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(4) any other person on the SDN list. 
(d) FORM.—A certification described in subsection 
(c) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 6524. SANCTIONS AND POLICY COORDINATION FOR 
BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may des-
ignate an official of the Department of State to serve as 
the United States Special Coordinator for Burmese De-
mocracy (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Special Coordi-
nator’’). 
(b) CENTRAL OBJECTIVE.—The Special Coordinator 
should develop a comprehensive strategy for the implemen-
tation of the full range of United States diplomatic capa-
bilities, including the provisions of this Act, to promote 
human rights and the restoration of civilian government 
in Burma. 
(c) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Special 
Coordinator should, as appropriate, assist in— 
(1) coordinating the sanctions policies of the 
United States under section 6522 with relevant bu-
reaus and offices within the Department of State 
and other relevant United States Government agen-
cies; 
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(2) conducting relevant research and vetting of 
entities and individuals that may be subject to sanc-
tions under section 6522 and coordinate with other 
United States Government agencies and inter-
national financial intelligence units to assist in ef-
forts to enforce anti-money laundering and anti-cor-
ruption laws and regulations; 
(3) promoting a comprehensive international ef-
fort to impose and enforce multilateral sanctions 
with respect to Burma; 
(4) coordinating with and supporting inter-
agency United States Government efforts, including 
efforts of the United States Ambassador to Burma, 
the United States Ambassador to ASEAN, and the 
United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations, relating to— 
(A) identifying opportunities to coordinate 
with and exert pressure on the governments of 
the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 
Federation 
to 
support 
multilateral 
action 
against the Burmese military; 
(B) working with like-minded partners to 
impose a coordinated arms embargo on the 
Burmese military and targeted sanctions on the 
economic interests of the Burmese military, in-
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cluding through the introduction and adoption 
of a United Nations Security Council resolu-
tion; 
(C) engaging in direct dialogue with Bur-
mese civil society, democracy advocates, ethnic 
minority representative groups, and organiza-
tions or groups representing the protest move-
ment and the officials elected in 2020, such as 
the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu 
Hluttaw, the National Unity Government, the 
National Unity Consultative Council, and their 
designated representatives; 
(D) encouraging the National Unity Gov-
ernment to incorporate accountability mecha-
nisms in relation to the atrocities against 
Rohingya and other ethnic groups, to take fur-
ther steps to make its leadership and member-
ship ethnically diverse, and to incorporate 
measures to enhance ethnic reconciliation and 
national unity into its policy agenda; 
(E) assisting efforts by the relevant United 
Nations 
Special 
Envoys 
and 
Special 
Rapporteurs to secure the release of all political 
prisoners in Burma, promote respect for human 
rights, and encourage dialogue; and 
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(F) supporting nongovernmental organiza-
tions operating in Burma and neighboring 
countries working to restore civilian democratic 
rule to Burma and to address the urgent hu-
manitarian needs of the people of Burma; and 
(5) providing timely input for reporting on the 
impacts of the implementation of section 6522 on 
the Burmese military and the people of Burma. 
(d) DEADLINE.—If the Secretary of State has not 
designated the Special Coordinator by the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing the rea-
sons for not doing so. 
SEC. 6525. SUPPORT FOR GREATER UNITED NATIONS AC-
TION WITH RESPECT TO BURMA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United Nations Security Council has 
not taken adequate steps to condemn the February 
1, 2021, coup in Burma, pressure the Burmese mili-
tary to cease its violence against civilians, or secure 
the release of those unjustly detained; 
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(2) countries, such as the People’s Republic of 
China and the Russian Federation, that are directly 
or indirectly shielding the Burmese military from 
international scrutiny and action, should be obliged 
to endure the reputational damage of doing so by 
taking public votes on resolutions related to Burma 
that apply greater pressure on the Burmese military 
to restore Burma to its democratic path; and 
(3) The United Nations Secretariat and the 
United Nations Security Council should take con-
crete steps to address the coup and ongoing crisis in 
Burma consistent with the UN General Assembly 
resolution 75/287, ‘‘The situation in Myanmar,’’ 
which was adopted on June 18, 2021. 
