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Union Calendar No. 219 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3127 
[Report No. 109–392, Parts I and II] 
To impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, 
and crimes against humanity, to support measures for the protection 
of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support peace efforts 
in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2005 
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LANTOS, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WOLF, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
RANGEL, and Mr. CAPUANO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on International Relations with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period ending not later than 
March 28, 2006, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and the 
amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to 
clause 1(1), rule X 
MARCH 28, 2006 
Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 
later than March 29, 2006 
MARCH 29, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
WEXLER, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BERMAN, 
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Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
BACHUS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. LEE, Ms. WATSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK
of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. MILLENDER- 
MCDONALD, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. ROTHMAN, 
Mr. LYNCH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, 
Mr. COSTA, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. FARR, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. ISSA, 
Mr. GORDON, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MILLER 
of North Carolina, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SHAW, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. HIN-
CHEY, Mr. STARK, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. KIRK, Mr. DENT, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. BROWN 
of Ohio, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. 
SABO, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Ms. HOOLEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. AKIN, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. FER-
GUSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LOBIONDO, 
Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Ms. WATERS, Ms. BALDWIN, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. WU, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, and Mr. GERLACH 
MARCH 29, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 30, 2005] 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions against individuals responsible for geno-
cide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to sup-
port measures for the protection of civilians and humani-
tarian operations, and to support peace efforts in the 
Darfur region of Sudan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006’’ . 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 5. Sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. 
Sec. 6. Additional authorities to deter and suppress genocide in Darfur. 
Sec. 7. Multilateral efforts. 
Sec. 8. Continuation of restrictions. 
Sec. 9. Assistance efforts in Sudan. 
Sec. 10. Reports. 
Sec. 11. Rule of construction. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
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tees’’ means the Committee on International Relations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Sudan’’ means the National Congress Party, 
formerly known as the National Islamic Front, 
led-government in Khartoum, Sudan, or any 
successor government formed on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act (including the coali-
tion National Unity Government agreed upon in 
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan), 
except that such term does not include the re-
gional Government of Southern Sudan. 
(B) OFFICIALS
OF
THE
GOVERNMENT
OF 
SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’, 
when used with respect to an official of the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, does not include an indi-
vidual— 
(i) who was not a member of such gov-
ernment prior to July 1, 2005; or 
(ii) who is a member of the regional 
Government of Southern Sudan. 
(3) COMPREHENSIVE
PEACE
AGREEMENT
FOR 
SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
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for Sudan’’ means the peace agreement signed by the 
Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Libera-
tion Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in Nairobi, Kenya, 
on January 9, 2005. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On July 22, 2004, the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate declared that the atrocities occur-
ring in the Darfur region of Sudan are genocide. 
(2) On September 9, 2004, Secretary of State 
Colin L. Powell stated before the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate, ‘‘genocide has been com-
mitted in Darfur,’’ and ‘‘the Government of Sudan 
and the [Janjaweed] bear responsibility—and geno-
cide may still be occurring’’. 
(3) On September 21, 2004, in an address before 
the United Nations General Assembly, President 
George W. Bush affirmed the Secretary of State’s 
finding and stated,‘‘[a]t this hour, the world is wit-
nessing terrible suffering and horrible crimes in the 
Darfur region of Sudan, crimes my government has 
concluded are genocide’’. 
(4) On July 30, 2004, the United Nations Secu-
rity Council passed Security Council Resolution 
1556, calling upon the Government of Sudan to dis-
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