H. Res. 1341 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 15, 2008. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the 
bill (H.R. 3890) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the require-
ment for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanc-
tions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, ex-
pand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban 
is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohib-
ited activities, and for other purposes.’’, with the Senate 
amendments thereto, shall be considered to have been taken 
from the Speaker’s table to the end that the Senate amend-
ments thereto be, and the same are hereby, agreed to with 
the following amendments: Strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tom Lantos Block Bur-
mese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 
2008’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Beginning on August 19, 2007, hundreds of 
thousands of citizens of Burma, including thousands 
of Buddhist monks and students, participated in 
peaceful demonstrations against rapidly deteriorating 
living conditions and the violent and repressive poli-
cies of the State Peace and Development Council 
(SPDC), the ruling military regime in Burma— 
(A) to demand the release of all political 
prisoners, including 1991 Nobel Peace Prize win-
ner Aung San Suu Kyi; and 
(B) to urge the regime to engage in mean-
ingful dialogue to pursue national reconciliation. 
(2) The Burmese regime responded to these 
peaceful protests with a violent crackdown leading to 
the reported killing of approximately 200 people, in-
cluding a Japanese photojournalist, and hundreds of 
injuries. Human rights groups further estimate that 
over 2,000 individuals have been detained, arrested, 
imprisoned, beaten, tortured, or otherwise intimidated 
as part of this crackdown. Burmese military, police, 
and their affiliates in the Union Solidarity Develop-
ment Association (USDA) perpetrated almost all of 
these abuses. The Burmese regime continues to detain, 
torture, and otherwise intimidate those individuals
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whom it believes participated in or led the protests 
and it has closed down or otherwise limited access to 
several monasteries and temples that played key roles 
in the peaceful protests. 
(3) The Department of State’s 2006 Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices found that the 
SPDC— 
(A) routinely restricts freedoms of speech, 
press, assembly, association, religion, and move-
ment; 
(B) traffics in persons; 
(C) discriminates against women and eth-
nic minorities; 
(D) forcibly recruits child soldiers and child 
labor; and 
(E) commits other serious violations of 
human rights, including extrajudicial killings, 
custodial deaths, disappearances, rape, torture, 
abuse of prisoners and detainees, and the impris-
onment of citizens arbitrarily for political mo-
tives. 
(4) Aung San Suu Kyi has been arbitrarily im-
prisoned or held under house arrest for more than 12 
years.
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(5) In October 2007, President Bush announced 
a new Executive Order to tighten economic sanctions 
against Burma and block property and travel to the 
United States by certain senior leaders of the SPDC, 
individuals who provide financial backing for the 
SPDC, and individuals responsible for human rights 
violations and impeding democracy in Burma. Addi-
tional names were added in updates done on October 
19, 2007, and February 5, 2008. However, only 38 
discrete individuals and 13 discrete companies have 
been designated under those sanctions, once aliases 
and companies with similar names were removed. By 
contrast, the Australian Government identified more 
than 400 individuals and entities subject to its sanc-
tions applied in the wake of the 2007 violence. The 
European Union’s regulations to implement sanctions 
against Burma have identified more than 400 indi-
viduals among the leadership of government, the mili-
tary, and the USDA, along with nearly 1300 state 
and military-run companies potentially subject to its 
sanctions. 
(6) The Burmese regime and its supporters fi-
nance their ongoing violations of human rights, un-
democratic policies, and military activities in part 
through financial transactions, travel, and trade in-
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volving the United States, including the sale of petro-
leum products, gemstones and hardwoods. 
(7) In 2006, the Burmese regime earned more 
than $500 million from oil and gas projects, over 
$500 million from sale of hardwoods, and in excess of 
$300 million from the sale of rubies and jade. At least 
$500 million of the $2.16 billion earned in 2006 from 
Burma’s two natural gas pipelines, one of which is 28 
percent owned by a United States company, went to 
the Burmese regime. The regime has earned smaller 
amounts from oil and gas exploration and non-oper-
ational pipelines but United States investors are not 
involved in those transactions. Industry sources esti-
mate that over $100 million annually in Burmese ru-
bies and jade enters the United States. Burma’s offi-
cial statistics report that Burma exported $500 mil-
lion in hardwoods in 2006 but NGOs estimate the 
true figure to exceed $900 million. Reliable statistics 
on the amount of hardwoods imported into the United 
States from Burma in the form of finished products 
are not available, in part due to widespread illegal 
logging and smuggling. 