(b) SUPPORT FOR GREATER ACTION.—The President 
shall direct the United States Permanent Representative 
to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States to spur greater action by the United 
Nations and the United Nations Security Council with re-
spect to Burma by— 
(1) pushing the United Nations Security Coun-
cil to consider a resolution condemning the February 
1, 2021, coup and calling on the Burmese military 
to cease its violence against the people of Burma 
and release without preconditions the journalists, 
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pro-democracy activists, and political officials that it 
has unjustly detained; 
(2) pushing the United Nations Security Coun-
cil to consider a resolution that immediately imposes 
a global arms embargo against Burma to ensure 
that the Burmese military is not able to obtain 
weapons and munitions from other nations to fur-
ther harm, murder, and oppress the people of 
Burma; 
(3) pushing the United Nations and other 
United Nations authorities to cut off assistance to 
the Government of Burma while providing humani-
tarian assistance directly to the people of Burma 
through UN bodies and civil society organizations, 
particularly such organizations working with ethnic 
minorities that have been adversely affected by the 
coup and the Burmese military’s violent crackdown; 
(4) objecting to the appointment of representa-
tives to the United Nations and United Nations bod-
ies such as the Human Rights Council that are 
sanctioned by the Burmese military; 
(5) working to ensure the Burmese military is 
not recognized as the legitimate government of 
Burma in any United Nations body; and 
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(6) spurring the United Nations Security Coun-
cil to consider multilateral sanctions against the 
Burmese military for its atrocities against Rohingya 
and individuals of other ethnic and religious minori-
ties, its coup, and the crimes against humanity it 
has and continues to commit in the coup’s after-
math. 
SEC. 6526. SUNSET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority to impose sanctions 
and the sanctions imposed under this title shall terminate 
on the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) CERTIFICATION FOR EARLY SUNSET OF SANC-
TIONS.—Sanctions imposed under this title may be re-
moved before the date specified in subsection (a), if the 
President submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a certification that— 
(1) the Burmese military has released all polit-
ical prisoners taken into custody on or after Feb-
ruary 1, 2021, or is providing legal recourse to those 
that remain in custody; 
(2) the elected government has been reinstated 
or new free and fair elections have been held; 
(3) all legal charges against those winning elec-
tion in November 2020 are dropped; and 
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(4) the 2008 constitution of Burma has been 
amended or replaced to place the Burmese military 
under civilian oversight and ensure that the Bur-
mese military no longer automatically receives 25 
percent of seats in Burma’s state, regional, and na-
tional Hluttaws. 
Subtitle C—Humanitarian Assist-
ance and Civil Society Support 
With Respect to Burma 
SEC. 6531. SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY AND INDEPENDENT 
MEDIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.—The 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development are author-
ized to provide support to civil society in Burma, Ban-
gladesh, Thailand, and the surrounding region, including 
by— 
(1) ensuring the safety of democracy activists, 
civil society leaders, independent media, participants 
in the Civil Disobedience Movement, and government 
defectors exercising their fundamental rights by— 
(A) supporting safe houses for those under 
threat of arbitrary arrest or detention; 
(B) providing access to secure channels for 
communication; 
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(C) assisting individuals forced to flee from 
Burma and take shelter in neighboring coun-
tries, including in ensuring protection assist-
ance and non-refoulement; and 
(D) providing funding to organizations 
that equip activists, civil society organizations, 
and independent media with consistent, long- 
term technical support on physical and digital 
security in local languages; 
(2) supporting democracy activists in their ef-
forts to promote freedom, democracy, and human 
rights in Burma, by— 
(A) providing aid and training to democ-
racy activists in Burma; 
(B) providing aid to individuals and groups 
conducting democracy programming outside of 
Burma targeted at a peaceful transition to con-
stitutional democracy inside Burma; 
(C) providing aid and assistance to inde-
pendent media outlets and journalists and 
groups working to protect internet freedom and 
maintain independent media; 
(D) expanding radio and television broad-
casting into Burma; and 
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(E) providing financial support to civil so-
ciety organizations and nongovernmental orga-
nizations led by members of ethnic and religious 
minority groups within Burma and its cross- 
border regions; 
(3) assisting ethnic minority groups and civil 
society in Burma to further prospects for justice, 
reconciliation, and sustainable peace; and 
(4) promoting ethnic minority inclusion and 
participation in political processes in Burma. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to carry 
out the provisions of this section for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027. 
