HR 180
7-31-07, Bill Passed House 418-1
Referred to Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 180
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2007
Received
August 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs
AN ACT
To require the identification of companies that conduct business
operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with
such companies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) In the 108th Congress, the House of Representatives adopted House
Concurrent Resolution 467 on July 22, 2004, by a unanimous vote of 422-0,
which--
(A) declares that the atrocities unfolding in the Darfur region of
Sudan are genocide;
(B) declares that the Government of Sudan has violated the Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
(C) urges the Administration to seriously consider multilateral intervention
to stop genocide in Darfur should the United Nations Security Council
fail to act; and
(D) calls on the Administration to impose targeted sanctions, including
visa bans and the freezing of assets of the Sudanese National Congress
and affiliated business and individuals directly responsible for the
atrocities in Darfur.
(2) In the 109th Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R.
3127, the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006, on April 5, 2006,
by a vote of 416-3, which--
(A) appeals to the international community, including the United Nations,
the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
to immediately mobilize sufficient political, military, and financial
resources to support and expand the African Union Mission in Sudan
(AMIS);
(B) blocks assets and restricts travel of any individual the President
determines is responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes
against humanity in the Darfur region of Sudan; and
(C) offers United States support for the International Criminal Court's
efforts to prosecute those responsible for acts of genocide in Darfur.
(3) On September 9, 2004, former Secretary of State Colin Powell stated
before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that genocide
was being committed in the Darfur region of Sudan and that the Government
of Sudan and the government-supported Janjaweed militias bear responsibility
for the genocide.
(4) On September 21, 2004, President George W. Bush affirmed the Secretary
of State's finding in an address before the United Nations General Assembly,
stating that the world is witnessing terrible suffering and horrible
crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan, crimes the Government of the United
States has concluded are genocide.
(5) On May 29, 2007, President George W. Bush affirmed that the Government
of Sudan is complicit in the bombing, murder, and rape of innocent civilians
in Darfur and again declared that these actions rightfully constitute
genocide.
(6) Although the Government of the United States currently bans United
States companies from conducting business operations in Sudan, millions
of Americans are inadvertently supporting the Government of Sudan by
investing in foreign companies that conduct business operations in Sudan
that disproportionately benefit the Sudanese regime in Khartoum.
(7) Several States and governmental entities, through legislation and
other means, have expressed their desire, or are considering measures--
(A) to divest any equity in, or to refuse to provide debt capital
to, certain companies that operate in Sudan;
(B) to disassociate themselves and the beneficiaries of their public
pension and endowment funds from directly or indirectly supporting
the Darfur genocide; and
(C) to prohibit themselves from entering into or renewing contracts
for the procurement of goods or services with certain companies that
have a direct investment in, or conduct business operations in, Sudan.
(8) California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Texas and Vermont have passed legislation to divest State funds from
companies that conduct business operations in Sudan. Massachusetts,
Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
are considering legislation to divest State funds from companies that
conduct business operations in Sudan. Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland,
and Ohio have passed non-binding divestment legislation with respect
to Sudan.
(9) Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles, California, Miami Beach, Florida,
New Haven, Connecticut, Newton, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Providence, Rhode Island, and San Francisco,
California have passed legislation mandating divestment of city funds
from companies that conduct business operations in Sudan.
(10) American University, Amherst College, Andover Newton Theological
School, Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Brown
University, Colby College, Columbia University, Connecticut College,
Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Drew University, Duke University,
Emory University, Hampton University, Harvard University, Hendrix College,
Howard University, Lee University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Middlebury College, Nazareth College, Northwestern University, Oberlin
College, Queen's University, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Regis
University, Samford University, Seton Hall, Smith College, Stanford
University, Swarthmore College, Trinity College, University of California,
University of Colorado, University of Connecticut, University of Denver,
University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts,
University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester,
University of Southern California, University of Vermont, University
of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin System,
Vassar College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, Williams College,
and Yale University have divested their funds from or placed restrictions
on investment of their funds in certain companies that conduct business
operations in Sudan.
(11) Divestment has proven effective in similar situations, as in 1986,
when State pension funds and university endowments were divested from
companies that conducted business operations in South Africa, which
was critical to ending apartheid in that country, and by 1994, when
the first free elections in South Africa took place, a substantial number
of States, counties, cities, universities, and colleges in the United
States had adopted partial or total divestment policies.
