IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 310 
Calling for more accountable foreign assistance for Cambodia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2013 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MESSER, Mr. HOLDING, 
and Mr. PERRY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for more accountable foreign assistance for 
Cambodia. 
Whereas, according to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, from 1993 to 2011 the United 
States provided Cambodia with over $1,247,000,000 in 
economic and military assistance; 
Whereas Cambodia is ranked 138 (out of 187) in the United 
Nations Development Program’s Human Development 
Report 2013, a rank shared by the Lao People’s Demo-
cratic Republic; 
Whereas Cambodia is ranked 157 (out of 174) in Trans-
parency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 
2012, a rank below Yemen and one shared with Angola 
and Tajikistan; 
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Whereas Cambodia is ranked ‘‘Not Free’’ in Freedom 
House’s Freedom in the World 2013 report, which fur-
ther states, ‘‘Cambodia is not an electoral democracy. 
Elections are conducted under often repressive condi-
tions, and the opposition is hampered by serious legal 
and physical harassment.’’; 
Whereas the Department of State’s Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices for 2011 notes that ‘‘a leading 
human rights problem’’ in Cambodia is ‘‘a weak judiciary 
. . . subject to corruption and political influence’’; 
Whereas Human Rights Watch noted in a May 31, 2012, 
New York Times op-ed that Prime Minister Hun Sen has 
remained in power in Cambodia for 10,000 days 
‘‘through politically motivated violence, control of the se-
curity forces, massive corruption, and the tacit support of 
foreign powers’’; 
Whereas, on May 6, 2013, Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed 
to stay in power for more than a decade stating, ‘‘I will 
wait until 74 to leave politics just like they do in China.’’; 
Whereas the July 16, 2012, Report of the United Nations 
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in 
Cambodia (A/HRC/21/63) notes that ‘‘there are major 
flaws in the administration of elections in Cambodia and 
urgent and long-term reforms are needed to give Cam-
bodians confidence in the electoral process and in the 
workings of the National Election Committee’’; 
Whereas the July 16, 2012, report includes 18 specific rec-
ommendations for improving the election framework and 
environment in Cambodia to ensure greater transparency, 
accountability, and political association and expression, 
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including the full participation of opposition leader Sam 
Rainsy in upcoming parliamentary elections; 
Whereas Sam Rainsy and other opposition members and ac-
tivists continue to be the target of official harassment 
through politically motivated accusations and charges, de-
nied due process of law, and excluded from participating 
in upcoming national elections in Cambodia; 
Whereas since April 2013, Prime Minister Hun Sen has 
warned during his reelection campaign that if voters de-
feat him and elect the opposition Cambodia National 
Rescue Party, there will be a civil war and war with 
neighboring Vietnam; 
Whereas, on June 6, 2013, the Cambodia’s Parliament ruling 
party stripped all 28 opposition party members of their 
status as lawmakers and their salaries, which severely 
contradicts a healthy democratic process in the period be-
fore the July 28 elections; 
Whereas, on June 7, 2013, Cambodia’s Parliament passed a 
law after all opposition party members were expelled for 
forming a new party, the Cambodian National Rescue 
Party, making it illegal to deny that atrocities were com-
mitted by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s; 
Whereas this law is an act of intimidation by the ruling Cam-
bodian People’s Party which is likely aimed at denounc-
ing and imprisoning opposition party members; 
Whereas, on June 9, 2013, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Gov-
ernment organized a rally against opposition Cambodia 
National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha by paying par-
ticipants and using government vehicles to ferry people to 
and from the meeting sites; and 
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Whereas Prime Minister Hun Sen and the ruling Cambodian 
People’s Party are responsible for ensuring the safety of 
all citizens and foreign residents in Cambodia: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) in order to be considered credible and com-
petitive, the July 2013 parliamentary elections in 
Cambodia must implement the recommendations 
contained in the July 16, 2012, Report of the 
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation 
of human rights in Cambodia (A/HRC/21/63), and 
must include the full and unfettered participation of 
all political parties leaders, specifically Sam Rainsy; 
(2) the United States Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment should refrain from supporting national or 
local elections in Cambodia, or deploying election 
monitors to the July 2013 parliamentary elections, 
if such United Nations recommendations are ig-
nored, and if political parties and opposition leaders 
are excluded or otherwise hampered from fully and 
freely participating in electoral processes, including 
during the campaign period and on election day; 
(3) any election in Cambodia that the Secretary 
of State determines is not credible and competitive 
should be deemed as an illegitimate expression of the 
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Cambodian peoples’ will, and an impediment to the 
democratic development of Cambodia; and 
(4) a Cambodian government formed as a result 
of such illegitimate elections should not be eligible 
for direct United States Government assistance, in-
cluding for the military and police, and the Depart-
ment of State and United States Agency for Inter-
national Development should jointly reassess and re-
duce assistance for Cambodia in subsequent fiscal 
years, and urge international financial institutions to 
do the same. 
Æ 
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