(8) The SPDC seeks to evade the sanctions im-
posed in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003. Millions of dollars in gemstones that are ex-
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ported from Burma ultimately enter the United 
States, but the Burmese regime attempts to conceal 
the origin of the gemstones in an effort to evade sanc-
tions. For example, according to gem industry ex-
perts, over 90 percent of the world’s ruby supply 
originates in Burma but only 3 percent of the rubies 
entering the United States are claimed to be of Bur-
mese origin. The value of Burmese gemstones is pre-
dominantly based on their original quality and geo-
logical origin, rather than the labor involved in cut-
ting and polishing the gemstones. 
(9) According to hardwood industry experts, 
Burma is home to approximately 60 percent of the 
world’s native teak reserves. More than 1⁄4 of the 
world’s internationally traded teak originates from 
Burma, and hardwood sales, mainly of teak, represent 
more than 11 percent of Burma’s official foreign ex-
change earnings. 
(10) The SPDC owns a majority stake in vir-
tually all enterprises responsible for the extraction 
and trade of Burmese natural resources, including all 
mining operations, the Myanmar Timber Enterprise, 
the Myanmar Gems Enterprise, the Myanmar Pearl 
Enterprise, and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enter-
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prise. Virtually all profits from these enterprises en-
rich the SPDC. 
(11) On October 11, 2007, the United Nations 
Security Council, with the consent of the People’s Re-
public of China, issued a statement condemning the 
violence in Burma, urging the release of all political 
prisoners, and calling on the SPDC to enter into a 
United Nations-mediated dialogue with its political 
opposition. 
(12) The United Nations special envoy Ibrahim 
Gambari traveled to Burma from September 29, 
2007, through October 2, 2007, holding meetings with 
SPDC leader General Than Shwe and democracy ad-
vocate Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to promote 
dialogue between the SPDC and democracy advocates. 
(13) The leaders of the SPDC will have a greater 
incentive to cooperate with diplomatic efforts by the 
United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations, and the People’s Republic of China if they 
come under targeted economic pressure that denies 
them access to personal wealth and sources of revenue. 
(14) On the night of May 2, 2008, through the 
morning of May 3, 2008, tropical cyclone Nargis 
struck the coast of Burma, resulting in the deaths of 
tens of thousands of Burmese.
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(15) The response to the cyclone by Burma’s 
military leaders illustrates their fundamental lack of 
concern for the welfare of the Burmese people. The re-
gime did little to warn citizens of the cyclone, did not 
provide adequate humanitarian assistance to address 
basic needs and prevent loss of life, and continues to 
fail to provide life-protecting and life-sustaining serv-
ices to its people. 
(16) The international community responded 
immediately to the cyclone and attempted to provide 
humanitarian assistance. More than 30 disaster as-
sessment teams from 18 different nations and the 
United Nations arrived in the region, but the Bur-
mese regime denied them permission to enter the 
country. Eventually visas were granted to aid work-
ers, but the regime continues to severely limit their 
ability to provide assistance in the affected areas. 
(17) Despite the devastation caused by Cyclone 
Nargis, the junta went ahead with its referendum on 
a constitution drafted by an illegitimate assembly, 
conducting voting in unaffected areas on May 10, 
2008, and in portions of the affected Irrawaddy re-
gion and Rangoon on May 26, 2008. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act:
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(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY-
ABLE-THROUGH
ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 
‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac-
count’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
5318A(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) ASEAN.—The term ‘‘ASEAN’’ means the 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 
(A) an individual, corporation, company, 
business association, partnership, society, trust, 
any other nongovernmental entity, organization, 
or group; and 
(B) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of 
any person described in subparagraph (A).
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(5) SPDC.—The term ‘‘SPDC’’ means the State 
Peace and Development Council, the ruling military 
regime in Burma. 