(12) Economic pressure against the Government of Sudan has been effective
in pushing Sudan to cooperate with the United States on counterterrorism
efforts and in part in agreeing to negotiations with the Sudan People's
Liberation Army of South Sudan which resulted in the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement of 2005.
(13) Congress acknowledges that divestment should be used sparingly
and under extraordinary circumstances. This Act is based on unique circumstances,
specifically, the reprehensible and abhorrent genocide occurring in
Sudan.
(14) The business operations of companies in countries that perpetrate
grave abuses of human rights, especially the uniquely monstrous crime
of genocide, are of concern to many United States investors and citizens
even when these operations represent a small fraction of a company's
total business.
(15) State and city pension funds have routinely but unsuccessfully
sought to acquire and utilize data from the Federal Government on companies
for investment decisions.
(16) There is an increasing interest by States, local governments, educational
institutions, and private institutions to seek to disassociate themselves
from companies that support the Government of Sudan.
(17) Policy makers and fund managers may find moral, prudential, or
reputational reasons to divest from companies that accept the business
risk of operating in countries that are subject to international economic
sanctions or that have business relationships with countries, governments,
or entities with which any United States company would be prohibited
from dealing because of economic sanctions imposed by the United States.
(18) The world community has a moral obligation to work to do everything
possible to stop the ongoing genocidal practices of the Government of
Sudan in the Darfur region.
SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY IN CAPITAL MARKETS.
(a) List of Persons Directly Investing in or Conducting Business Operations
in Certain Sudanese Sectors-
(1) PUBLICATION OF LIST- Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary
of State, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the heads of other
appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall, using only publicly
available (including proprietary) information, ensure publication in
the Federal Register of a list of each person, whether within or outside
of the United States, that, as of the date of the publication, has a
direct investment in, or is conducting, business operations in Sudan's
power production, mineral extraction, oil-related, or military equipment
industries, subject to paragraph (2). To the extent practicable, the
list shall include a description of the investment made by each such
person, including the dollar value, intended purpose, and status of
the investment, as of the date of the publication.
(2) EXCEPTIONS- The Secretary of the Treasury shall exclude a person
from the list if all of the business operations by reason of which the
person would otherwise be included on the list--
(A) are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the
regional government of southern Sudan;
(B) are conducted under a license from the Office of Foreign Assets
Control, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement
to be conducted under such a license;
(C) consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations
of Sudan;
(D) consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized
peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;
(E) consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote
health or education;
(F) are conducted by a person that has also undertaken significant
humanitarian efforts as described in section 10(14)(B);
(G) have been voluntarily suspended; or
(H) will cease within 1 year after the adoption of a formal plan to
cease the operations, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) CONSIDERATION OF SCRUTINIZED BUSINESS OPERATIONS- The Secretary
of the Treasury should give serious consideration to including on the
list any company that has a scrutinized business operation with respect
to Sudan (within the meaning of section 10(4)).
(4) PRIOR NOTICE TO PERSONS- The Secretary of the Treasury shall, at
least 30 days before the list is published under paragraph (1), notify
each person that the Secretary intends to include on the list.
(5) DELAY IN INCLUDING PERSONS ON THE LIST- After notifying a person
under paragraph (4), the Secretary of the Treasury may delay including
that person on the list for up to 60 days if the Secretary determines
and certifies to the Congress that the person has taken specific and
effective actions to terminate the involvement of the person in the
activities that resulted in the notification under paragraph (4).
(6) REMOVAL OF PERSONS FROM THE LIST- The Secretary of the Treasury
may remove a person from the list before the next publication of the
list under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the person
no longer has a direct investment in or is no longer conducting business
operations as described in paragraph (1).
(7) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS- Not later than 30 days (or, in the case
of the first such list, 60 days) before the date by which paragraph
(1) requires the list to be published, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall submit to the Committees on Financial Services, on Education and
Labor, and on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives
and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions, and on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a copy of the list which the Secretary intends
to publish under paragraph (1).
