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mines that Sudan has substantially elimi-
nated religious persecution in that country.
(c) MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO END RELI-
GIOUS PERSECUTION IN SUDAN.—
(1) EFFORTS
TO
OBTAIN
MULTILATERAL
MEASURES AGAINST SUDAN.—It is the policy
of the United States to seek an inter-
national agreement with the other indus-
trialized democracies to bring about an
end to religious persecution by the Gov-
ernment of Sudan. The net economic effect
of such international agreement should be
measurably greater than the net economic
effect of the other measures imposed by
this section.
(2) COMMENCEMENT
OF
NEGOTIATIONS
TO
INITIATE
MULTILATERAL
SANCTIONS
AGAINST SUDAN.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the President or, at his direc-
tion, the Secretary of State should con-
vene an international conference of the
industrialized democracies in order to
reach 
an 
international 
agreement 
to
bring about an end to religious persecu-
tion in Sudan. The international con-
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ference should begin promptly and should
be concluded not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) PRESIDENTIAL
REPORT.—Not less
than 210 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall sub-
mit to the Congress a report containing—
(A) a description of efforts by the
United States to negotiate multilat-
eral measures to bring about an end
to religious persecution in Sudan; and
(B) a detailed description of eco-
nomic and other measures adopted by
the other industrialized countries to
bring about an end to religious perse-
cution in Sudan, including an assess-
ment of the stringency with which
such measures are enforced by those
countries.
(4) CONFORMITY
OF
UNITED
STATES
MEASURES TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—
If the President successfully concludes an
international 
agreement 
described 
in
paragraph (2), the President may, after
such agreement enters into force with re-
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spect to the United States, adjust, modify,
or otherwise amend the measures imposed
under any provision of this section to con-
form with such agreement.
(5) PROCEDURES
FOR
AGREEMENT
TO
ENTER INTO FORCE.—Each agreement sub-
mitted to the Congress under this sub-
section shall enter into force with respect
to the United States if—
(A) the President, not less than 30
days before the day on which the
President enters into such agreement,
notifies the House of Representatives
and the Senate of the President’s in-
tention to enter into such an agree-
ment, and promptly thereafter pub-
lishes notice of such intention in the
Federal Register;
(B) after entering into the agree-
ment, the President transmits to the
House of Representatives and to the
Senate a document containing a copy
of the final text of such agreement, to-
gether with—
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(i) a description of any admin-
istrative action proposed to imple-
ment such agreement and an ex-
planation as to how the proposed
administrative 
action 
would
change or affect existing law; and
(ii) a statement of the Presi-
dent’s reasons regarding—
(I) 
how 
the 
agreement
serves the interest of United
States foreign policy; and
(II) why the proposed ad-
ministrative action is required
or appropriate to carry out the
agreement; and
(C) a joint resolution approving
such agreement has been enacted, in
accordance with section 8066(c) of the
Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law
98–473 (98 Stat. 1936)), within 30 days
of transmittal of such document to the
Congress.
For purposes of applying such section
8066(c), any reference in such section to
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‘‘joint resolution’’, ‘‘resolution’’, or ‘‘resolu-
tion described in paragraph (1)’’ shall be
deemed to refer to a joint resolution de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) of this para-
graph.
(6) UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
IMPOSITION
OF
SAME
MEASURES
AGAINST
SUDAN.—It is the sense of the Congress
that the President should instruct the Per-
manent 
Representative 
of 
the 
United
States to the United Nations to propose
that the United Nations Security Council,
pursuant to Article 41 of the United Na-
tions Charter, impose measures against
Sudan of the same type as are imposed by
this section.
(d) ADDITIONAL MEASURES
AND REPORTS;
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.—
(1) UNITED STATES POLICY TO END RELI-
GIOUS PERSECUTION.—It shall be the policy
of the United States to impose additional
measures 
against 
the 
Government 
of
Sudan if its policy of religious persecution
has not ended on or before December 25,
1998.