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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7682 
To support a civilian-led democratic transition, promote accountability for 
human rights abuses, and encourage fiscal transparency in Sudan, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2020 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. BASS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KIL-
DEE, and Ms. LEE of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To support a civilian-led democratic transition, promote ac-
countability for human rights abuses, and encourage fis-
cal transparency in Sudan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudan Democratic 
Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act 
of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided, in this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means— 
(A) the International Monetary Fund; 
(B) the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development; 
(C) the International Development Asso-
ciation; 
(D) the International Finance Corporation; 
(E) 
the 
Inter-American 
Development 
Bank; 
(F) the Asian Development Bank; 
(G) the Inter-American Investment Cor-
poration; 
(H) the African Development Bank; 
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(I) the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development; 
(J) the Multilateral Investment Guaranty 
Agency; and 
(K) any multilateral financial institution, 
established after the date of enactment of this 
Act, that could provide financial assistance to 
the Government of Sudan. 
(3) SOVEREIGNTY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Sov-
ereignty Council’’ means the governing body of 
Sudan during the transitional period that consists 
of— 
(A) five civilians selected by the Forces of 
Freedom and Change; 
(B) five members selected by the Transi-
tional Military Council; and 
(C) one member selected by agreement be-
tween the Forces of Freedom and Change and 
the Transitional Military Council. 
(4) SUDANESE SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘Sudanese security and intel-
ligence services’’ means— 
(A) the Sudan Armed Forces; 
(B) the Rapid Support Forces, 
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(C) Sudan’s Popular Defense Forces and 
other paramilitary units; 
(D) Sudan’s police forces; 
(E) the General Intelligence Service, pre-
viously known as the National Intelligence and 
Security Services; and 
(F) related entities, such as Sudan’s Mili-
tary Industry Corporation. 
(5) TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.—The term ‘‘transi-
tional period’’ means the 39-month period beginning 
on August 17, 2019, the date of the signing of Su-
dan’s constitutional charter, during which— 
(A) the members of the Sovereignty Coun-
cil described in paragraph (3)(B) select a chair 
of the Council for the first 21 months of the pe-
riod; and 
(B) the members of the Sovereignty Coun-
cil described in paragraph (3)(A) select a chair 
of the Council for the remaining 18 months of 
the period. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) support a civilian-led political transition in 
Sudan that results in a democratic government, that 
is accountable to its people, respects and promotes 
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the social movement that ousted former presi-
dent Omar al-Bashir; 
(G) promoting accountability for genocide, 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and sex-
ual and gender-based violence; 
(H) encouraging the development of civil-
ian oversight over and professionalization of the 
Sudanese security and intelligence services and 
strengthening accountability for human rights 
violations and abuses, corruption, or other 
abuses of power; 
(I) promoting economic reform, private 
sector engagement, and inclusive economic de-
velopment while combating corruption and illicit 
economic activity, including that which involves 
the Sudanese security and intelligence services; 
(J) securing unfettered humanitarian ac-
cess across all regions of Sudan; 
(K) supporting improved development out-
comes, domestic resource mobilization, and 
catalyzing market-based solutions to improve 
access to health, education, water and sanita-
tion, and livelihoods; and 
(L) promoting responsible international 
and regional engagement. 