(b) Publication on Website- The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure
that the list is published on an appropriate, publicly accessible government
website, updating the list as necessary to take into account any person
removed from the list under subsection (a)(6).
(c) Definition- In this section, the term `investment' has the meaning
given in section 4(b)(3).
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DIVEST FROM CERTAIN
COMPANIES DIRECTLY INVESTED IN CERTAIN SUDANESE SECTORS.
(a) Statement of Policy- It is the policy of the United States to support
the decision of any State or local government to divest from, and to prohibit
the investment of assets controlled by the State or local government in,
persons on--
(1) the list most recently published under section 3(a)(1), as modified
under section 3(a)(6); or
(2) any list developed by the State or local government for the purpose
of divestment from certain persons described in subsection (b)(1)(B)
of this section.
(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State
or local government may adopt and enforce measures to divest the assets
of the State or local government from, or prohibit investment of the
assets of the State or local government in--
(A) persons that are included on the list most recently published
under section 3(a)(1) of this Act, as modified under section 3(a)(6)
of this Act; or
(B) persons having a direct investment in, or carrying on a trade
or business (within the meaning of section 162 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) in Sudan or with the Government of Sudan, if the measures
require the State or local government, as the case may be, to the
maximum extent practicable, to--
(i) provide written notice to each person to whom the measures are
to be applied; and
(ii) not apply the measures to a person--
(I) before the end of the 90-day period beginning with the date
written notice is provided to the person pursuant to clause (i);
or
(II) if the person demonstrates to the State or local government,
as the case may be, that the person is no longer involved in the
activities by reason of which the measures would otherwise be
applied to the person.
(2) APPLICABILITY- This subsection applies to measures adopted by a
State or local government before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(3) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection:
(A) INVESTMENT- The `investment' of assets includes--
(i) a commitment or contribution of assets; and
(ii) a loan or other extension of credit of assets.
(B) ASSETS- The term `assets' refers to public monies and includes
any pension, retirement, annuity, or endowment fund, or similar instrument,
that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by a State or local government.
(c) Preemption- A measure of a State or local government that is authorized
by subsection (b) is not preempted by any Federal law or regulation.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that a divestment measure authorized under
section 4 or a measure authorized under section 9 to prohibit State or
local contracts would not violate the United States Constitution because
such a measure--
(1) is not pre-empted under the Supremacy Clause;
(2) is authorized by the Congress as an appropriate measure with regard
to interstate or foreign commerce; and
(3) is authorized by the Congress as a measure that promotes the foreign
policy of the United States.
SEC. 6. SAFE HARBOR FOR CHANGES OF INVESTMENT POLICIES BY ASSET MANAGERS.
Section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-13) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(c) Safe Harbor for Changes in Investment Policies- Notwithstanding any
other provision of Federal or State law, no person may bring any civil,
criminal, or administrative action against any registered investment company
or person providing services to such registered investment company (including
its investment adviser), or any employee, officer, or director thereof,
based solely upon the investment company divesting from, or avoiding investing
in, securities issued by companies that are included on the list most
recently published under section 3(a)(1) of the Darfur Accountability
and Divestment Act, as modified under section 3(a)(6) of that Act. For
purposes of this subsection the term `person' shall include the Federal
government, and any State or political subdivision of a State.'.
SEC. 7. SAFE HARBOR FOR CHANGES OF INVESTMENT POLICIES BY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLANS.
Section 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(n) No person shall be treated as breaching any of the responsibilities,
obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by this title for divesting
plan assets from, or avoiding investing plan assets in, persons that are
included on the list most recently published under section 3(a)(1) of
the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, as modified under section
3(a)(6) of such Act. Any divestiture of plan assets from, or avoidance
of investing plan assets in, persons that are included on such list shall
be treated as in accordance with this title and the documents and instruments
governing the plan.'.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
(a) Prohibition- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Government
of the United States shall not enter into or renew a contract for the
procurement of goods or services with persons that are included on the
list most recently published under section 3(a)(1), as modified under
section 3(a)(6).
(b) Waiver Authority- The President may waive the prohibition in subsection
(a) on a case-by-case basis if the President determines and certifies
in writing to the Congress that it is important to the national security
interests of the United States to do so.
SEC. 9. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS.