(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means any United States citizen, per-
manent resident alien, juridical person organized 
under the laws of the United States (including foreign 
branches), or any person in the United States. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) condemn the continued repression carried out 
by the SPDC; 
(2) work with the international community, es-
pecially the People’s Republic of China, India, Thai-
land, and ASEAN, to foster support for the legitimate 
democratic aspirations of the people of Burma and to 
coordinate efforts to impose sanctions on those di-
rectly responsible for human rights abuses in Burma; 
(3) provide all appropriate support and assist-
ance to aid a peaceful transition to constitutional de-
mocracy in Burma; 
(4) support international efforts to alleviate the 
suffering of Burmese refugees and address the urgent 
humanitarian needs of the Burmese people; and
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(5) identify individuals responsible for the re-
pression of peaceful political activity in Burma and 
hold them accountable for their actions. 
SEC. 5. SANCTIONS. 
(a) VISA BAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following persons shall be 
ineligible for a visa to travel to the United States: 
(A) Former and present leaders of the 
SPDC, the Burmese military, or the USDA. 
(B) Officials of the SPDC, the Burmese 
military, or the USDA involved in the repression 
of peaceful political activity or in other gross 
violations of human rights in Burma or in the 
commission of other human rights abuses, in-
cluding any current or former officials of the se-
curity services and judicial institutions of the 
SPDC. 
(C) Any other Burmese persons who provide 
substantial economic and political support for 
the SPDC, the Burmese military, or the USDA. 
(D) The immediate family members of any 
person described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the visa 
ban described in paragraph (1) only if the President
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determines and certifies in writing to Congress that 
travel by the person seeking such a waiver is in the 
national interests of the United States. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to conflict with the pro-
visions of section 694 of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161), nor shall this 
subsection be construed to make ineligible for a visa 
members of ethnic groups in Burma now or pre-
viously opposed to the regime who were forced to pro-
vide labor or other support to the Burmese military 
and who are otherwise eligible for admission into the 
United States. 
(b) FINANCIAL SANCTIONS.— 
(1) BLOCKED PROPERTY.—No property or inter-
est in property belonging to a person described in 
subsection (a)(1) may be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt with if— 
(A) the property is located in the United 
States or within the possession or control of a 
United States person, including the overseas 
branch of a United States person; or 
(B) the property comes into the possession 
or control of a United States person after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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(2) FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.—Except with re-
spect to transactions authorized under Executive Or-
ders 13047 (May 20, 1997) and 13310 (July 28, 
2003), no United States person may engage in a fi-
nancial transaction with the SPDC or with a person 
described in subsection (a)(1). 
(3) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Activities prohib-
ited by reason of the blocking of property and finan-
cial transactions under this subsection shall include 
the following: 
(A) Payments or transfers of any property, 
or any transactions involving the transfer of 
anything of economic value by any United 
States person, including any United States fi-
nancial institution and any branch or office of 
such financial institution that is located outside 
the United States, to the SPDC or to an indi-
vidual described in subsection (a)(1). 
(B) The export or reexport directly or indi-
rectly, of any goods, technology, or services by a 
United States person to the SPDC, to an indi-
vidual described in subsection (a)(1) or to any 
entity owned, controlled, or operated by the 
SPDC or by an individual described in such 
subsection.
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(c) AUTHORITY
FOR ADDITIONAL BANKING SANC-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the 
Attorney General of the United States, and the Chair-
man of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, may prohibit or impose conditions on the 
opening or maintaining in the United States of a cor-
respondent account or payable-through account by 
any financial institution (as that term is defined in 
section 5312 of title 31, United States Code) or finan-
cial agency that is organized under the laws of a 
State, territory, or possession of the United States, for 
or on behalf of a foreign banking institution, if the 
Secretary determines that the account might be 
used— 
(A) by a foreign banking institution that 
holds property or an interest in property belong-
ing to the SPDC or a person described in sub-
section (a)(1); or 
(B) to conduct a transaction on behalf of 
the SPDC or a person described in subsection 
(a)(1). 
(2) AUTHORITY TO DEFINE TERMS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may, by regulation, further de-
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fine the terms used in paragraph (1) for purposes of 
this section, as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(d) LIST OF SANCTIONED OFFICIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a list of— 
(A) former and present leaders of the 
SPDC, the Burmese military, and the USDA; 
(B) officials of the SPDC, the Burmese 
military, or the USDA involved in the repression 
of peaceful political activity in Burma or in the 
commission of other human rights abuses, in-
cluding any current or former officials of the se-
curity services and judicial institutions of the 
SPDC; 
(C) any other Burmese persons or entities 
who provide substantial economic and political 
support for the SPDC, the Burmese military, or 
the USDA; and 
(D) the immediate family members of any 
person described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C) whom the President determines effectively 
controls property in the United States or has
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benefitted from a financial transaction with any 
United States person. 