SEC. 6532. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND RECONCILI-
ATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN 
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment are authorized to provide humanitarian assist-
ance and reconciliation activities for ethnic groups and 
civil society organizations in Burma, Bangladesh, Thai-
land, and the surrounding region, including— 
(1) assistance for victims of violence by the 
Burmese military, including Rohingya and individ-
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uals from other ethnic minorities displaced or other-
wise affected by conflict, in Burma, Bangladesh, 
Thailand, and the surrounding region; 
(2) support for voluntary resettlement or repa-
triation of displaced individuals in Burma, upon the 
conclusion of genuine agreements developed and ne-
gotiated with the involvement and consultation of 
the displaced individuals and if resettlement or repa-
triation is safe, voluntary, and dignified; 
(3) support for the promotion of ethnic and re-
ligious tolerance, improving social cohesion, com-
bating gender-based violence, increasing the engage-
ment of women in peacebuilding, and mitigating 
human rights violations and abuses against children; 
(4) support for— 
(A) primary, secondary, and tertiary edu-
cation for displaced children living in areas of 
Burma affected by conflict; and 
(B) refugee camps in the surrounding re-
gion and opportunities to access to higher edu-
cation in Bangladesh and Thailand; 
(5) capacity-building support— 
(A) to ensure that displaced individuals are 
consulted and participate in decision-making 
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processes affecting the displaced individuals; 
and 
(B) for the creation of mechanisms to fa-
cilitate the participation of displaced individuals 
in such processes; and 
(6) increased humanitarian aid to Burma to ad-
dress the dire humanitarian situation that has up-
rooted 170,000 people through— 
(A) international aid partners; 
(B) the International Committee of the 
Red Cross; and 
(C) cross-border aid. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $220,500,000 to carry 
out the provisions of this section for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 6533. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR BURMA 
POLITICAL PRISONERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the freedom of expression, including for 
members of the press, is an inalienable right and 
should be upheld and protected in Burma and every-
where; 
(2) the Burmese military must immediately 
cease the arbitrary arrest, detention, imprisonment, 
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and physical attacks of journalists, which have cre-
ated a climate of fear and self-censorship among 
local journalists; 
(3) the Government of Burma should repeal or 
amend all laws that violate the right to freedom of 
expression, peaceful assembly, or association, and 
ensure that laws such as the Telecommunications 
Law of 2013 and the Unlawful Associations Act of 
1908, and laws relating to the right to peaceful as-
sembly all comply with Burma’s human rights obli-
gations; 
(4) all prisoners of conscience and political pris-
oners in Burma should be unconditionally and im-
mediately released; 
(5) the Burmese military should immediately 
and unconditionally release Danny Fenster and 
other journalists unjustly detained for their work; 
(6) the Government of Burma must imme-
diately drop defamation charges against all individ-
uals unjustly detained, including the three Kachin 
activists, Lum Zawng, Nang Pu, and Zau Jet, who 
led a peaceful rally in Mytkyina, the capital of 
Kachin State in April 2018, and that the prosecu-
tion of Lum Zawng, Nang Pu, and Zau Jet is an 
attempt by Burmese authorities to intimidate, har-
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ass, and silence community leaders and human 
rights defenders who speak out about military 
abuses and their impact on civilian populations; and 
(7) the United States Government should use 
all diplomatic tools to seek the unconditional and im-
mediate release of all prisoners of conscience and po-
litical prisoners in Burma. 