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SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, RULE 
OF 
LAW, 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS, 
AND 
FUNDA-
MENTAL FREEDOMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the political transition in Sudan, following sev-
eral months of popular protests against the regime of 
Omar al-Bashir, represents an opportunity for the United 
States to support democracy, good governance, rule of law, 
human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Sudan. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (other than the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 or the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008), 
the President is authorized to provide assistance under 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) 
to— 
(1) provide for democracy and governance pro-
grams that strengthen and build the capacity of rep-
resentative civilian government institutions, political 
parties, and civil society in Sudan; 
(2) support the organization of free, fair, and 
credible elections in Sudan; 
(3) provide technical support for legal and pol-
icy reforms that improve transparency and account-
ability and protect human rights, including religious 
freedom, and civil liberties in Sudan; 
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(4) support for human rights and fundamental 
freedoms, including the freedoms of religion or be-
lief; expression, including for members of the press, 
assembly; and association in Sudan; 
(5) support measures to improve and increase 
women’s participation in the political, economic, and 
social sectors of Sudan; and 
(6) support other related democracy, good gov-
ernance, rule of law, and fundamental freedom pro-
grams and activities. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out part I 
and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) for 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, $20,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated for each such fiscal year to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (other than the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 or the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008), 
the President is authorized to provide assistance under 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) 
for programs in Sudan to— 
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(1) increase agricultural and livestock produc-
tivity; 
(2) promote economic growth, increase private 
sector productivity and advance market-based solu-
tions to address development challenges; 
(3) support women’s economic empowerment 
and economic opportunities for youth and previously 
marginalized populations; 
(4) improve equal access to quality basic edu-
cation; 
(5) support the capacity of universities to equip 
students to participate in a pluralistic and global so-
ciety through virtual exchange and other programs; 
(6) improve access to water, sanitation, and hy-
giene projects; 
(7) build the capacity of national and sub-
national government officials to support the trans-
parent management of public resources, promote 
good governance through combating corruption and 
improving accountability, increase economic produc-
tivity, and increase domestic resource mobilization; 
and 
(8) support other related economic assistance 
programs and activities. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out part I 
and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) for 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, $80,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated, for each such fiscal year to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR CONFLICT MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (other than the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 or the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008), 
the President is authorized to provide assistance under 
part I and chapters 4, 5, and 6 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq., 2346 et 
seq., and 2348 et seq.) to— 
(1) support long-term peace and stability in 
Sudan by promoting national reconciliation and ena-
bling a just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace, 
especially in regions that have been underdeveloped 
or affected by war, such as the states of Darfur, 
South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Red Sea, and Kassala; 
(2) support civil society and other organizations 
working to address conflict prevention, mitigation, 
and resolution mechanisms and people-to-people rec-
onciliation in Sudan, especially those addressing 
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issues of marginalization and vulnerable groups, 
equal protection under the law, natural resource 
management, compensation and restoration of prop-
erty, voluntary return, and sustainable solutions for 
displaced persons and refugees; 
(3) strengthen civilian oversight of the Suda-
nese security and intelligence services and ensure 
that such services are not contributing to the perpet-
uation of conflict in Sudan and to the limitation of 
the civil liberties of all people in Sudan; 
(4) assist in the human rights vetting and pro-
fessional training of security force personnel due to 
be employed or deployed by the Sudanese security 
and intelligence services in regions that have been 
underdeveloped or affected by war, such as the 
states of Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Red 
Sea, and Kassala, including members of any security 
forces being established pursuant to a peace agree-
ment relating to such regions; 
(5) support provisions of the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement of 2005 and Abyei protocol, as ap-
propriate, unless otherwise superseded by a new 
agreement signed in good faith— 
(A) between stakeholders in this region 
and the Governments of Sudan and South 
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Sudan to hold a free, fair, and credible ref-
erendum on the status of Abyei; and 
(B) between stakeholders in this region 
and the Government of Sudan to support pop-
ular consultations on the status of the states of 
South Kordofan and Blue Nile; and 
(6) support other related conflict mitigation 
programs and activities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out part I 
and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq., 2346 et seq., and 
2348 et seq.) for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, $20,000,000 
is authorized to be appropriated for each such fiscal year 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 7. SUPPORT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES, 
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE 
IN SUDAN. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should conduct robust 
diplomatic engagement to promote accountability and pro-
vide technical support to ensure that credible, transparent, 
and independent investigations of gross violations of 
human rights perpetrated by the Government of Sudan 
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under former President Omar al-Bashir and the Transi-
tional Military Council since June 30, 1989. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (other than the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 or the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008), 
the President is authorized to provide assistance under 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) 
to— 
(1) build the capacity of civilian investigators 
within and outside of Sudan on how to document, 
investigate, develop findings of, identify, and locate 
those responsible for war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, or genocide in Sudan; 
(2) collect, document, and protect evidence of 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide 
in Sudan and preserve the chain of custody for such 
evidence, including by providing support for Suda-
nese, foreign, and international nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and other entities engaged in such in-
vestigative activities; 
(3) build Sudan’s judicial capacity to support 
prosecutions in domestic courts and support inves-
tigations by hybrid or international courts as appro-
priate; 
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(4) protect witnesses who participate in court 
proceedings or other transitional justice mechanisms; 
and 
(5) support other related conflict mitigation 
programs and activities. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out part I 
and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.), for 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, $10,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated for each such fiscal year to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 8. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
suspend the provision of assistance authorized under sec-
tion 4, 5, 6, or 7 to the Government of Sudan if the Presi-
dent determines that conditions in Sudan or the composi-
tion of the Government of Sudan changes such that it is 
no longer in the United States national interest to con-
tinue to provide such assistance. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after making 
a determination under subsection (a), the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that describes— 
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(1) the political and security conditions in 
Sudan that led to such determination; and 
(2) any planned diplomatic engagement to re-
start the provision of such assistance. 
