I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 180 
To require the identification of companies that conduct business operations 
in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such 
companies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To require the identification of companies that conduct busi-
ness operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Gov-
ernment contracts with such companies, 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 ‘‘Darfur Accountability 
and Divestment Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In the 108th Congress, the House of Rep-
resentatives adopted House Concurrent Resolution 
467 on July 22, 2004, by a unanimous vote of 422– 
0, which— 
(A) declares that the atrocities unfolding 
in the Darfur region of Sudan, are genocide; 
(B) declares that the Government of 
Sudan has violated the Convention on the Pre-
vention and Punishment of the Crime of Geno-
cide; 
(C) urges the Administration to seriously 
consider multilateral intervention to stop geno-
cide in Darfur should the United Nations Secu-
rity Council fail to act; and 
(D) calls on the Administration to impose 
targeted sanctions, including visa bans and the 
freezing of assets of the Sudanese National 
Congress and affiliated business and individuals 
directly responsible for the atrocities in Darfur. 
(2) In the 109th Congress, the House of Rep-
resentatives passed H.R. 3127, the Darfur Peace 
and Accountability Act of 2006, on April 5, 2006, 
by a vote of 416–3, which— 
(A) appeals to the international commu-
nity, including the United Nations, the Euro-
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pean Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization (NATO), to immediately mobilize 
sufficient political, military, and financial re-
sources to support and expand the African 
Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS); 
(B) blocks assets and restricts travel of 
any individual the President determines is re-
sponsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or 
crimes against humanity in the Darfur region 
of Sudan; and 
(C) offers United States support for the 
International Criminal Court’s efforts to pros-
ecute those responsible for acts of genocide in 
Darfur. 
(3) On September 9, 2004, former Secretary of 
State Colin Powell stated before the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that genocide was 
being committed in the Darfur region of Sudan and 
that the Government of Sudan and the government- 
supported Janjaweed militias bear responsibility for 
the genocide. 
(4) On September 21, 2004, President George 
W. Bush affirmed the Secretary of State’s finding in 
an address before the United Nations General As-
sembly, stating that the world is witnessing terrible 
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suffering and horrible crimes in the Darfur region of 
Sudan, crimes the Government of the United States 
has concluded are genocide. 
(5) Although the Government of the United 
States currently bans United States companies from 
conducting business operations in Sudan, millions of 
Americans are inadvertently supporting the Govern-
ment of Sudan by investing in foreign companies 
that conduct business operations in Sudan that dis-
proportionately benefit the Sudanese regime in 
Khartoum. 
(6) Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, and Maine 
have passed legislation mandating divestment of 
State funds from companies that conduct business 
operations in Sudan. California, Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, North Carolina, Kansas, Wisconsin, 
Indiana, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Iowa, and 
Texas have considered or are considering legislation 
to divest State funds from companies that conduct 
business operations in Sudan. Connecticut, Ohio, 
and Vermont have passed non-binding divestment 
legislation with respect to Sudan. Arizona, Lou-
isiana, Missouri, and Pennsylvania have adopted 
screening processes for investments in companies 
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that conduct business operations in countries that 
are sponsors of terrorism, including Sudan. 
(7) Providence, Rhode Island and New Haven, 
Connecticut have passed legislation mandating di-
vestment of city funds from companies that conduct 
business operations in Sudan. 
(8) Amherst, Boston University, Brandeis, 
Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Middlebury, 
Oberlin, Princeton, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical 
College, Samford, Simmons, Smith, Stanford, Trin-
ity, the University of California, the University of 
Maryland, the University of Pennsylvania, the Uni-
versity of Southern California, the University of 
Vermont, the University of Washington, Williams, 
and Yale have divested their funds from, or placed 
restrictions on investment of their funds in, certain 
companies that conduct business operations in 
Sudan. 
(9) No American should have to worry that his 
or her investments or pension money was earned in 
support of genocide. 
(10) Divestment has proven effective in similar 
situations, as in 1986, when State pension funds 
and university endowments were divested from com-
panies that conducted business operations in South 
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