(b) POLITICAL PRISONERS ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of State is authorized to continue to provide assist-
ance to civil society organizations in Burma that work to 
secure the release of and support prisoners of conscience 
and political prisoners in Burma, including— 
(1) support for the documentation of human 
rights violations with respect to prisoners of con-
science and political prisoners; 
(2) support for advocacy in Burma to raise 
awareness of issues relating to prisoners of con-
science and political prisoners; 
(3) support for efforts to repeal or amend laws 
that are used to imprison individuals as prisoners of 
conscience or political prisoners; 
(4) support for health, including mental health, 
and post-incarceration assistance in gaining access 
to education and employment opportunities or other 
forms of reparation to enable former prisoners of 
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conscience and political prisoners to resume normal 
lives; and 
(5) the creation, in consultation with former po-
litical prisoners and prisoners of conscience, their 
families, and their representatives, of an inde-
pendent prisoner review mechanism in Burma— 
(A) to review the cases of individuals who 
may have been charged or deprived of their lib-
erty for peacefully exercising their human 
rights; 
(B) to review all laws used to arrest, pros-
ecute, and punish individuals as political pris-
oners and prisoners of conscience; and 
(C) to provide recommendations to the 
Government of Burma for the repeal or amend-
ment of all such laws. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The authority to provide assist-
ance under this section shall terminate on the date that 
is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Subtitle D—Accountability for 
Human Rights Abuses 
SEC. 6541. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES, 
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE 
IN BURMA. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to continue the support of ongoing mecha-
nisms and special procedures of the United Nations 
Human Rights Council, including the United Na-
tions Independent Investigative Mechanism for 
Myanmar and the Special Rapporteur on the situa-
tion of human rights in Myanmar; and 
(2) to refute the credibility and impartiality of 
efforts sponsored by the Government of Burma, such 
as the Independent Commission of Enquiry, unless 
the United States Ambassador at Large for Global 
Criminal Justice determines the efforts to be cred-
ible and impartial and notifies the appropriate con-
gressional committees in writing and in unclassified 
form regarding that determination. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, after consultation with the heads of other United 
States Government agencies and representatives of human 
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rights organizations, as appropriate, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that— 
(1) evaluates the persecution of Rohingya in 
Burma by the Burmese military; 
(2) after consulting with the Atrocity Early 
Warning Task Force, or any successor entity or of-
fice, provides a detailed description of any proposed 
atrocity prevention response recommended by the 
Task Force as it relates to Burma; 
(3) summarizes any atrocity crimes committed 
against Rohingya or members of other ethnic minor-
ity groups in Burma between 2012 and the date of 
the submission of the report; 
(4) describes any potential transitional justice 
mechanisms for Burma; 
(5) provides an analysis of whether the reports 
summarized under paragraph (3) amount to war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide; 
(6) includes an assessment on which events that 
took place in the state of Rakhine in Burma, start-
ing on August 25, 2017, constitute war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, or genocide; and 
(7) includes a determination with respect to 
whether events that took place during or after the 
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coup of February 1, 2021, in any state in Burma 
constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of— 
(A) credible evidence of events that may 
constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, 
or genocide committed by the Burmese military 
against Rohingya and members of other ethnic 
minority groups, including the identities of any 
other actors involved in the events; 
(B) the role of the civilian government in 
the commission of any events described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) credible evidence of events of war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide 
committed by other armed groups in Burma; 
(D) attacks on health workers, health fa-
cilities, health transport, or patients and, to the 
extent possible, the identities of any individuals 
who engaged in or organized such attacks in 
Burma; and 
(E) to the extent possible, the conventional 
and unconventional weapons used for any 
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events or attacks described in this paragraph 
and the sources of such weapons. 
