I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6472 
To amend the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2018 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RUSH, and 
Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery 
Act of 2001. 
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 ‘‘Zimbabwe Democracy 
and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
RECONSTRUCTION 
AND 
REBUILDING 
OF 
ZIMBABWE. 
Section 2 of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic 
Recovery Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–99; 22 U.S.C. 
2151 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and restore’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
store’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and reconstruct and rebuild 
Zimbabwe and come to terms with the past through 
a process of genuine reconciliation that acknowl-
edges past human rights abuses and orders inquiries 
into disappearances, including the disappearance of 
human rights activists, such as Patrick Nabanyama, 
Itai Dzamara, and Paul Chizuze’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Section 4(a) of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Eco-
nomic Recovery Act of 2001 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘costly deploy-
ment of troops to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo’’ and inserting ‘‘private appropriation of pub-
lic assets’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) In October 2016, the Government of 
Zimbabwe cleared a small hurdle in its longstanding 
public sector arrears with the IMF.’’. 
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SEC. 4. PROVISIONS RELATED TO MULTILATERAL DEBT RE-
LIEF AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 4(b)(2) of the Zimbabwe Democracy and 
Economic Recovery Act of 2001 is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to pro-
pose that the bank should undertake a review of the 
feasibility of restructuring, rescheduling, or elimi-
nating the sovereign debt of Zimbabwe held by that 
bank’’ and inserting ‘‘to support efforts to reevalu-
ate plans to restructure, rebuild, reschedule, or 
eliminate Zimbabwe’s sovereign debt held by that 
bank and provide an analysis based on reasonable fi-
nancial options to achieve those goals’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘dollar’’ 
and inserting ‘‘currency’’. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES- 
ZIMBABWE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should seek to forge a stronger bilateral relationship with 
Zimbabwe, including in the areas of trade and investment, 
if the following conditions are satisfied: 
(1) The Government of Zimbabwe takes con-
crete, tangible steps outlined in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of section 4(d) of the Zimbabwe Democ-
racy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, as amend-
ed by section 6 of this Act. 
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(2) The Government of Zimbabwe takes con-
crete, tangible steps towards— 
(A) good governance, including respect for 
the opposition, rule of law, and human rights; 
(B) 
economic 
reforms 
that 
promote 
growth, address unemployment and under-
development, restore livelihoods, ensure respect 
for contracts and private property rights, and 
promote significant progress toward monetary 
policy reforms, particularly with the Reserve 
Bank of Zimbabwe, and currency exchange re-
forms; and 
(C) identification and recovery of stolen 
private and public assets within Zimbabwe and 
in other countries. 
(3) The Government of Zimbabwe holds an 
election that is widely accepted as free and fair, 
based on the following pre- and post-election criteria 
or conditions: 
(A) Establishment and public release, with-
out cost, of a provisional and a final voter reg-
istration roll. 
(B) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 
is permitted to entirely carry out the functions 
assigned to it in section 239 of Zimbabwe’s 
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2013 Constitution in an independent manner, 
and the chairperson meets with and consults 
regularly with representatives of political par-
ties represented in the parliament of Zimbabwe 
and those parties contesting the elections. 
(C) Consistent with Zimbabwe’s 2013 Con-
stitution, the Defence Forces of Zimbabwe— 
(i) are neither permitted to actively 
participate in campaigning for any can-
didate nor to intimidate voters; 
(ii) are required to verifiably and 
credibly uphold their Constitutionally man-
dated duty to respect the fundamental 
rights and freedoms of all persons and to 
be nonpartisan in character; and 
(iii) are not permitted to print, trans-
fer, or control ballots or transmit the re-
sults of elections. 
(D) International observers, including from 
the United States, the African Union, the 
Southern African Development Community, and 
the European Union— 
(i) are permitted to observe the entire 
electoral process prior to, on, and following 
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voting day, including by monitoring polling 
stations and tabulation centers; and 
(ii) are able to independently access 
and analyze vote tallying tabulation and 
the transmission and content of voting re-
sults. 
(E) Candidates are allowed access to pub-
lic broadcasting media during the election pe-
riod, as provided in Zimbabwe’s Electoral Act, 
and candidates are able to campaign in an envi-
ronment that is free from intimidation and vio-
lence. 
(F) Civil society organizations are able to 
freely and independently carry out voter and 
civic education, and to monitor the entire elec-
toral process, including by observing, recording, 
and transmitting publicly-posted or announced 
voting results, including at the ward, constitu-
ency, and all higher levels of the vote tallying 
process. 
(4) 
Laws 
enacted 
prior 
to 
passage 
of 
Zimbabwe’s March 2013 Constitution that are in-
consistent with the new Constitution are amended or 
repealed or are subject to a formal process for re-
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view and correction so that such laws are consistent 
with the new Constitution. 
(5) The Government of Zimbabwe— 
(A) has made significant progress on the 
implementation of all elements of the new Con-
stitution; and 
(B) has demonstrated its commitment to 
sustain such efforts in achieving full implemen-
tation of the new Constitution. 
(6) Traditional leaders of Zimbabwe observe 
section 281 of the 2013 Constitution and are not 
using humanitarian assistance provided by outside 
donor organizations or countries in a politicized 
manner to intimidate or pressure voters during the 
campaign period. 
SEC. 6. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 4(d) of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Eco-
nomic Recovery Act of 2001 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘consistent 
with’’ and all that follows through ‘‘September 
1998’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
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SEC. 7. REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO PAY LAND ACQUISI-
TION COSTS. 
Section 5(a) of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Eco-
nomic Recovery Act of 2001 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, including 
the payment of costs’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘thereto; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) identify and recover stolen public assets.’’. 
SEC. 8. INCLUSION OF AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, 
THE AFRICAN UNION, AND THE SOUTHERN 
AFRICAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY 
IN 
CONSULTATIONS ABOUT ZIMBABWE. 
Section 6 of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic 
Recovery Act of 2001 is amended by inserting ‘‘Australia, 
the United Kingdom, the African Union, the Southern Af-
rican Development Community’’ after ‘‘Canada,’’. 
SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENFORCEMENT OF 
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMU-
NITY TRIBUNAL RULINGS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Government of 
Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development Com-
munity (referred to in this section as ‘‘SADC’’) should en-
force the SADC tribunal rulings from 2007 to 2010, in-
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cluding 18 disputes involving employment, commercial, 
and human rights cases surrounding dispossessed 
Zimbabwean commercial farmers and agricultural compa-
nies. 
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