[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3766 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3766

To prohibit economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers 
    to the Government of Sudan until appropriate action is taken to 
      eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 1996

     Mr. Payne of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Porter, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. Rush, Mr. Olver, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Chabot, Ms. McKinney, and 
 Mr. Frazer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
  on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit economic assistance, military assistance, or arms transfers 
    to the Government of Sudan until appropriate action is taken to 
      eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan, 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. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Although a 1991 Sudanese criminal law prohibited 
        abduction, kidnapping, forced labor, unlawful confinement, and 
        unlawful detention, and although Sudan categorically denies the 
        practice of slavery in Sudan, slavery continues unabated in 
        Sudan.
            (2) The United States Department of State's Country Human 
        Rights Report for 1995 noted that ``government forces carried 
        out massacres, extrajudicial kidnapping, forced labor, and 
        slavery'' in Sudan.
            (3) Amnesty International reports that the Government of 
        Sudan abducted women and children from Northern Bahr al-Ghazal 
        and the Nuba Mountains and during one of the raids of April and 
        May of 1995 in the Babanusa to Wau area, 500 women and 150 
        children were taken as slaves.
            (4) In April 1996, a report by the United Nations Special 
        Representative for Sudan, Gaspar Biro, reported ``an alarming 
        increase in cases of slavery, servitude, slave trade and forced 
        labor''. The taking of slaves, particularly in war zones, and 
        their export to parts of central and northern Sudan, continues 
        in Sudan.
            (5) Amnesty International reports that Sudan is party to 
        the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 
        African Charter on Human and People's Rights, the Slavery 
        Convention, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet, 
        despite being a party to these agreements, slavery still exists 
        in Sudan.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, MILITARY ASSISTANCE, OR 
              ARMS TRANSFERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND THE 
              GOVERNMENTS OF CERTAIN OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition on Assistance to Government of Sudan.--The 
President may not provide economic assistance, military assistance, or 
arms transfers to the Government of Sudan unless the President 
certifies to the Congress that such Government has taken appropriate 
action to eliminate chattel slavery in Sudan, including--
            (1) the enactment of antislavery laws that provide 
        appropriate punishment for violators of such laws; and
            (2) the rigorous enforcement of such laws.
    (b) Prohibition on Assistance to Governments of Certain Other 
Foreign Countries.--The President may not provide economic assistance, 
military assistance, or arms transfers to the government of any foreign 
country that participates, or is otherwise involved, in the 
establishment or conduct of slavery originating from Sudan, directly or 
indirectly.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Economic assistance.--The term ``economic assistance'' 
        means any assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and any assistance under 
        chapter 4 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) 
        (relating to economic support fund), except that such term does 
        not include humanitarian assistance.
            (2) Military assistance or arms transfers.--The term 
        ``military assistance or arms transfers'' means--
                    (A) assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) 
                (relating to military assistance), including the 
                transfer of excess defense articles under sections 516 
                through 519 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j through 
                2321m);
                    (B) assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) 
                (relating to international military education and 
                training);
                    (C) assistance under the ``Foreign Military 
                Financing Program'' under section 23 of the Arms Export 
                Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); or
                    (D) the transfer of defense articles, defense 
                services, or design and construction services under the 
                Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 
                including defense articles and defense services 
                licensed or approved for export under section 38 of 
                that Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF SLAVERY MONITOR IN SUDAN.

    The Secretary of State shall designate an individual who is 
assigned to the diplomatic mission in Khartoum, Sudan, to be 
responsible for monitoring slavery in Sudan, when such diplomatic 
mission is reestablished.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON SLAVERY IN SUDAN.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall prepare and transmit 
to the Congress a report that describes all forms of covert and overt 
forms of slavery in Sudan.

SEC. 5. MULTILATERAL MEASURES TO ELIMINATE SLAVERY IN SUDAN.

    (a) Requirement To Oppose Assistance to Sudan From Certain 
International Financial Institutions.--The President shall instruct the 
United States representative to each international financial 
institution to which the United States is a member to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance from that financial 
institution to Sudan until the Government of Sudan has taken the 
actions described in section 2(a) to eliminate chattel slavery in 
Sudan.
    (b) Cooperation With Other Countries To Apply United States 
Sanctions Against Sudan.--The President shall instruct the United 
States permanent representative to the United Nations to actively 
pursue the passage of any resolution by the United Nations Security 
Council that enhances the cooperation of other countries in the 
application of the spirit and intent of the sanctions against Sudan 
described in this Act and in any other Act.
    (c) Sense of the Congress Relating to Access by Humanitarian 
Assistance Organizations Within Sudan.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that the President should work with foreign countries and appropriate 
international organizations to ensure that humanitarian assistance 
organizations have access to all parts of Sudan for the purpose of 
assisting individuals who have been enslaved to resettle in Sudan.
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