(2) In consultation with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, the Attorney General, and heads of any other 
appropriate United States Government agencies, as 
appropriate, a description and assessment of the ef-
fectiveness of any efforts undertaken by the United 
States to promote accountability for war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide perpetrated 
against Rohingya by the Burmese military, the gov-
ernment of the Rakhine State, pro-government mili-
tias, or other armed groups operating in the 
Rakhine State, including efforts— 
(A) to train civilian investigators, within 
and outside of Burma and Bangladesh, to docu-
ment, investigate, develop findings of, identify, 
and locate alleged perpetrators of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, or genocide in Burma; 
(B) to promote and prepare for a transi-
tional justice mechanism for the perpetrators of 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and geno-
cide occurring in the Rakhine State in 2017; 
and 
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(C) to document, collect, preserve, and pro-
tect evidence of war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, and genocide in Burma, including by— 
(i) 
providing 
support 
for 
ethnic 
Rohingya, Shan, Rakhine, Kachin, Chin, 
and Kayin and other ethnic minorities; 
(ii) Burmese, Bangladeshi, foreign, 
and international nongovernmental organi-
zations; 
(iii) the Independent Investigative 
Mechanism for Myanmar; and 
(iv) other entities engaged in inves-
tigative activities with respect to war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, and 
genocide in Burma. 
(3) A detailed study of the feasibility and desir-
ability of a transitional justice mechanism for 
Burma, such as an international tribunal, a hybrid 
tribunal, or other options, that includes— 
(A) a discussion of the use of universal ju-
risdiction or of legal cases brought against 
Burma by other countries at the International 
Court of Justice regarding any atrocity crimes 
perpetrated in Burma; 
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(B) recommendations for any transitional 
justice mechanism the United States should 
support, the reason the mechanism should be 
supported, and the type of support that should 
be offered; and 
(C) consultation regarding transitional jus-
tice 
mechanisms 
with 
representatives 
of 
Rohingya and individuals from other ethnic mi-
nority groups who have suffered human rights 
violations and abuses. 
(d) PROTECTION OF WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.— 
The Secretary of State shall seek to ensure that the identi-
fication of witnesses and physical evidence used for the 
report required by this section are not publicly disclosed 
in a manner that might place witnesses at risk of harm 
or encourage the destruction of evidence by the military 
or government of Burma. 
(e) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) FORM.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 
portion of the report required by subsection (b) shall 
be posted on a publicly available internet website. 
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(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 6542. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE FOR EFFORTS AGAINST HUMAN 
RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-
ized to provide assistance to support appropriate civilian 
or international entities that— 
(1) identify suspected perpetrators of war 
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; 
(2) collect, document, and protect evidence of 
crimes and preserving the chain of custody for such 
evidence; 
(3) conduct criminal investigations of such 
crimes; and 
(4) support investigations conducted by other 
countries, and by entities mandated by the United 
Nations, such as the Independent Investigative 
Mechanism for Myanmar. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE 
MECHANISMS.—The Secretary of State, taking into ac-
count any relevant findings in the report submitted under 
section 6542, is authorized to provide support for the es-
tablishment and operation of transitional justice mecha-
nisms, including a hybrid tribunal, to prosecute individuals 
suspected of committing war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, or genocide in Burma. 
Subtitle E—Sanctions Exception 
Relating to Importation of Goods 
SEC. 6551. SANCTIONS EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA-
TION OF GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 
to impose sanctions under this title shall not include the 
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the im-
portation of goods. 
(b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-
stance, material, supply, or manufactured product, includ-
ing inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 
data. 
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TITLE LXVI—PROMOTING AND 
ADVANCING 
COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR THROUGH INCLU-
SIVE LENDING ACT 
SEC. 6601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting and Ad-
vancing Communities of Color Through Inclusive Lending 
Act’’. 
Subtitle A—Promoting and Advanc-
ing 
Communities 
of 
Color 
Through Inclusive Lending 
SEC. 6611. STRENGTHENING DIVERSE AND MISSION-DRIV-
EN COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) MINORITY LENDING INSTITUTION SET-ASIDE IN 
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) SUPPORTING MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, in providing any 
assistance to community development financial institu-
tions, the Fund shall reserve 40 percent of such assistance 
for minority lending institutions.’’. 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 103 of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(22) MINORITY LENDING INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘minority lending institution’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 523(c) of division N 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.’’. 
(b) OFFICE
OF
MINORITY
LENDING
INSTITU-
TIONS.—Section 104 of the Riegle Community Develop-
ment and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4703) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l) CDFI OFFICE OF MINORITY LENDING INSTITU-
TIONS.—There is established within the Fund an Office 
of Minority Lending Institutions, which shall oversee as-
sistance provided by the Fund to minority lending institu-
tions.’’. 
