(1) supporting the inclusion of Rohingya across 
various sectors in Burma and facilitating training 
and capacity building on atrocity prevention for the 
National Unity Government (NUG), the National 
Unity Consultative Council (NUCC), the Committee 
Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), ethnic 
armed organizations, and other political stake-
holders; 
(2) in consultation with Rohingya community 
representatives, including women and civil society 
leaders, collaborating with and supporting key non- 
military stakeholders to take preparatory steps for— 
(A) ensuring the safe and voluntary return 
of Rohingya, which should include those individ-
uals displaced in the 1990s or born as inter-
nally displaced persons or refugees to their 
places of origin in Burma; 
(B) restoring and protecting Rohingyas’ 
rights and providing them full and equal citi-
zenship; 
(C) recognizing Rohingya as an official 
ethnic group in Burma, and securing equal so-
cial and political power-sharing under a Federal 
democratic constitution; 
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(D) promoting convenings and engagement 
among Rohingya, non-state actors, civil society 
groups, and other key stakeholders in Rakhine 
State to promote trust-building and reconcili-
ation; 
(E) including Rohingya across administra-
tion and governance mechanisms of Burma, in-
cluding Rakhine State; and 
(F) developing a comprehensive transi-
tional justice strategy; 
(3) working with United States allies and part-
ners to broaden resettlement programs and sup-
porting the voluntary resettlement of the most vul-
nerable individuals within Rohingya populations, as 
well as defectors, deserters, and insider witnesses 
participating in justice processes; and 
(4) supporting repatriation of Rohingya refu-
gees only when conditions are conducive for a safe, 
voluntary, and sustainable return with full rights re-
stored. 
SEC. 7. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR 
ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DIS-
PLACED PERSONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development, in consultation with the Special Co-
ordinator (if so designated) and other relevant United 
States Government agencies, should continue to provide 
assistance to Rohingya refugees, internally displaced per-
sons, and host communities receiving such refugees and 
persons. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Protection programming, including interven-
tions focused on Rohingya civil society leaders, 
human rights defenders, and others threatened by 
armed groups. 
(2) Support— 
(A) to Rohingya civil society and commu-
nity-based organizations so they can represent 
themselves. 
(B) and diplomatic engagement to encour-
age the Government of Bangladesh to allow the 
operation of Rohingya-led civil society and com-
munity-based organizations in the refugee 
camps in Bangladesh. 
(3) Programs to prevent and respond to gender- 
based violence, trafficking, forced marriage, as well 
as specialized training programs for vulnerable 
groups. 
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(4) Support for education, including higher edu-
cation, for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. 
(5) Support for displaced Rohingya to access 
livelihoods through vocational training and volunteer 
programs organized by international organizations 
and nongovernmental organizations. 
(6) Support for meeting basic needs, including 
food, nutrition, healthcare, protection, shelter, water, 
sanitation, and hygiene support; 
(7) Support to Rohingya in Burma, refugee 
camps in Bangladesh, and the diaspora to preserve 
Rohingya culture, history, and memory. 
SEC. 8. PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GENOCIDE AND 
CRIMES 
AGAINST 
HUMANITY 
COMMITTED 
AGAINST ROHINGYA IN BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, in consultation with the Special Co-
ordinator (if so designated) and other relevant United 
States Government agencies, should take the actions de-
scribed in subsection (b) to promote accountability for 
genocide and crimes against humanity committed against 
Rohingya in Burma. 
(b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
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(1) Support comprehensive justice and account-
ability for genocide and crimes against humanity 
committed against Rohingya, including through con-
sultation with and participation by the Rohingya 
community. 
(2) Support for the efforts of entities, including 
the 
Independent 
Investigative 
Mechanism 
for 
Myanmar, in their work to safely collect and pre-
serve evidence of genocide and crimes against hu-
manity committed against Rohingya, including 
through open-source research and by cultivating in-
sider, defector, deserter, and survivor witnesses, and 
to develop the chain of evidence, for potential use in 
prosecutions in domestic, hybrid, and international 
courts. 
(3) Provide assistance, particularly financial 
and technical assistance, to efforts led by Rohingya 
to monitor and document evidence to lead, assist, or 
inform other investigative mechanisms and justice 
processes. 
(4) Encourage development of an intergovern-
mental fund to support reparative justice for 
Rohingya victims and survivors and identifying 
sources of funding among other States and within 
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