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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3889 
To place conditions on assistance to the Government of Burma. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To place conditions on assistance to the Government of 
Burma. 
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 ‘‘Burma Human Rights 
and Democracy Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no funds authorized to be appropriated or 
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otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Defense may be made available for 
assistance to the Government of Burma unless the 
Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
(A) the Government of Burma has taken 
concrete steps toward— 
(i) establishing civilian oversight of 
the armed forces; 
(ii) addressing human rights abuses 
by the Burmese military, including publicly 
acknowledging that human rights abuses 
have been and continue to be committed by 
the Burmese military, and committing to a 
zero tolerance policy against such human 
rights abuses; and 
(iii) terminating military relations 
with North Korea; 
(B) the Government of Burma has taken 
concrete steps to establish a fair, transparent 
and inclusive process to amend the Constitution 
of Burma, including the full participation of the 
political opposition and all ethnic minority 
groups, and the constitutional reform process 
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will provide the basis for free, fair, and com-
petitive elections in Burma; 
(C) the Government of Burma has amend-
ed its constitution and laws to ensure civilian 
control of the military and implemented reforms 
to increase the transparency and accountability 
of the military’s budget and operations, and the 
Burmese military has taken substantial and 
meaningful steps to divest itself from ownership 
of commercial businesses; 
(D) the Government of Burma is showing 
meaningful and well-documented efforts to pro-
mote peace agreements or political reconcili-
ation and equal and fair treatment of all ethnic 
groups in conflict areas or areas of unrest, and 
to actively address the resettlement and human-
itarian situation of displaced persons; and 
(E) the Burmese military is— 
(i) improving its human rights record, 
as measured by consistent decreases in re-
ports of forced labor, indefinite detention, 
torture, or cruel, inhumane, and degrading 
treatment of detainees, and use in armed 
conflict of indiscriminate or dispropor-
tionate methods and means of attack; 
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(ii) demonstrating a genuine interest 
in reform by ceasing attacks against ethnic 
minority groups in both ceasefire and non- 
ceasefire areas; 
(iii) taking steps to withdraw forces 
from conflict zones, including by halting 
the use of soldiers in economic develop-
ment projects; 
(iv) adhering to the conditions of 
ceasefire agreements; and 
(v) signing and implementing a code 
of conduct. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The restriction in paragraph 
(1) does not apply to consultation and basic training 
on human rights and disaster response for the Bur-
mese military, including training for the Burmese 
military and civilian leadership on international law, 
civilian control of the military, and justice and ac-
countability mechanisms both through the chain of 
command and civilian authority, except that such 
consultation and training shall occur in conjunction 
with engagement with ethnic armed groups and con-
ducted in a manner that will not enhance the Bur-
mese military’s capabilities against ethnic minorities. 
(b) REPORT.— 
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