I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6416 
To codify existing sanctions against the Government of Sudan until the 
Government of Sudan meets certain conditions relating to a just and 
lasting peace in Sudan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2008 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To codify existing sanctions against the Government of 
Sudan until the Government of Sudan meets certain 
conditions relating to a just and lasting peace in Sudan. 
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 ‘‘Just and Lasting 
Peace in Sudan Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment of Sudan’’ means Sudan’s Government of 
National Unity. Such term does not include the Gov-
ernment of Southern Sudan (GOSS). 
(3) SPLM.—The term ‘‘SPLM’’ means the 
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Government rightfully 
declared the atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan 
to be genocide. More than 450,000 people have been 
killed and an estimated 2,500,000 people have been 
displaced since the crisis erupted in 2003. 
(2) The Government of Sudan continues to 
commit atrocities against innocent civilians in 
Darfur. According to a March 25, 2008, report by 
the United Nations Secretary-General, ‘‘increased 
hostilities in Western Darfur over the reporting pe-
riod have led to significant displacement and loss of 
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civilian life, while also inhibiting humanitarian ac-
cess to civilian populations affected by the fighting’’. 
(3) In October 2007, the Government of South-
ern Sudan suspended the participation of its min-
isters, state ministers, and presidential advisors 
from Sudan’s Government of National Unity to pro-
test measures taken by the National Congress Party 
and to demand full implementation of the Com-
prehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). 
(4) Implementation of the CPA by the Govern-
ment of National Unity has been selective and at 
times deliberately slow. The Government of Sudan 
has not yet implemented the Abyei Boundary Com-
mission (ABC) recommendations. The ABC was 
mandated to ‘‘define and demarcate’’ the area 
known as the 9 Ngok Dinka Chiefdoms transferred 
in 1905 to Kordofan in North Sudan. 
(5) The ABC was chaired by former United 
States Ambassador to Sudan Donald Peterson, with 
active international engagement. In July 2005, the 
ABC submitted its final report to the Sudan’s presi-
dency. According to the CPA, ‘‘upon presentation of 
the final report, the Presidency shall take necessary 
action to put the special administration status of 
Abyei Area into immediate effect’’. 
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(6) According to a September 2007 report by 
the United Nations Secretary-General, the lack of 
administration in Abyei has hampered CPA activi-
ties and left gaps in policing, public sanitation, and 
health services. Continued intransigence on this 
issue is likely to lead to war. 
(7) The Government of Sudan is well known to 
signing peace agreements and make commitments 
but has consistently failed to honor these agree-
ments. 
(8) Efforts to hold individuals accountable for 
the genocide in Darfur have not been successful in 
large part because the Government of Sudan refuses 
to cooperate with the International Criminal Court 
(ICC) and protects indicted individuals by the ICC. 
(9) In April 2008, Special Envoy Richard 
Williamson and a Government of Sudan delegation 
led by Nafi Ali Nafi, a man responsible for many of 
Sudan’s international terror links and domestic 
atrocities, met in Rome to discuss normalization of 
relations between Sudan and the United States. 
(10) Nafi Ali Nafi was the security chief when 
Sudan gave safe haven to Osama bin Laden in the 
1990s, a period when Bin Laden began to build his 
terror network. Nafi was also a key player in sup-
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port of Gama’a Islamia, a group that tried to assas-
sinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The 
weapons used in the assassination attempt were re-
portedly flown by Sudan Airways, and after the 
failed attempt, one of the assassins was flown to 
Sudan on Sudan Airways. 
SEC. 4. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING SANCTIONS IN SUP-
PORT OF A JUST AND LASTING PEACE IN 
SUDAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sanctions against the Govern-
ment of Sudan that were imposed pursuant to any provi-
sion of law, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, including sanctions against the Government of 
Sudan that were imposed pursuant to any executive order 
or other administrative action, shall remain in effect 
against the Government of Sudan and shall not be lifted 
pursuant to such provisions of law until the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
Government of Sudan has met the conditions described in 
subsection (b) for a period of not less than one year. 
(b) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The conditions re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) The Government of Sudan fully implements 
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the 
Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 
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(2) The Abyei Boundary Commission (ABC) 
recommendations are implemented and oil revenue 
shares are paid retroactively. 
(3) The Government of Sudan hands over to 
the International Criminal Court (ICC) all indicted 
individuals without any delay. 
(4) The Government of Sudan ends its atroc-
ities against innocent civilians in Darfur and other 
parts of Sudan. 
(5) The Government of Sudan allows the de-
ployment of the United Nations African Union Mis-
sion in Darfur (UNAMID) forces and allows 
unhindered access to humanitarian workers. 
(6) The Government of Sudan ends its ties with 
known terrorist organizations and individuals. 
(7) Senior officials in the Government of Sudan 
are held accountable for crimes committed in the 
Nuba, South Sudan, Southern Blue Nile, and East-
ern Sudan. 
(8) Senior officials in the Government of Sudan 
are held accountable for their support for Osama bin 
Laden and other terrorist groups. 
(c) MONITORING MECHANISM.—The President of the 
United States shall establish a mechanism to monitor and 
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ensure that the Government of Sudan is meeting the con-
ditions described in subsection (b). 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States Government should not nor-
malize relations with the Government of Sudan until the 
conditions described in subsection (b) have been imple-
mented for a period of not less than one year as described 
in subsection (a). 
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