SEC. 6. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-
section (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director of each international 
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to support a project in Burma only if the project 
does not partner with, contract or subcontract with, or 
otherwise involve or benefit any enterprise owned or di-
rectly or indirectly controlled by the military of Burma. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 
instruct the United States Executive Director of an inter-
national financial institution to approve projects that do 
not meet the requirements under subsection (a) after the 
date on which the Secretary of State certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(1) senior Burmese military officials have— 
(A) publicly acknowledged their role in 
committing past human rights abuses; 
(B) cooperated with independent efforts to 
investigate such abuses; 
(C) been held accountable for such abuses; 
(D) demonstrated substantial progress in 
reforming their behavior with respect to the 
protection of human rights in the conduct of 
civil-military relations; 
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(E) demonstrably and verifiably indicated 
their support for extending civil and political 
rights, including citizenship and access to rule 
of law, to all the people of Burma, including the 
Rohingya, consistent with international stand-
ards; and 
(F) are cooperating with efforts to secure 
a credible, nationwide cease-fire agreement, po-
litical 
accommodation, 
and 
constitutional 
change; or 
(2) doing so is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
SEC. 7. LIMITATION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND MILI-
TARY AND SECURITY SECTOR COOPERATION. 
(a) LIMITATION ON MILITARY AND SECURITY SEC-
TOR COOPERATION.—Except as provided under subsection 
(b), the United States may not supply any security assist-
ance or engage in any military-to-military programs with 
the armed forces or security forces of Burma, including 
through training, observation, or participation in regional 
exercises, until the date on which the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
armed forces of Burma have demonstrated significant 
progress in abiding by international human rights stand-
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ards and are undertaking meaningful and significant secu-
rity sector reform, including transparency and account-
ability, to prevent future abuses and that each of the fol-
lowing criteria have been met: 
(1) The Burmese armed forces adhere to inter-
national humanitarian law and international stand-
ards for human rights and pledge to stop future 
human rights abuses. 
(2) The Burmese armed forces support efforts 
to carry out meaningful and comprehensive inves-
tigations of alleged abuses and are taking steps to 
hold accountable those members of such armed 
forces responsible for human rights violations. 
(3) The Government of Burma, including the 
armed forces, allow immediate and unfettered hu-
manitarian access to communities in areas affected 
by conflict, including Rohingya communities in the 
state of Rakhine. 
(4) The Government of Burma, including the 
armed forces, cooperates with the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees and organizations 
affiliated with the United Nations to ensure the pro-
tection of displaced persons and the safe and vol-
untary return of refugees and internally displaced 
persons. 
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(5) The Burmese armed forces cease attacking 
ethnic minority groups and constructively participate 
in the conclusion of a credible, nationwide cease-fire 
agreement, political accommodation, and constitu-
tional change. 
(6) The Government of Burma, including the 
armed forces, takes steps toward the implementation 
of the recommendations of the Advisory Commission 
on Rakhine State and has extended recognition of 
human rights to all the people of the state of 
Rakhine, including the Rohingya. 
(7) The Government of Burma is clearly on the 
path to civilian control over its security forces, in-
cluding constitutional reforms to relinquish military 
control of ministries currently under exclusive mili-
tary control and over 25 percent of the seats in the 
combined national Parliament. 
(8) All political prisoners in Burma have been 
released. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) CERTAIN
EXISTING
AUTHORITIES.—The 
Secretary of Defense may continue to conduct con-
sultations with Burma pursuant to the authorization 
under section 1253 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) 
after the date on which the Secretary of State cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that— 
(A) attacks by Burmese security forces 
against minority groups, including the Kachin, 
Shan, and Rohingya, have ceased; 
(B) full and unfettered access for officials 
of the United Nations, human rights observers, 
and members of the press has been restored in 
conflict areas, including the states of Rakhine, 
Kachin and Shan; 
(C) the Government of Burma has made a 
firm commitment to a plan that is consistent 
with internationally accepted human rights 
principles for providing security to those refu-
gees and internally displaced persons who wish 
to return to their homes; and 
(D) Burma has ended its campaign of eth-
nic cleansing against the Rohingya people and 
the military and government make a clear com-
mitment to the restoration of rights for ethnic 
and 
religious 
minorities, 
including 
the 
Rohingya. 
