
Coordinator for Rohingya Atrocities Prevention and 
Response designated by the President pursuant to 
section 5(a). 
(3) GENOCIDE.—The term ‘‘genocide’’ means 
any offense described in section 1091(a) of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘tran-
sitional justice’’ means the range of judicial, non-
judicial, formal, informal, retributive, and restorative 
measures employed by countries transitioning out of 
armed conflict or repressive regimes or employed by 
the international community through international 
justice mechanisms, to redress past or ongoing 
atrocities and to promote long-term, sustainable 
peace. 
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