I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1939 
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to conflict in Sudan, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2025 
Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. AMO, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAMLAGER- 
DOVE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
MORELLE, Ms. OMAR, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, 
and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to conflict 
in 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘U.S. Engagement in Sudanese Peace Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 101. Report on international crimes and blocking humanitarian aid. 
Sec. 102. Report on foreign entities violating the United Nations arms embargo 
on Darfur. 
Sec. 103. Sanctions required. 
Sec. 104. Termination of sanctions. 
Sec. 105. Definitions. 
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Strategy. 
Sec. 202. Special Envoy for Sudan. 
Sec. 203. Use of United States influence at the United Nations. 
Sec. 204. Assistance to deploy and sustain a United Nations, African Union, 
or multinational force. 
Sec. 205. Empowering Sudanese women and youth. 
Sec. 206. Prohibition on sale and licensing of major defense equipment. 
Sec. 207. Certification and report on non-restriction of United States humani-
tarian assistance in Sudan. 
Sec. 208. Report on United States weapons being used in Sudan. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to support an inclusive diplomatic process, 
that meaningfully includes women and youth leaders, 
and marginalized communities, to establish a cease 
fire and a sustainable peace agreement in Sudan; 
(2) to support justice and accountability for vio-
lations of international humanitarian law, genocide, 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other seri-
ous human rights abuses by armed actors in Sudan, 
especially those involved in the conflict that began 
on April 15, 2023, those who perpetrated the Octo-
ber 25, 2021, coup d’etat, and those who committed 
human rights abuses during and in the wake of the 
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state of emergency declared by the military junta 
after the October 25, 2021, coup d’etat; and 
(3) to pursue a strategy on Sudan that in-
cludes— 
(A) leading and coordinating international 
efforts to establish and facilitate a comprehen-
sive and inclusive peace process that meaning-
fully includes civil society and seeks a sustain-
able end to the country’s conflicts; 
(B) facilitating unrestricted delivery of hu-
manitarian aid throughout Sudan, across mili-
tary lines and across international borders, in-
cluding through local grassroots organizations; 
(C) developing and advancing a plan for 
the prevention of mass atrocities and for pro-
tecting civilians; 
(D) pursuing survivor-centered justice and 
accountability for violations of international hu-
manitarian law, genocide, war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and other serious human 
rights abuses, including conflict-related sexual 
and gender-based violence; and 
(E) supporting an inclusive dialogue aimed 
at establishing a civilian-led transition to de-
mocracy, including by promoting mechanisms 
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that ensure the meaningful leadership and in-
clusion of women, youth, and traditionally 
marginalized communities. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 
Treasury, should— 
(A) sanction the leadership of the Rapid 
Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese 
Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for strategic 
decisions that have directed or enabled the com-
mission of atrocities, including genocide, war 
crimes, and crimes against humanity; 
(B) sanction adult family members of 
those in the leadership of the RSF and SAF 
unless such family member has condemned the 
sanctionable activity and taken tangible steps to 
oppose the activity; and 
(C) designate the RSF for sanctions; 
(2) the United Nations should expand its arms 
embargo to all of Sudan; 
(3) United Nations assessed contributions 
should be used pursuant to United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2719 (2023) to fund an African 
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Union force to protect civilians, support ceasefire 
monitoring, or secure humanitarian operations in 
Sudan if such a force is authorized; and 
(4) the Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development should de-
velop a plan to facilitate greater funding to emer-
gency response rooms and other local mutual aid or-
ganizations providing humanitarian assistance in 
Sudan, including use of market-based assistance. 
TITLE I—SANCTIONS 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 101. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND 
BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN AID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that identifies each foreign person that has knowingly en-
gaged in any of the following conduct in Sudan since April 
2023: 
(1) Perpetrating, directing, or enabling the 
commission of genocide, war crimes, or crimes 
against humanity against civilians. 
(2) Systematic blocking of and interference with 
the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians. 
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(b) UPDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an update of the re-
port required by subsection (a) for each of the 5 calendar 
years following the calendar year in which the initial re-
port is submitted. 
SEC. 102. REPORT ON FOREIGN ENTITIES VIOLATING THE 
UNITED 
NATIONS 
ARMS 
EMBARGO 
ON 
DARFUR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
identifies each foreign person determined to be violating 
the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur imposed pur-
suant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
1556 (July 30, 2004) and 1591 (March 29, 2005). 
(b) UPDATE.—The President shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an update of the re-
port required by subsection (a) for each of the 5 calendar 
years following the calendar year in which the initial re-
port is submitted. 
SEC. 103. SANCTIONS REQUIRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the President— 
(1) submits the report or update to the report 
required by section 101, the President shall impose 
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the export of any goods or services to the foreign 
person. 
(3) LOANS FROM UNITED STATES FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—The President shall prohibit any 
United States financial institution from making 
loans or providing credits to the foreign person total-
ing more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month period 
unless the person is primarily engaged in activities 
to relieve human suffering and the loans or credits 
are provided for such activities. 
(4) LOANS
FROM
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—The President shall direct the 
United States executive director to each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any loan from 
the international financial institution that would 
benefit the foreign person. 
(5) LOANS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DEVEL-
OPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE UNITED 
STATES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.—The 
President shall direct the Chief Executive Officer of 
the United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation and the Director of the United 
States Trade and Development Agency to prohibit 
any loan, loan guarantee, equity investment, project 
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assistance, or any other type of support to a listed 
foreign person. 
(6) PROCUREMENT
SANCTION.—The United 
States Government may not procure, or enter into 
any contract for the procurement of, any goods or 
services from the foreign person. 