(2) CONSIDERATION OF OTHER DATA.—In pre-
paring the list required under paragraph (1), the 
President shall consider the data already obtained by 
other countries and entities that apply sanctions 
against Burma, such as the Australian Government 
and the European Union. 
(3) UPDATES.—The President shall transmit to 
the appropriate congressional committees updated 
lists of the persons described in paragraph (1) as new 
information becomes available. 
(4) IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall devote sufficient resources to the identification of 
information concerning potential persons to be sanc-
tioned to carry out the purposes described in this Act. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to prohibit any contract or other finan-
cial transaction with any nongovernmental humanitarian 
organization in Burma. 
(f) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions and restric-
tions described in subsections (b) and (c) shall not 
apply to medicine, medical equipment or supplies,
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food or feed, or any other form of humanitarian as-
sistance provided to Burma. 
(2) REGULATORY
EXCEPTIONS.—For the fol-
lowing purposes, the Secretary of State may, by regu-
lation, authorize exceptions to the prohibition and re-
strictions described in subsection (a), and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may, by regulation, authorize 
exceptions to the prohibitions and restrictions de-
scribed in subsections (b) and (c)— 
(A) to permit the United States and Burma 
to operate their diplomatic missions, and to per-
mit the United States to conduct other official 
United States Government business in Burma; 
(B) to permit United States citizens to visit 
Burma; and 
(C) to permit the United States to comply 
with the United Nations Headquarters Agree-
ment and other applicable international agree-
ments. 
(g) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates any prohi-
bition or restriction imposed pursuant to subsection (b) or 
(c) shall be subject to the penalties under section 6 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1705) to the same extent as for a violation under that Act.
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(h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The sanctions im-
posed under subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall apply until the 
President determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the SPDC has— 
(1) unconditionally released all political pris-
oners, including Aung San Suu Kyi and other mem-
bers of the National League for Democracy; 
(2) entered into a substantive dialogue with 
democratic forces led by the National League for De-
mocracy and the ethnic minorities of Burma on 
transitioning to democratic government under the 
rule of law; and 
(3) allowed humanitarian access to populations 
affected by armed conflict in all regions of Burma. 
(i) WAIVER.—The President may waive the sanctions 
described in subsections (b) and (c) if the President deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that such waiver is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS TO THE BURMESE FREEDOM AND DE-
MOCRACY ACT OF 2003. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Burmese Freedom and Democ-
racy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–61; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended by inserting after section 3 the following new 
section:
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‘‘SEC. 3A. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF JADEITE AND 
RUBIES FROM BURMA AND ARTICLES OF JEW-
ELRY CONTAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES FROM 
BURMA. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Ways and Means 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) BURMESE
COVERED
ARTICLE.—The term 
‘Burmese covered article’ means— 
‘‘(A) jadeite mined or extracted from 
Burma; 
‘‘(B) rubies mined or extracted from 
Burma; or 
‘‘(C) articles of jewelry containing jadeite 
described in subparagraph (A) or rubies de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(3) NON-BURMESE
COVERED
ARTICLE.—The 
term ‘non-Burmese covered article’ means— 
‘‘(A) jadeite mined or extracted from a 
country other than Burma;
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‘‘(B) rubies mined or extracted from a coun-
try other than Burma; or 
‘‘(C) articles of jewelry containing jadeite 
described in subparagraph (A) or rubies de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(4) JADEITE; RUBIES; ARTICLES OF JEWELRY 
CONTAINING JADEITE OR RUBIES.— 
‘‘(A) JADEITE.—The term ‘jadeite’ means 
any jadeite classifiable under heading 7103 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘HTS’). 
‘‘(B) RUBIES.—The term ‘rubies’ means 
any rubies classifiable under heading 7103 of the 
HTS. 
‘‘(C) ARTICLES
OF
JEWELRY
CONTAINING 
JADEITE OR RUBIES.—The term ‘articles of jew-
elry containing jadeite or rubies’ means— 
‘‘(i) any article of jewelry classifiable 
under heading 7113 of the HTS that con-
tains jadeite or rubies; or 
‘‘(ii) any article of jadeite or rubies 
classifiable under heading 7116 of the HTS. 
