IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3127 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions against individuals responsible for geno-
cide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to sup-
port measures for the protection of civilians and humani-
tarian operations, and to support peace efforts in the 
Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006’’ . 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 5. Sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. 
Sec. 6. Additional authorities to deter and suppress genocide in Darfur. 
Sec. 7. Multilateral efforts. 
Sec. 8. Continuation of restrictions. 
Sec. 9. Assistance efforts in Sudan. 
Sec. 10. Reports. 
Sec. 11. Rule of construction. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Sudan’’ means the National Congress Party, 
formerly known as the National Islamic Front, 
led-government in Khartoum, Sudan, or any 
successor government formed on or after the 
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date of the enactment of this Act (including the 
coalition National Unity Government agreed 
upon in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
for Sudan), except that such term does not in-
clude the regional Government of Southern 
Sudan. 
(B) OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 
SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’, 
when used with respect to an official of the 
Government of Sudan, does not include an indi-
vidual— 
(I) who was not a member of such 
government prior to July 1, 2005; or 
(ii) who is a member of the regional 
Government of Southern Sudan. 
(3) COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT FOR 
SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Comprehensive Peace Agree-
ment for Sudan’’ means the peace agreement signed 
by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peo-
ple’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in 
Nairobi, Kenya, on January 9, 2005. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) On July 22, 2004, the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate declared that the atrocities oc-
curring in the Darfur region of Sudan are genocide. 
(2) On September 9, 2004, Secretary of State 
Colin L. Powell stated before the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate, ‘‘genocide has been 
committed in Darfur,’’ and ‘‘the Government of 
Sudan and the [Janjaweed] bear responsibility—and 
genocide may still be occurring’’. 
(3) On September 21, 2004, in an address be-
fore the United Nations General Assembly, Presi-
dent George W. Bush affirmed the Secretary of 
State’s finding and stated,‘‘[a]t this hour, the world 
is witnessing terrible suffering and horrible crimes in 
the Darfur region of Sudan, crimes my government 
has concluded are genocide’’. 
(4) On July 30, 2004, the United Nations Se-
curity Council passed Security Council Resolution 
1556, calling upon the Government of Sudan to dis-
arm the Janjaweed militias and to apprehend and 
bring to justice Janjaweed leaders and their associ-
ates who have incited and carried out violations of 
human rights and international humanitarian law, 
and establishing a ban on the sale or supply of arms 
and related materiel of all types, including the provi-
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sion of related technical training or assistance, to all 
nongovernmental entities and individuals, including 
the Janjaweed. 
(5) On September 18, 2004, the United Na-
tions Security Council passed Security Council Reso-
lution 1564, determining that the Government of 
Sudan had failed to meet its obligations under Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1556, calling for a military 
flight ban in and over the Darfur region, demanding 
the names of Janjaweed militiamen disarmed and 
arrested for verification, establishing an Inter-
national Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to inves-
tigate violations of international humanitarian and 
human rights laws, and threatening sanctions should 
the Government of Sudan fail to fully comply with 
Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1564, includ-
ing such actions as to affect Sudan’s petroleum sec-
tor or individual members of the Government of 
Sudan. 
(6) The Report of the International Commis-
sion of Inquiry on Darfur, submitted to the United 
Nations Secretary-General on January 25, 2005, es-
tablished that the ‘‘Government of the Sudan and 
the Janjaweed are responsible for serious violations 
of international human rights and humanitarian law 
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