SEC. 9. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that— 
(1) Sudan’s economic challenges are a legacy of 
decades of kleptocracy, economic mismanagement, 
and war; 
(2) Sudan’s economic recovery will depend on— 
(A) combating corruption and illicit eco-
nomic activity; 
(B) ending internal conflicts in the states 
of Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile; and 
(C) promoting inclusive economic growth 
and development; and 
(3) the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a grave 
danger to Sudan’s economic stability, public health, 
and food security and jeopardizes the transition to 
a civilian-led government that promotes the demo-
cratic aspirations of the Sudanese people. 
(b) RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK.— 
During the transitional period in Sudan, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
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Treasury may instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor at each international financial institution to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to support loans or 
other utilization of the funds of the respective institution 
for Sudan for the purpose of addressing basic human 
needs, responding to the COVID-19 outbreak and its im-
pact on the country’s economic stability, or promoting de-
mocracy, governance, or public financial management in 
Sudan. 
(c) DEBT RELIEF.—Upon the removal of Sudan from 
the State Sponsors of Terrorism List, and once the Sov-
ereignty Council is chaired by a civilian leader, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State should 
engage with international financial institutions and other 
bilateral official creditors to advance agreement through 
the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative to 
restructure, reschedule, or cancel the sovereign debt of 
Sudan. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 3 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
not less than every 6 months thereafter during the transi-
tional period, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on the extent to which the 
transitional government of Sudan has taken demonstrable 
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steps to strengthen governance and improve fiscal trans-
parency, including— 
(1) establishing civilian control over the fi-
nances and assets of the Sudanese security and in-
telligence services; 
(2) developing a transparent budget that ac-
counts for all expenditures related to the security 
and intelligence services; 
(3) identifying the shareholdings in all public 
and private companies not exclusively dedicated to 
the national defense held or managed by the security 
and intelligence services, and publicly disclosing, 
evaluating, and transferring all such shareholdings 
to the Ministry of Finance of the Government of 
Sudan or to any specialized entity of the Govern-
ment of Sudan established under law for this pur-
pose, which is ultimately accountable to a civilian 
authority; 
(4) ceasing the involvement of the security and 
intelligence services officials, and their immediate 
family members, in the illicit trade in mineral re-
sources, including petroleum and gold; 
(5) implementing a publicly transparent meth-
odology for the Government of Sudan to recover, 
evaluate, hold, manage, or divest any state assets 
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and the profits derived from the assets that may 
have been transferred to the National Congress 
Party, an affiliate of the National Congress Party, 
or an official of the National Congress Party in the 
individual capacity of such an official; 
(6) identifying and monitoring the nature and 
purpose of offshore financial resources controlled by 
the security and intelligence services; and 
(7) strengthening banking regulation and su-
pervision and addressing anti-money laundering and 
counter-terrorism financing deficiencies. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Financial Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the United 
States Senate. 
SEC. 10. COORDINATED SUPPORT TO RECOVER ASSETS 
STOLEN FROM THE SUDANESE PEOPLE. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, shall 
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seek to advance the efforts of the Government of Sudan 
to recover assets stolen from the Sudanese people, includ-
ing with regard to international efforts to— 
(1) identify and track assets taken from the 
people and institutions of Sudan through theft, cor-
ruption, money laundering, or other illicit means; 
and 
(2) with respect to assets identified pursuant to 
paragraph (1), work with foreign governments and 
international organizations to— 
(A) share financial investigations intel-
ligence, as appropriate; 
(B) oversee and manage the assets identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (1); 
(C) as appropriate, advance, advance civil 
forfeiture litigation, including providing tech-
nical assistance to help governments establish 
the necessary legal framework to carry out 
asset forfeitures; and 
(D) work with the Government of Sudan to 
ensure that a credible mechanism is established 
to ensure that any recovered assets are man-
aged in a transparent and accountable fashion 
and ultimately used for the benefit of the Suda-
nese people, provided that— 
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(i) returned assets are not used for 
partisan political purposes; and 
(ii) there are robust financial manage-
ment and oversight measures to safeguard 
repatriated assets. 
SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE SUDANESE 
SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may not provide 
assistance (other than assistance authorized under section 
6) to the Sudanese security and intelligence services until 
the President submits to Congress a certification that the 
Government of Sudan has met the conditions described in 
subsection (c). 