‘‘(5) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’, 
when used in the geographic sense, means the several
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States, the District of Columbia, and any common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION
ON IMPORTATION
OF BURMESE 
COVERED ARTICLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, until such time as the President de-
termines and certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that Burma has met the conditions 
described in section 3(a)(3), beginning 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Tom Lantos Block 
Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) 
Act of 2008, the President shall prohibit the importa-
tion into the United States of any Burmese covered 
article. 
‘‘(2) REGULATORY
AUTHORITY.—The President 
is authorized to, and shall as necessary, issue such 
proclamations, regulations, licenses, and orders, and 
conduct such investigations, as may be necessary to 
implement the prohibition under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) OTHER ACTIONS.—Beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall take all 
appropriate actions to seek the following: 
‘‘(A) The issuance of a draft waiver decision 
by the Council for Trade in Goods of the World 
Trade Organization granting a waiver of the ap-
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plicable obligations of the United States under 
the World Trade Organization with respect to 
the provisions of this section and any measures 
taken to implement this section. 
‘‘(B) The adoption of a resolution by the 
United Nations General Assembly expressing the 
need to address trade in Burmese covered articles 
and calling for the creation and implementation 
of a workable certification scheme for non-Bur-
mese covered articles to prevent the trade in Bur-
mese covered articles. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION OF NON-BUR-
MESE COVERED ARTICLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), until such time as the President determines 
and certifies to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that Burma has met the conditions described in 
section 3(a)(3), beginning 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese 
JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008, 
the President shall require as a condition for the im-
portation into the United States of any non-Burmese 
covered article that— 
‘‘(A) the exporter of the non-Burmese cov-
ered article has implemented measures that have
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substantially the same effect and achieve the 
same goals as the measures described in clauses 
(i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) (or their 
functional equivalent) to prevent the trade in 
Burmese covered articles; and 
‘‘(B) the importer of the non-Burmese cov-
ered article agrees— 
‘‘(i) to maintain a full record of, in the 
form of reports or otherwise, complete infor-
mation relating to any act or transaction 
related to the purchase, manufacture, or 
shipment of the non-Burmese covered article 
for a period of not less than 5 years from 
the date of entry of the non-Burmese covered 
article; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide the information de-
scribed in clause (i) within the custody or 
control of such person to the relevant United 
States authorities upon request. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
waive the requirements of paragraph (1) with re-
spect to the importation of non-Burmese covered 
articles from any country with respect to which 
the President determines and certifies to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees has imple-
mented the measures described in subparagraph 
(B) (or their functional equivalent) to prevent 
the trade in Burmese covered articles. 
‘‘(B) MEASURES
DESCRIBED.—The meas-
ures referred to in subparagraph (A) are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) With respect to exportation from 
the country of jadeite or rubies in rough 
form, a system of verifiable controls on the 
jadeite or rubies from mine to exportation 
demonstrating that the jadeite or rubies 
were not mined or extracted from Burma, 
and accompanied by officially-validated 
documentation certifying the country from 
which the jadeite or rubies were mined or 
extracted, total carat weight, and value of 
the jadeite or rubies. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to exportation from 
the country of finished jadeite or polished 
rubies, a system of verifiable controls on the 
jadeite or rubies from mine to the place of 
final finishing of the jadeite or rubies dem-
onstrating that the jadeite or rubies were 
not mined or extracted from Burma, and
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accompanied by officially-validated docu-
mentation certifying the country from 
which the jadeite or rubies were mined or 
extracted. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to exportation from 
the country of articles of jewelry containing 
jadeite or rubies, a system of verifiable con-
trols on the jadeite or rubies from mine to 
the place of final finishing of the article of 
jewelry containing jadeite or rubies dem-
onstrating that the jadeite or rubies were 
not mined or extracted from Burma, and 
accompanied by officially-validated docu-
mentation certifying the country from 
which the jadeite or rubies were mined or 
extracted. 
‘‘(iv) Verifiable recordkeeping by all 
entities and individuals engaged in mining, 
importation, and exportation of non-Bur-
mese covered articles in the country, and 
subject to inspection and verification by au-
thorized authorities of the government of the 
country in accordance with applicable law. 