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(2) HOSPITALITY.—The Secretary of State and 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment may meet related-hospitality requirements with 
respect to the Union Peace Conference 21st Century 
Panglong. 
(c) MILITARY REFORM.—The certification required 
under subsection (a) shall include a written justification 
in unclassified form that may contain a classified annex 
describing the Burmese military’s efforts to implement re-
forms, end impunity for human rights abuses, and in-
crease transparency and accountability. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of Defense 
to provide assistance to the Government of Burma except 
as provided in this section. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, 
in concurrence with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report, in unclassified form with a classified annex, 
on the strategy and plans for military-to-military en-
gagement between the United States Armed Forces 
and the military of Burma. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A description and assessment of the 
Government of Burma’s strategy for security 
sector reform, if applicable, including plans to 
end involvement in the illicit trade in jade and 
other natural resources, reforms to end corrup-
tion and illicit drug trafficking, and constitu-
tional reforms to ensure civilian control. 
(B) A list of ongoing military activities 
conducted by the United States Government 
with the Government of Burma, and a descrip-
tion of the United States strategy for future 
military-military 
engagements 
between 
the 
United States and Burma’s military forces, in-
cluding the military of Burma, the Burma Po-
lice Force, and armed ethnic groups. 
(C) An assessment of the progress of the 
military of Burma towards developing a frame-
work to implement human right reforms, in-
cluding— 
(i) cooperation with civilian authori-
ties to investigate and prosecute cases of 
serious, credible, or gross human rights 
violations; 
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(ii) steps taken to demonstrate respect 
for and implementation of the laws of war 
and international human rights law; and 
(iii) a description of the elements of 
the military-to-military engagement be-
tween the United States and Burma that 
promote such implementation. 
(D) An assessment of progress on the 
peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between 
the Government of Burma and ethnic minority 
groups, including actions taken by the military 
of Burma to adhere to cease-fire agreements 
and withdraw forces from conflict zones. 
(E) An assessment of the Burmese’s mili-
tary recruitment and use of children as soldiers. 
(F) An assessment of the Burmese’s mili-
tary’s use of violence against women, sexual vio-
lence, or other gender-based violence as a tool 
of terror, war, or ethnic cleansing. 
SEC. 8. TRADE RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON 
JADEITE AND RUBIES FROM BURMA.—Section 3A of the 
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(i) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section 9, this 
section shall remain in effect until the date on which the 
President determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Government of Burma has 
taken substantial measures to reform the gemstone indus-
try in Burma, including measures to require— 
‘‘(1) the disclosure of the ultimate beneficial 
ownership of entities in that industry; and 
‘‘(2) the publication of project revenues, pay-
ments, and contract terms relating to that indus-
try.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3A of the 
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (50 U.S.C. 
1701), as amended by subsection (a), is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘until 
such time’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘beginning on the date that is 15 
days after the date of the enactment of the 
BURMA Act of 2017’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the date 
of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘the date of the enactment of the BURMA Act 
of 2017’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘until such 
time’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2008’’ and in-
serting ‘‘beginning on the date that is 15 days after 
the date of the enactment of the BURMA Act of 
2017’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to articles entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. VISA BAN AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS WITH RE-
SPECT TO MILITARY OFFICIALS RESPON-
SIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) LIST REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 
days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a list of— 
(A) each senior official of the military or 
security forces of Burma that the President de-
termines has played a direct and substantial 
role in the commission of human rights abuses 
in Burma, including any senior-ranking individ-
uals who gave orders to subordinates to engage 
in the commission of human rights abuses; and 
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