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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2989" measure-id="id114hr2989" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2015-07-08" update-date="2015-07-13">
<title>South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015</title>
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<action-date>2015-07-08</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill states that Congress: (1) recognizes that there has been a failure of leadership in South Sudan that has left South Sudanese civilians in a protracted state of suffering, and that the United States stands in solidarity with the people of South Sudan as they call for peace; and (2) urges all parties in the conflict to cease all violence and work towards a negotiated settlement through diplomacy and reconciliation.</p> <p>Specified sanctions imposed on individuals related to South Sudan shall remain in effect until the President certifies to Congress that such sanctions are no longer necessary. </p> <p>Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit the President's authority to impose additional sanctions. </p> <p>The President shall transmit to Congress a strategy to guide future U.S. engagement with South Sudan. </p>]]></summary-text>
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