‘‘(v) Implementation by the govern-
ment of the country of proportionate and
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dissuasive penalties against any persons 
who violate laws and regulations designed 
to prevent trade in Burmese covered arti-
cles. 
‘‘(vi) Full cooperation by the country 
with the United Nations or other official 
international organizations that seek to pre-
vent trade in Burmese covered articles. 
‘‘(3) REGULATORY
AUTHORITY.—The President 
is authorized to, and shall as necessary, issue such 
proclamations, regulations, licenses, and orders and 
conduct such investigations, as may be necessary to 
implement the provisions under paragraphs (1) and 
(2). 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) and subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to 
Burmese covered articles and non-Burmese covered 
articles, respectively, that were previously exported 
from the United States, including those that accom-
panied an individual outside the United States for 
personal use, if they are reimported into the United 
States by the same person, without having been ad-
vanced in value or improved in condition by any
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process or other means while outside the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PROVISION.—The requirements 
of subsection (c)(1) shall not apply with respect to the 
importation of non-Burmese covered articles that are 
imported by or on behalf of an individual for per-
sonal use and accompanying an individual upon 
entry into the United States. 
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT.—Burmese covered articles or 
non-Burmese covered articles that are imported into the 
United States in violation of any prohibition of this Act 
or any other provision law shall be subject to all applicable 
seizure and forfeiture laws and criminal and civil laws of 
the United States to the same extent as any other violation 
of the customs laws of the United States. 
‘‘(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the President should take the necessary steps to 
seek to negotiate an international arrangement— 
similar to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme 
for conflict diamonds—to prevent the trade in Bur-
mese covered articles. Such an international arrange-
ment should create an effective global system of con-
trols and should contain the measures described in 
subsection (c)(2)(B) (or their functional equivalent).
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‘‘(2) 
KIMBERLEY
PROCESS
CERTIFICATION 
SCHEME
DEFINED.—In paragraph (1), the term 
‘Kimberley Process Certification Scheme’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(6) of the Clean 
Diamond Trade Act (Public Law 108–19; 19 U.S.C. 
3902(6)). 
‘‘(g) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Tom Lantos 
Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Ef-
forts) Act of 2008, the President shall transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report de-
scribing what actions the United States has taken 
during the 60-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of such Act to seek— 
‘‘(A) the issuance of a draft waiver decision 
by the Council for Trade in Goods of the World 
Trade Organization, as specified in subsection 
(b)(3)(A); 
‘‘(B) the adoption of a resolution by the 
United Nations General Assembly, as specified 
in subsection (b)(3)(B); and 
‘‘(C) the negotiation of an international ar-
rangement, as specified in subsection (f)(1).
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‘‘(2) UPDATE.—The President shall make contin-
ued efforts to seek the items specified in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) and shall 
promptly update the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on subsequent developments with respect to 
these efforts. 
‘‘(h) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 14 months after 
the date of the enactment of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese 
JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
effectiveness of the implementation of this section. The 
Comptroller General shall include in the report any rec-
ommendations for improving the administration of this 
Act.’’. 
(b) DURATION OF SANCTIONS.— 
(1) CONTINUATION OF IMPORT SANCTIONS.—Sub-
section (b) of section 9 of the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–61; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of 
this subsection, any reference to section 3(a)(1) shall 
be deemed to include a reference to section 3A (b)(1) 
and (c)(1).’’.
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that provide military or intelligence aid to the SPDC and 
describing such military or intelligence aid provided by 
each such country, company, and other entity. 
(b) MILITARY OR INTELLIGENCE AID DEFINED.—For 
the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘military or intel-
ligence aid’’ means, with respect to the SPDC— 
(1) the provision of weapons, weapons parts, 
military vehicles, or military aircraft; 
(2) the provision of military or intelligence 
training, including advice and assistance on subject 
matter expert exchanges; 
(3) the provision of weapons of mass destruction 
and related materials, capabilities, and technology, 
including nuclear, chemical, or dual-use capabilities; 
(4) conducting joint military exercises; 
(5) the provision of naval support, including 
ship development and naval construction; 
(6) the provision of technical support, including 
computer and software development and installations, 
networks, and infrastructure development and con-
struction; or 
(7) the construction or expansion of airfields, in-
cluding radar and anti-aircraft systems. 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a