(7) EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall di-
rect the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to ex-
clude from the United States, any individual 
identified in the report required by subsection 
(a). 
(B) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien who the Secretary of State or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of 
one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason 
to believe, is described in subparagraph (A) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible for a visa or other docu-
mentation to enter the United States; and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
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tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(C) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is 
issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i)— 
(I) shall take effect immediately; 
and 
(II) shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the alien’s pos-
session. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under sub-
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section (b)(7) shall not apply with respect to the ad-
mission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 
into the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement regard-
ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 
force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-
tions and the United States, or other applicable 
international obligations. 
(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under 
this section may not be imposed with respect to 
transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 
(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 
food, medicine, or medical devices; 
(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-
ance; 
(C) financial transactions relating to hu-
manitarian assistance; or 
(D) transporting goods or services that are 
necessary to carry out operations relating to 
humanitarian assistance. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN-
FORCEMENT, 
AND
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 
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to any authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or 
national security activities of the United States. 
(4) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial 
review of a determination made under this section, 
if the determination was based on classified informa-
tion (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified In-
formation Procedures Act) such information may be 
submitted to the reviewing court ex parte and in 
camera. This paragraph does not confer or imply 
any right to judicial review. 
(d) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection 
(b) with respect to a person if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is vital to the 
national interests of the United States; and 
(2) not more than 15 days after issuing the 
waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of the waiver and the rea-
sons for the waiver. 
SEC. 104. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the President may terminate the application of sanc-
tions under this section with respect to a person if the 
President determines and reports to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees not later than 15 days before the 
termination of the sanctions that— 
(1) credible information exists that the person 
did not engage in the activity for which sanctions 
were imposed; 
(2) the person has credibly demonstrated a sig-
nificant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate 
consequence for the activity for which sanctions were 
imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage 
in an activity described in subsection (a) in the fu-
ture; or 
(3) the termination of the sanctions is in the 
vital national interests of the United States. 
(b) SANCTIONS RELATING TO BLOCKING THE PROVI-
SION OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO CIVILIANS.—The author-
ity to impose sanctions under section 101(3) shall termi-
nate if a comprehensive agreement to end the conflict is 
reached and implemented between the warring parties in 
Sudan. 
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(2) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means an indi-
vidual or entity that is not a United States person; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen; 
(B) a permanent resident alien of the 
United States; or 
(C) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a strategy to support the protection 
of civilians, the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and 
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progress towards a sustainable peace in Sudan that in-
cludes— 
(1) plans for establishing and leading a diplo-
matic mechanism for negotiations that lead to a 
comprehensive ceasefire and a sustainable peace; 
(2) actions in multilateral fora and with re-
gional institutions in support of protection of civil-
ians, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access, 
enforcement of the United Nations arms embargo 
and the expansion of the United Nations arms em-
bargo to include all of Sudan; 
(3) plans to support an inclusive civilian polit-
ical dialogue, including activities to improve and in-
crease women’s and youth’s meaningful leadership 
and participation in political negotiations, related to 
the development of a constitutional framework and 
a pathway that will lead to civilian rule; 
(4) efforts to support grassroots organizations 
that are currently providing humanitarian and 
peacebuilding assistance to the Sudanese people in 
conflict-affected areas that traditional implementing 
partners cannot reach, including through the devel-
opment of mechanisms through which to fund orga-
nizations and the facilitation of electronic means and 
other technology enabling communication; 
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(5) efforts to provide training and other sup-
port for doctors, lawyers, and other human rights 
defenders, as well as those working at the grassroots 
providing humanitarian assistance, on activities un-
dertaken to— 
(A) support accountability for human 
rights abuses, including gathering witness testi-
mony and preservation of forensic evidence; and 
(B) provide psychosocial support for Suda-
nese civilians who experienced violence, particu-
larly victims of conflict related sexual and gen-
der-based violence; 
(6) a comprehensive sanctions strategy focused 
on deterring genocide, war crimes and crimes 
against humanity, ending hostilities, and supporting 
accountability by— 
(A) targeting actors, both within Sudan 
and internationally, who are responsible for 
gross violations of human rights and inter-
national humanitarian law and whose actions 
enable those responsible for such violations; and 
(B) targeting actors providing arms, mate-
rial, and financial support to the Rapid Support 
Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces 
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(SAF) or individuals belonging to or affiliated 
with these individuals; and 
(7) an identification of countries supporting the 
RSF or SAF through provision of materiel or other 
resources or equipment. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the strategy required by subsection (a) is sub-
mitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, and every 180 days thereafter for 4 
years, the Secretary of State shall submit to such commit-
tees a report on implementation of the strategy that in-
cludes substantive updates of the matters described in 
paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a). 
SEC. 202. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7204 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 
118–159) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
sistent with section 1(j) of the State Department 
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(j))’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘shall termi-
nate on the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
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enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘shall termi-
nate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2025 through 2029 to carry out the amendments 
made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 203. USE OF UNITED STATES INFLUENCE AT THE 
UNITED NATIONS. 
The Secretary of State and the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations shall use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations and other multilateral bodies to— 
(1) advocate for unimpeded humanitarian ac-
cess and an immediate end to bureaucratic impedi-
ments to humanitarian assistance in Sudan; 
(2) support the documentation of atrocities in-
cluding possible genocide, war crimes, and crimes 
against humanity; 
(3) ensure development of plans for protection 
of civilians in Sudan; and 
(4) advocate for an end to hostilities in Sudan. 
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