I 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5531
To facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive solution to the war 
in Sudan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. 
PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on 
Financial Services, 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 facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive 
solution to the war 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 ‘‘Sudan Peace Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Government of Sudan has intensified 
its prosecution of the war against areas outside of
its control, which has already cost more than 
2,000,000 lives and has displaced more than 
4,000,000 people. 
(2) A viable, comprehensive, and internationally 
sponsored peace process, protected from manipula-
tion, presents the best chance for a permanent reso-
lution of the war, protection of human rights, and 
a self-sustaining Sudan. 
(3) Continued strengthening and reform of hu-
manitarian relief operations in Sudan is an essential 
element in the effort to bring an end to the war. 
(4) Continued leadership by the United States 
is critical. 
(5) Regardless of the future political status of 
the areas of Sudan outside of the control of the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, the absence of credible civil au-
thority and institutions is a major impediment to 
achieving self-sustenance by the Sudanese people 
and to meaningful progress toward a viable peace 
process. 
(6) Through the manipulation of traditional ri-
valries among peoples in areas outside of its full con-
trol, the Government of Sudan has used divide-and-
conquer techniques effectively to subjugate its popu-
lation. However, internationally sponsored reconcili-
ation efforts have played a critical role in reducing 
human suffering and the effectiveness of this tactic. 
(7) The Government of Sudan utilizes and or-
ganizes militias, Popular Defense Forces, and other 
irregular units for raiding and enslaving parties in 
areas outside of the control of the Government of 
Sudan in an effort to disrupt severely the ability of 
the populations in those areas to sustain themselves. 
The tactic helps minimize the Government of Su-
dan’s accountability internationally. 
(8) The Government of Sudan has repeatedly 
stated that it intends to use the expected proceeds 
from future oil sales to increase the tempo and 
lethality of the war against the areas outside of its 
control. 
(9) By regularly banning air transport relief 
flights by the United Nations relief operation OLS, 
the Government of Sudan has been able to manipu-
late the receipt of food aid by the Sudanese people 
from the United States and other donor countries as 
a devastating weapon of war in the ongoing effort by 
the Government of Sudan to starve targeted groups 
and subdue areas of Sudan outside of the Govern-
ment’s control.
(10) The acts of the Government of Sudan, in-
cluding the acts described in this section, constitute 
genocide as defined by the Convention on the Pre-
vention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 
(78 U.N.T.S. 277). 
(11) The efforts of the United States and other 
donors in delivering relief and assistance through 
means outside of OLS have played a critical role in 
addressing the deficiencies in OLS and offset the 
Government of Sudan’s manipulation of food dona-
tions to advantage in the civil war in Sudan. 
(12) While the immediate needs of selected 
areas in Sudan facing starvation have been ad-
dressed in the near term, the population in areas of 
Sudan outside of the control of the Government of 
Sudan are still in danger of extreme disruption of 
their ability to sustain themselves. 
(13) The Nuba Mountains and many areas in 
Bahr al Ghazal and the Upper Nile and the Blue 
Nile regions have been excluded completely from re-
lief distribution by OLS, consequently placing their 
populations at increased risk of famine. 
(14) At a cost which has sometimes exceeded 
$1,000,000 per day, and with a primary focus on 
providing only for the immediate food needs of the