under former President Omar al-Bashir and the Transi-
tional Military Council since June 30, 1989. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (other than the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 or the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008), 
the President is authorized to provide assistance under 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.) 
to— 
(1) build the capacity of civilian investigators 
within and outside of Sudan on how to document, 
investigate, develop findings of, identify, and locate 
those responsible for war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity, or genocide in Sudan; 
(2) collect, document, and protect evidence of 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide 
in Sudan and preserve the chain of custody for such 
evidence, including by providing support for Suda-
nese, foreign, and international nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and other entities engaged in such in-
vestigative activities; 
(3) build Sudan’s judicial capacity to support 
prosecutions in domestic courts and support inves-
tigations by hybrid or international courts as appro-
priate; 
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(4) protect witnesses who participate in court 
proceedings or other transitional justice mechanisms; 
and 
(5) support other related conflict mitigation 
programs and activities. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out part I 
and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. and 2346 et seq.), for 
fiscal years 2021 and 2022, $10,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated for each such fiscal year to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 8. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
suspend the provision of assistance authorized under sec-
tion 4, 5, 6, or 7 to the Government of Sudan if the Presi-
dent determines that conditions in Sudan or the composi-
tion of the Government of Sudan changes such that it is 
no longer in the United States national interest to con-
tinue to provide such assistance. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after making 
a determination under subsection (a), the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that describes— 
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(1) the political and security conditions in 
Sudan that led to such determination; and 
(2) any planned diplomatic engagement to re-
start the provision of such assistance. 
SEC. 9. SUPPORT FOR DEBT RELIEF AND OTHER FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that Sudan’s economic challenges are a legacy 
of decades of kleptocracy, economic mismanagement, and 
war, and Sudan’s economic recovery will depend on— 
(1) combating corruption and illicit economic 
activity; 
(2) ending internal conflicts in the states of 
Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile; and 
(3) promoting inclusive economic growth and 
development. 
(b) DEBT RELIEF AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Upon the removal of Sudan from the State Spon-
sors of Terrorism List, the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Secretary of State shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, engage with international financial insti-
tutions and other bilateral official creditors to advance 
agreement through the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 
(HIPC) Initiative to restructure, reschedule, or cancel the 
sovereign debt of Sudan following the receipt by the appro-
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priate congressional committees of the certification de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in 
this subsection is a certification submitted to the appro-
priate congressional committees of a determination made 
by the President that the Government of Sudan has taken 
demonstrable steps to improve fiscal transparency, includ-
ing— 
(1) establishing civilian control over the fi-
nances and assets of the Sudanese security and in-
telligence services; 
(2) developing a transparent budget that in-
cludes all expenditures related to the security and 
intelligence services; 
(3) identifying all shareholdings in all public 
and private companies held or managed by the secu-
rity and intelligence services, and transferring all 
such shareholdings to the Ministry of Finance of the 
Government of Sudan or to any specialized entity of 
the Government of Sudan established under law for 
this purpose, which is ultimately accountable to a ci-
vilian authority; 
(4) ceasing any involvement of the security and 
intelligence services in the illicit trade in mineral re-
sources, including petroleum and gold; 
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(5) determining and implementing a method-
ology for the Government of Sudan to recover any 
state assets and the profits derived from the assets 
that may have been transferred to the National Con-
gress Party, an affiliate of the National Congress 
Party, or an official of the National Congress Party 
in the individual capacity of such an official; and 
(6) establishing transparency with respect to 
any offshore financial resources controlled by the se-
curity and intelligence services. 