(a) Statement of Policy- It is the policy of the United States to support
the decision of any State or local government to prohibit the State or
local government, as the case may be, from entering into or renewing a
contract as described in subsection (b).
(b) Authority to Prohibit Contracts- Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a State or local government may adopt and enforce measures to
prohibit the State or local government, as the case may be, from entering
into or renewing a contract for the procurement of goods or services with
persons that are included on the list most recently published under section
3(a)(1), as modified under section 3(a)(6).
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) PERSON- The term `person', except in paragraph (6), means--
(A) a natural person as well as a corporation, company, business association,
partnership, society, trust, any other nongovernmental entity, organization,
or group;
(B) any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including
a multilateral development institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(3)
of the International Financial Institutions Act); and
(C) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of any entity described
in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) STATE- The term `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(3) STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT-
(A) IN GENERAL- The term `State or local government' includes--
(i) any State and any agency or instrumentality thereof;
(ii) any local government within a State, and any agency or instrumentality
thereof;
(iii) any other governmental instrumentality; and
(iv) any public institution of higher education.
(B) PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION- The term `public institution
of higher education' means a public institution of higher education
within the meaning of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(4) SCRUTINIZED BUSINESS OPERATION- A company has a scrutinized business
operation with respect to Sudan if--
(A)(i) the company has business operations that involve contracts
with or provision of supplies or services to--
(I) the Government of Sudan;
(II) a company in which the Government of Sudan has any direct or
indirect equity share;
(III) a consortium or project commissioned by the Government of
Sudan; or
(IV) a company involved in a consortium or project commissioned
by the Government of Sudan; and
(ii)(I)(aa) more than 10 percent of the revenues or assets of the
company that are linked to Sudan involve oil-related activities or
mineral extraction activities;
(bb) less than 75 percent of the revenues or assets of the company
that are linked to Sudan involve contracts with, or provision of oil-related
or mineral extracting products or services to the regional government
of southern Sudan or a project or consortium created exclusively by
that regional government; and
(cc) the company has failed to take substantial action with respect
to the business operations referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph
or as described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (14); or
(II)(aa) more than 10 percent of the revenues or assets of the company
that are linked to Sudan involve power production activities;
(bb) less than 75 percent of the power production activities of the
company include projects whose intent is to provide power or electricity
to the marginalized populations of Sudan; and
(cc) the company has failed to take substantial action with respect
to the business operations referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph
or as described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (14);
(B) the company supplies military equipment in Sudan, unless the company
clearly shows that--
(i) the military equipment cannot be used to facilitate offensive
military actions in Sudan; or
(ii) the company implements rigorous and verifiable safeguards to
prevent use of the equipment by forces actively participating in
armed conflict, including through--
(I) post-sale tracking of the equipment by the company;
(II) certification from a reputable and objective third party
that such equipment is not being used by a party participating
in armed conflict in Sudan; or
(III) sale of the equipment solely to the regional government
of southern Sudan or any internationally recognized peacekeeping
force or humanitarian organization; or
(C) the Secretary of the Treasury has determined that the company
has been complicit in the Darfur genocide.
(5) BUSINESS OPERATIONS- The term `business operations' means engaging
in commerce in any form in Sudan, including by acquiring, developing,
maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment,
facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property,
or any other apparatus of business or commerce.
(6) COMPANY- The term `company' means any natural person, legal person,
sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership,
firm, joint venture, franchisor, franchisee, financial institution,
utility, public franchise, trust, enterprise, limited partnership, limited
liability partnership, limited liability company, or other business
entity or association, including all wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned
subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates of such business entities
or associations, that exists for profit-making purposes.
(7) COMPLICIT- The term `complicit' means has taken actions in the preceding
20 months which have directly supported or promoted the genocidal campaign
in Darfur, including preventing Darfur's victimized population from
communicating with each other, encouraging Sudanese citizens to speak
out against an internationally approved security force for Darfur, actively
working to deny, cover up, or alter evidence of human rights abuses
in Darfur, or other similar actions.
(8) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN- The term `Government of Sudan' means the government
in Khartoum, Sudan, which is led by the National Congress Party (formerly
known as the National Islamic Front) or any successor government formed
on or after October 13, 2006 (including the coalition National Unity
Government agreed upon in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan),
and does not include the regional government of southern Sudan.
