[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4968]
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  SA 2653. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. RECOGNIZING GENOCIDE IN DARFUR.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Genocide in Darfur Act of 2024''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the atrocities occurring in Sudan, including those that 
     amount to crimes against humanity and genocide being 
     committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied 
     militias against the Masalit people and other non-Arab ethnic 
     groups in Darfur, and the roles of the RSF and Sudanese Armed 
     Forces (SAF) in perpetrating atrocities, humanitarian 
     catastrophe, and the destruction of Sudan are reprehensible; 
     and
       (2) the war and all violence and atrocities in Sudan must 
     end immediately.
       (c) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States--
       (1) to take urgent steps to work with the international 
     community, including through multilateral fora, to establish 
     means to protect civilians, including by--
       (A) establishing safe zones and humanitarian corridors;
       (B) enforcing the United Nations Security Council arms 
     embargo on Darfur; and
       (C) brokering a comprehensive cease-fire and disarming the 
     warring parties in Sudan;
       (2) to support the consistent and transparent documentation 
     of atrocities and genocidal acts in Sudan by instituting a 
     mechanism that will, to the greatest extent possible, 
     publicly release such documentation on a consistent and 
     regular basis;
       (3) to immediately identify mechanisms through which to 
     fund local, community-based organizations that are currently 
     providing humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people in 
     conflict-affected areas that traditional implementing 
     partners cannot reach, including for the delivery of food, 
     medical aid, and shelter to individuals impacted by the war 
     in Sudan;
       (4) to regularly review and update the atrocities 
     determination for Sudan;
       (5) to support tribunals and international criminal 
     investigations to hold persons responsible for war crimes, 
     crimes against humanity, and genocide; and
       (6) to conduct a comprehensive review of efforts by the 
     Atrocity Prevention Task Force to prevent, analyze, and 
     respond to atrocities in Sudan, in alignment with the 2022 
     United States Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to 
     Atrocities.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     on United States efforts regarding the tracking, reporting, 
     and raising awareness of genocide and other atrocity crimes 
     committed in Sudan.
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) United States Government efforts to collect, analyze, 
     and preserve evidence and information related to genocide and 
     other atrocity crimes committed by the warring parties in 
     Sudan, including a description of--
       (i) the respective roles of various agencies, departments, 
     and offices, and the interagency mechanism established for 
     the coordination of such efforts;
       (ii) the types of information and evidence that are being 
     collected, analyzed, and preserved to help identify those 
     responsible for the commission of genocide or other 
     atrocities;
       (iii) the types and amounts of assistance from the United 
     States Agency for International Development and the 
     Department of State dedicated to the collection, analysis, 
     and preservation of evidence related to acts of genocide or 
     other atrocities; and
       (iv) the steps taken to coordinate with and support the 
     work of partners, international institutions and 
     organizations, and nongovernmental organizations in such 
     efforts.
       (B) The legal thresholds met or still unmet regarding the 
     issuance of an updated atrocities determination that 
     recognizes members of the RSF have committed genocide in 
     Sudan.
       (C) Any media, public diplomacy, and information operations 
     bringing global awareness to--
       (i) efforts to identify and prosecute the persons 
     responsible for the commission of genocide or other 
     atrocities during the conflict in Sudan; and
       (ii) the types of acts that may be prosecutable.
       (D) The process for a domestic, foreign, or international 
     court or tribunal to request and obtain from the United 
     States Government information related to genocide or other 
     atrocities committed during the conflict in Sudan.
       (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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