•HRES 896 IH 
atrocities and bringing justice to the people of Burma: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, 
the military coup that took place in Burma on Feb-
ruary 1, 2021; 
(2) denounces the Tatmadaw for perpetrating 
gross violations of human rights as part of its brutal 
campaign to suppress the democratic aspirations of 
the people of Burma; 
(3) stands in solidarity with the courageous 
people of Burma as they struggle to wrest political 
power from the hands of their authoritarian mili-
tary; 
(4) calls on the Tatmadaw to— 
(A) cease all violence against prodemocracy 
activists and reach a cease-fire with ethnic 
armed organizations; 
(B) release all political prisoners; 
(C) engage in constructive dialogue with all 
parties to negotiate a pathway toward a govern-
ment that reflects the will of the Burmese peo-
ple; 
(D) grant humanitarian actors unhindered 
access to all relevant areas of Burma to help al-
leviate the immense suffering that has resulted 
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from this past year’s violence and the COVID– 
19 pandemic; and 
(E) respect the human rights and civil lib-
erties of all people of Burma, including ethnic 
minorities who currently face state-sponsored 
persecution; and 
(5) calls on the President, and the relevant 
Federal agencies, to take immediate action to— 
(A) work with international partners and 
multilateral institutions, including the United 
Nations Security Council, to enact new targeted 
sanctions on individuals and entities affiliated 
with the Tatmadaw, including an international 
arms embargo and a prohibition on the sale of 
aviation fuel to the Burmese military; 
(B) coordinate with like-minded partners 
and allies to restrict the Tatmadaw’s ability to 
finance its military operations by imposing new 
sanctions on Tatmadaw-linked individuals as 
well as Tatmadaw-controlled entities, including 
state-owned enterprises; 
(C) issue public warnings to businesses 
and individuals outlining the legal liability of 
doing business with the Tatmadaw, including 
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potential 
liability 
associated 
with 
the 
Tatmadaw’s crimes against humanity; 
(D) enhance enforcement of existing sanc-
tions prohibiting the importation of precious 
and semiprecious gemstones, jade, and amber 
from Burma to the United States; 
(E) provide robust humanitarian assistance 
in Burma, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the sur-
rounding region and ensure that targeted sanc-
tions allow all necessary exemptions to permit 
the delivery of humanitarian assistance to civil-
ians in need; 
(F) ensure that United States-based social 
media companies, including Facebook, not allow 
their platforms to be used as vehicles for 
disinformation campaigns or advocating vio-
lence against the Burmese people; 
(G) make a genocide determination with 
regards to the persecution of the Rohingya; 
(H) direct the United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
to bring about greater international cooperation 
to pursue justice and accountability in Burma; 
and 
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(I) support inclusive international account-
ability efforts, including the Independent Inves-
tigative Mechanism for Myanmar, with a par-
ticular emphasis on Burma’s civil society orga-
nizations, to investigate and hold perpetrators 
of atrocities accountable. 
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