(9) MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS OF SUDAN- The term `marginalized populations
of Sudan' includes--
(A) the portion of the population in the Darfur region that has been
victimized;
(B) the portion of the population of southern Sudan victimized by
Sudan's North-South civil war;
(C) the Beja, Rashidiya, and other similarly affected groups of eastern
Sudan;
(D) the Nubian and other similarly affected groups in Sudan's Abyei,
Southern Blue Nile, and Nuba Mountain regions; and
(E) the Amri, Hamadab, Manasir, and other similarly affected groups
of northern Sudan.
(10) MILITARY EQUIPMENT- The term `military equipment' means--
(A) weapons, arms, military supplies, and equipment that readily may
be used for military purposes, including radar systems or military-grade
transport vehicles; or
(B) supplies or services sold or provided directly or indirectly to
any force actively participating in armed conflict in Sudan.
(11) MINERAL EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES- The term `mineral extraction activities'
includes--
(A) exploring, extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale
selling or trading of elemental minerals or associated metal alloys
or oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, chromite, diamonds,
iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, and zinc, and
(B) facilitating any activity described in subparagraph (A), including
by providing supplies or services in support of the activity.
(12) OIL-RELATED ACTIVITIES-
(A) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term `oil-related
activities' includes--
(i) exporting, extracting, producing, refining, processing, exploring
for, transporting, selling, or trading oil;
(ii) constructing, maintaining, or operating a pipeline, refinery,
or other oilfield infrastructure; and
(iii) facilitating any activity described in clause (i) or (ii),
including by providing supplies or services in support of the activity.
(i) A company that is involved in the retail sale of gasoline or
related consumer products in Sudan but is not involved in any other
activity described in subparagraph (A) shall not be considered to
be involved in an oil-related activity.
(ii) A company that is involved in leasing, or that owns, rights
to an oil block in Sudan but is not involved in any other activity
described in subparagraph (A) shall not be considered to be involved
in an oil-related activity.
(13) POWER PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES- The term `power production activities'
means--
(A) any business operation that involves a project commissioned by
the National Electricity Corporation of Sudan or other similar Government
of Sudan entity whose purpose is to facilitate power generation and
delivery, including establishing power-generating plants or hydroelectric
dams, selling or installing components for the project, providing
service contracts related to the installation or maintenance of the
project; and
(B) facilitating an activity described in subparagraph (A), including
by providing supplies or services in support of the activity.
(14) SUBSTANTIAL ACTION- The term `substantial action' means--
(A) adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease
scrutinized business operations within 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and refraining from any new scrutinized business
operations;
(B) undertaking significant humanitarian efforts--
(i) in conjunction with an international development or humanitarian
organization, the regional government of southern Sudan, or a non-profit
entity;
(ii) substantial in relationship to the size and scope of the business
operations with respect to Sudan;
(iii) of benefit to 1 or more marginalized populations of Sudan;
and
(iv) evaluated and certified by an independent third party to meet
the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii); or
(C) materially improving conditions for the victimized population
in Darfur.
SEC. 11. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the governments of all other countries
should adopt measures, similar to those contained in this Act, to publicize
the activities of all persons that, through their financial dealings,
knowingly or unknowingly enable the Government of Sudan to continue to
oppress and commit genocide against people in the Darfur region and other
regions of Sudan, and to authorize divestment from, and the avoidance
of further investment in, the persons.
SEC. 12. SUNSET.
This Act shall terminate 30 days after the date on which--
(1) the President has certified to Congress that--
(A) the Darfur genocide has been halted for at least 12 months; and
(B) the Government of Sudan has honored its commitments to--
(i) abide by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706;
(ii) cease attacks on civilians;
(iii) demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias;
(iv) grant free and unfettered access for delivery of humanitarian
assistance; and
(v) allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally
displaced persons; and
(2) the United States has revoked all sanctions against the Government
of Sudan and the officials of such government, including sanctions authorized
by--
(A) the Sudan Peace Act (Public Law 107-245);
(B) the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-497);
(C) the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public
Law 109-177);
(D) the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344);
and
(E) any other Federal law or Executive order.
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2007.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
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