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SEC. 10. REPORT ON MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AID TO 
BURMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
containing a list of countries, companies, and other enti-
ties that provide military or intelligence aid to the SPDC 
and describing such military or intelligence aid provided 
by each such country, company, and other entity. 
(b) MILITARY OR INTELLIGENCE AID DEFINED.— 
For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘military or in-
telligence aid’’ means, with respect to the SPDC— 
(1) the provision of weapons, weapons parts, 
military vehicles, or military aircraft; 
(2) the provision of military or intelligence 
training, including advice and assistance on subject 
matter expert exchanges; 
(3) the provision of weapons of mass destruc-
tion and related materials, capabilities, and tech-
nology, including nuclear, chemical, or dual-use ca-
pabilities; 
(4) conducting joint military exercises; 
(5) the provision of naval support, including 
ship development and naval construction; 
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(6) the provision of technical support, including 
computer and software development and installa-
tions, networks, and infrastructure development and 
construction; or 
(7) the construction or expansion of airfields, 
including radar and anti-aircraft systems. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex and the unclassified form shall be placed 
on the Department of State’s website. 
SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL ARMS 
SALES TO BURMA. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should lead efforts in the United Nations Security Council 
to impose a mandatory international arms embargo on 
Burma, curtailing all sales of weapons, ammunition, mili-
tary vehicles, and military aircraft to Burma until the 
SPDC releases all political prisoners, restores constitu-
tional rule, takes steps toward inclusion of ethnic minori-
ties in political reconciliation efforts, and holds free and 
fair elections to establish a new government. 
SEC. 12. REDUCTION OF SPDC REVENUE FROM TIMBER. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
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Commerce, and other Federal officials, as appropriate, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on Burma’s timber trade containing information 
on the following: 
(1) Products entering the United States made 
in whole or in part of wood grown and harvested in 
Burma, including measurements of annual value and 
volume and considering both legal and illegal timber 
trade. 
(2) Statistics about Burma’s timber trade, in-
cluding raw wood and wood products, in aggregate 
and broken down by country and timber species, in-
cluding measurements of value and volume and con-
sidering both legal and illegal timber trade. 
(3) A description of the chains of custody of 
products described in paragraph (1), including direct 
trade streams from Burma to the United States and 
via manufacturing or transshipment in third coun-
tries. 
(4) Illegalities, abuses, or corruption in the 
Burmese timber sector. 
(5) A description of all common consumer and 
commercial applications unique to Burmese hard-
woods, including the furniture and marine manufac-
turing industries. 
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(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include recommendations on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Alternatives to Burmese hardwoods for the 
commercial applications described in paragraph (5) 
of subsection (a), including alternative species of 
timber that could provide the same applications. 
(2) Strategies for encouraging sustainable man-
agement of timber in locations with potential cli-
mate, soil, and other conditions to compete with 
Burmese hardwoods for the consumer and commer-
cial applications described in paragraph (5) of sub-
section (a). 
(3) The appropriate United States and inter-
national customs documents and declarations that 
would need to be kept and compiled in order to es-
tablish the chain of custody concerning products de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a). 
(4) Strategies for strengthening the capacity of 
Burmese civil society, including Burmese society in 
exile, to monitor and report on the SPDC’s trade in 
timber and other extractive industries so that Bur-
mese natural resources can be used to benefit the 
majority of Burma’s population. 
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SEC. 13. REPORT ON FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD BY MEM-
BERS OF THE SPDC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of the Represent-
atives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report con-
taining a list of all countries and foreign banking institu-
tions that hold assets on behalf of senior Burmese offi-
cials. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section: 
(1) SENIOR
BURMESE
OFFICIALS.—The term 
‘‘senior Burmese officials’’ shall mean individuals 
covered under section 5(d)(1) of this Act. 
(2) OTHER TERMS.—Other terms shall be de-
fined under the authority of and consistent with sec-
tion 5(c)(2) of this Act. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
a classified annex. The report shall also be posted on the 
Department of Treasury’s website not later than 30 days 
of the submission to Congress of the report. To the extent 
possible, the report shall include the names of the senior 
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Burmese officials and the approximate value of their hold-
ings in the respective foreign banking institutions and any 
other pertinent information. 
SEC. 14. UNOCAL PLAINTIFFS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that the United States should work with the Royal 
Thai Government to ensure the safety in Thailand of the 
15 plaintiffs in the Doe v. Unocal case, and should con-
sider granting refugee status or humanitarian parole to 
these plaintiffs to enter the United States consistent with 
existing United States law. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate Congressional committees a report on 
the status of the Doe vs. Unocal plaintiffs and whether 
the plaintiffs have been granted refugee status or humani-
tarian parole. 
SEC. 15. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO INVEST-
MENTS IN BURMA’S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. 
(a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.—Congress finds 
the following: 
(1) Currently United States, French, and Thai 
investors are engaged in the production and delivery 
of natural gas in the pipeline from the Yadana and 
Sein fields (Yadana pipeline) in the Andaman Sea, 
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an enterprise which falls under the jurisdiction of 
the Burmese Government, and United States invest-
ment by Chevron represents approximately a 28 per-
cent nonoperated, working interest in that pipeline. 
(2) The Congressional Research Service esti-
mates that the Yadana pipeline provides at least 
$500,000,000 in annual revenue for the Burmese 
Government. 
(3) The natural gas that transits the Yadana 
pipeline is delivered primarily to Thailand, rep-
resenting about 20 percent of Thailand’s total gas 
supply. 
(4) The executive branch has in the past ex-
empted investment in the Yadana pipeline from the 
sanctions regime against the Burmese Government. 
(5) Congress believes that United States com-
panies ought to be held to a high standard of con-
duct overseas and should avoid as much as possible 
acting in a manner that supports repressive regimes 
such as the Burmese Government. 
(6) Congress recognizes the important symbolic 
value that divestment of United States holdings in 
Burma would have on the international sanctions ef-
fort, demonstrating that the United States will con-
tinue to lead by example. 
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(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.— 
(1) Congress urges Yadana investors to con-
sider voluntary divestment over time if the Burmese 
Government fails to take meaningful steps to release 
political prisoners, restore civilian constitutional rule 
and promote national reconciliation. 
(2) Congress will remain concerned with the 
matter of continued investment in the Yadana pipe-
line in the years ahead. 
(3) Congress urges the executive branch to 
work with all firms invested in Burma’s oil and gas 
sector to use their influence to promote the peaceful 
transition to civilian democratic rule in Burma. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that so long as Yadana investors remain invested 
in Burma, such investors should— 
(1) communicate to the Burmese Government, 
military and business officials, at the highest levels, 
concern about the lack of genuine consultation be-
tween the Burmese Government and its people, the 
failure of the Burmese Government to use its nat-
ural resources to benefit the Burmese people, and 
the military’s use of forced labor; 
(2) publicly disclose and deal with in a trans-
parent manner, consistent with legal obligations, its 
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role in any ongoing investment in Burma, including 
its financial involvement in any joint production 
agreement or other joint ventures and the amount of 
their direct or indirect support of the Burmese Gov-
ernment; and 
(3) work with project partners to ensure that 
forced labor is not used to construct, maintain, sup-
port, or defend the project facilities, including pipe-
lines, offices, or other facilities. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to impose 
sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development 
Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003 to exempt humanitarian assist-
ance from United States sanctions on Burma, to prohibit 
the importation of gemstones from Burma, or that origi-
nate in Burma, to promote a coordinated international 
effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and 
for other purposes.’’. 
Æ 
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