(c) REPORTING ON MINORITY LENDING INSTITU-
TIONS.—Section 117 of the Riegle Community Develop-
ment and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4716) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) REPORTING ON MINORITY LENDING INSTITU-
TIONS.—Each report required under subsection (a) shall 
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include a description of the extent to which assistance 
from the Fund are provided to minority lending institu-
tions.’’. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RELATING 
TO DIVERSITY BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINAN-
CIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 104 of the Riegle Commu-
nity Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 
1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703), as amended by subsection (b), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) SUBMISSION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RELAT-
ING TO DIVERSITY.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘executive officer’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 230.501(f) of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this subsection; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘gender identity’ means the 
gender-related identity, appearance, manner-
isms, or other gender-related characteristics of 
an individual, regardless of the individual’s des-
ignated sex at birth; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘sexual orientation’ means 
homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality; 
and 
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‘‘(D) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF DISCLOSURE.—Each Fund 
applicant and recipient shall provide data regarding 
such factors as may be determined by the Fund, 
which may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Demographic data, based on vol-
untary self-identification, on the racial, ethnic, 
gender identity, and sexual orientation composi-
tion of— 
‘‘(i) the board of directors of the insti-
tution; and 
‘‘(ii) the executive officers of the insti-
tution. 
‘‘(B) The status of any member of the 
board of directors of the institution, any nomi-
nee for the board of directors of the institution, 
or any executive officer of the institution, based 
on voluntary self-identification, as a veteran. 
‘‘(C) Whether the board of directors of the 
institution, or any committee of that board of 
directors, has, as of the date on which the insti-
tution makes a disclosure under this paragraph, 
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‘‘(A) periodically, and no less frequent 
than once a year, consult with the applicable 
Federal regulator of certified CDFIs and appli-
cants to be a certified CDFI (‘applicants)’; 
‘‘(B) seek to gather any information nec-
essary related to Fund certification and award 
decisions on certified CDFIs and applicants 
from the applicable Federal regulator, and such 
regulators shall use reasonable efforts to pro-
vide such information to the Fund, to minimize 
duplicative data collection requests made by the 
Fund of certified CDFIs and applicants and to 
expedite certification, award, or other relevant 
processes administered by the Fund. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
FEDERAL
REGULATOR
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘applicable 
Federal regulator’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a certified CDFI or 
an applicant that is regulated by both an appro-
priate Federal banking agency and the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection; 
‘‘(B) with respect to a certified CDFI or 
an applicant that is not regulated by the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection, the ap-
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101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 
1752). 
(g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 308(b) of the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforce-
ment Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The term ‘de-
pository institution’ means an ‘insured depository in-
stitution’ (as defined in section 3 of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) and an in-
sured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the 
Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752)).’’. 
SEC. 6637. FEDERAL DEPOSITS IN MINORITY DEPOSITORY 
INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 308 of the Financial In-
stitutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 
1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL DEPOSITS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall ensure that deposits made by Federal agen-
cies in minority depository institutions and impact banks 
are collateralized or insured, as determined by the Sec-
retary. Such deposits shall include reciprocal deposits as 
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ignated pursuant to section 6635 of the Ensur-
ing Diversity in Community Banking Act) or a 
minority depository institution (as defined in 
section 308(b) of the Financial Institutions Re-
form, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989), 
of an individual to vote 30 percent or more of 
any class of voting securities of such an impact 
bank or a minority depository institution.’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Federal banking agencies 
(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) shall jointly issue rules for de novo 
minority depository institutions and de novo impact banks 
(as designated pursuant to section 6635) to allow 3 years 
to meet the capital requirements otherwise applicable to 
minority depository institutions and impact banks. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal banking agencies 
shall jointly submit to Congress a report on— 
(1) the principal causes for the low number of 
de novo minority depository institutions during the 
10-year period preceding the date of the report; 
(2) the main challenges to the creation of de 
novo minority depository institutions and de novo 
impact banks; and 
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