(b) EXCEPTION; WAIVER.— 
(1) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of State may, 
as appropriate and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, provide assistance for the purpose of 
professionalizing the Sudanese security and intel-
ligence services, through institutions such as the Af-
rica Center for Strategic Studies and the United 
States Institute of Peace. 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
limitation on the provision of assistance under sub-
section (a) if, not later than 30 days before the as-
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sistance is to be provided, the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) a list of the activities and participants 
to which such waiver would apply; 
(B) a justification that the waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(C) a certification that the participants 
have met the requirements of either section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) for programs funded 
through Department of State appropriations or 
section 362 of title 10, United States Code, for 
programs funded through Department of De-
fense appropriations. 
(c) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conditions described in 
this subsection are that the Sudanese security and 
intelligence services— 
(A) have demonstrated progress in under-
taking security sector reform, including reforms 
that professionalize such security and intel-
ligence services, improve transparency, and re-
forms to the laws governing the security forces, 
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such as of the National Security Act of 2010 
and the Sudan Armed Forces Act of 2007; 
(B) support efforts to respect human 
rights, including religious freedom, and hold ac-
countable any members of such security and in-
telligence services responsible for human rights 
violations and abuses, including by taking de-
monstrable steps to cooperate with local or 
international mechanisms of accountability, to 
ensure that those responsible for war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide com-
mitted in Sudan are brought to justice; 
(C) are under civilian oversight, subject to 
the rule of law, and are not undertaking actions 
to undermine a civilian-led transitional govern-
ment or an elected civilian government; 
(D) have refrained from targeted attacks 
against religious or ethnic minority groups, 
have negotiated in good faith during the peace 
process and constructively participated in the 
implementation of any resulting peace agree-
ments, and do not impede inclusive political 
participation; 
(E) allow unfettered humanitarian access 
by United Nations organizations and specialized 
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agencies and domestic and international hu-
manitarian organizations to civilian populations 
in conflict-affected areas; 
(F) cooperate with the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees and organiza-
tions affiliated with the United Nations to allow 
for the protection of displaced persons and the 
safe, voluntary, sustainable, and dignified re-
turn of refugees and internally displaced per-
sons; and 
(G) take constructive steps to investigate 
all reports of unlawful recruitment of children 
by Sudanese security forces and prosecute those 
found to be responsible. 
(2) FORM.—The certification described in sub-
section (a) containing the conditions described in 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 
date that is the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) the date on which the President determines 
that a successful rotation of military to civilian lead-
ership in the Sovereignty Council has occurred. 
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SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT 
OF SUDAN OFFICIALS AND OTHER INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
senior official of the Government of Sudan and any other 
foreign person that the President determines, on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) is knowingly responsible for, complicit in, or 
has directly or indirectly engaged in— 
(A) significant actions or policies that 
threaten the peace, security, or stability of 
Sudan, including through the use of armed 
groups; 
(B) significant actions or policies that ob-
struct, undermine, delay, or impede, or pose a 
significant risk of obstructing, undermining, de-
laying, or impeding, the civil and political rights 
of the Sudanese people and the political transi-
tion in Sudan; 
(C) corruption, including the misappropria-
tion of state assets, the expropriation of private 
assets for personal gain, corruption related to 
government contracts or the extraction of nat-
ural resources, or bribery; 
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(D) serious human rights abuses that may 
include the targeting of civilians through the 
commission of acts of violence, abduction, 
forced displacement, or attacks on schools, hos-
pitals, religious sites, or locations where civil-
ians are seeking refuge, or a violation of inter-
national humanitarian law; or 
(E) illicit exploitation of natural resources 
in Sudan; 
(2) is a leader of an entity that has, or whose 
members have, engaged in any activity described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1); 
(3) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, logistical, or technological 
support for, or goods or services to or in support 
of— 
(A) any activity described in paragraph 
(1); or 
(B) any person whose property and inter-
ests in property are blocked pursuant to Execu-
tive Order 13400 (2006); or 
(4) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 
purported to act for or on behalf of, any other per-
son whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to— 
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(A) subsection (b)(1); or 
(B) Executive Order 13400 (2006). 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions to be 
imposed with respect to any foreign person described in 
subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 
necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
property and interests in property of the foreign per-
son if such property and interests in property— 
(A) are in the United States; 
(B) come within the United States; or 
(C) come within the possession or control 
of a United States person. 
(2) INADMISSIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—The 
foreign person is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
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