(d) MULTILATERAL FINANCING RESTRICTION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director at each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice and vote of the United States to ab-
stain from any extension by the respective institution of 
any loan, credit, or guarantee to, or any other use of funds 
of the respective institution for, Sudan until the appro-
priate congressional committees receive the certification 
described in subsection (e). 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in 
this subsection is a certification submitted to the appro-
priate congressional committees of a determination made 
by the President that— 
(1) the Sovereignty Council is headed by a civil-
ian leader not later than May 2021, as stated in the 
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2019 Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Pe-
riod; 
(2) the Transitional Legislative Council of Su-
dan’s transitional government is constituted in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the 2019 constitu-
tional charter for the transitional period; and 
(3)(A) Sudan has held general elections that 
are widely accepted as free, fair, and credible by 
independent international monitors, and the presi-
dent-elect is free to assume the duties of the office; 
or 
(B) if the certification is made before the gen-
eral election is held, the Government of Sudan has 
sufficiently taken steps to open the civic and political 
space in Sudan, including legal reforms to the laws 
governing the security forces, such as the National 
Security Act of 2010 and the Sudan Armed Forces 
Act of 2007, to make clear that immunity from 
prosecution in a civilian court will not be provided 
to any official or member of the security and intel-
ligence forces who are responsible for serious human 
rights violations and abuses. 
(f) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (d) shall not apply 
with respect to the certification described in subsection (e) 
with respect to any loan, credit, or financial or technical 
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assistance proposed to be provided to address basic human 
needs or to promote democracy, governance, or public fi-
nancial management in Sudan. 
SEC. 10. COORDINATED SUPPORT TO RECOVER ASSETS 
STOLEN FROM THE SUDANESE PEOPLE. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, shall 
seek to advance the efforts of the Government of Sudan 
to recover assets stolen from the Sudanese people, includ-
ing with regard to international efforts to— 
(1) identify and track assets taken from the 
people and institutions of Sudan through theft, cor-
ruption, money laundering, or other illicit means; 
and 
(2) with respect to assets identified pursuant to 
paragraph (1), work with foreign governments and 
international organizations to— 
(A) share financial investigations intel-
ligence, as appropriate; 
(B) oversee and manage the assets identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (1); 
(C) as appropriate, advance, advance civil 
forfeiture litigation, including providing tech-
nical assistance to help governments establish 
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the necessary legal framework to carry out 
asset forfeitures; and 
(D) work with the Government of Sudan to 
ensure that a credible mechanism is established 
to ensure that any recovered assets are man-
aged in a transparent and accountable fashion 
and ultimately used for the benefit of the Suda-
nese people, provided that— 
(i) returned assets are not used for 
partisan political purposes; and 
(ii) there are robust financial manage-
ment and oversight measures to safeguard 
repatriated assets. 
SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE SUDANESE 
SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may not provide 
assistance (other than assistance authorized under section 
6 of this Act) to the Sudanese security and intelligence 
services until the President submits to Congress a certifi-
cation that the Government of Sudan has met the condi-
tions described in subsection (c). 
(b) EXCEPTION; WAIVER.— 
(1) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of State may, 
as appropriate and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, provide assistance for the purpose of 
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professionalizing the Sudanese security and intel-
ligence services, through institutions such as the Af-
rica Center for Strategic Studies and the United 
States Institute of Peace. 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
limitation on the provision of assistance under sub-
section (a) if, not later than 30 days before the as-
sistance is to be provided, the President submits to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) a list of the activities and participants 
to which such waiver would apply; 
(B) a justification that the waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(C) a certification that the participants 
have met the requirements of either section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) for programs funded 
through Department of State appropriations or 
section 362 of title 10, United States Code, for 
programs funded through Department of De-
fense appropriations. 
(c) CONDITIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The conditions described in 
this subsection are that the Sudanese security and 
intelligence services— 
(A) have demonstrated progress in under-
taking security sector reform, including reforms 
that professionalize such security and intel-
ligence services, improve transparency, and re-
forms to the laws governing the security forces, 
such as of the National Security Act of 2010 
and the Sudan Armed Forces Act of 2007; 
(B) support efforts to respect human 
rights, including religious freedom, and hold ac-
countable any members of such security and in-
telligence services responsible for human rights 
violations and abuses, including by taking de-
monstrable steps to cooperate with local or 
international mechanisms of accountability, to 
ensure that those responsible for war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide com-
mitted in Sudan are brought to justice; 
(C) are under civilian oversight, subject to 
the rule of law, and are not undertaking actions 
to undermine a civilian-led transitional govern-
ment or an elected civilian government; 
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