AFRICA

Articles and editorials

Libya Has a Deal for Trump That Could Reshape Africa and Europe, E1145–E1147 [3DE]

Bills and resolutions

African Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants who served as slaves (see H.R. 4885), H3679 [5AU]

——— prohibit Federal Government from providing bailouts or other financial assistance to any State or local government that enacts any law providing reparations for slavery (see H.R. 2100), H1159 [14MR]

——— recognize U.S. has moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on millions of Black people (see H. Res. 414), H2104 [15MY]

African Diaspora Heritage Month: designate (see S. 340), S523 [30JA] (see H. Res. 720), H4363 [16SE]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend (see S. 2958), S6874 [30SE]

——— extend duty-free treatment provided to imports from certain African countries and extend customs user fees (see H.R. 6500), H5110 [9DE]

AID: establish program in Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment to promote mobility in rural communities through access to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles (see S. 2093), S3435 [17JN]

Armed Forces: grant members deployed to Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad tax-free income status (see H.R. 2157), H1161 [14MR]

Cabo Verde: recognize independence anniversary and celebrate contributions of Cabo Verdean-Americans to democracy in Cabo Verde and U.S. (see S. Res. 373), S6320 [4SE] (see H. Res. 625), H3673 [1AU]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: recognize urgent need for peace, stability, and reconciliation and support diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian efforts to achieve lasting peace in region (see H. Res. 559), H3033 [27JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants to carry out educational programs that include history of peoples of African descent, institution of slavery, U.S. expansion, and economical and cultural impact (see H.R. 844), H429 [31JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: create humanitarian parole program for Cameroonians fleeing violence (see H. Res. 378), H1854 [5MY]

Dept. of State: develop strategy and convene summit regarding technological and business development in Africa (see H.R. 4610), H3552 [22JY]

——— establish Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the U.S. (see H.R. 784), H403 [28JA]

——— express urgent need to appoint Special Envoy for Sudan to address ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis and advance U.S. national security interests (see H. Res. 479), H2506 [5JN]

——— provide authority to enhance security assistance with countries engaged in regional security cooperation efforts in Middle East and North Africa (see H.R. 4335), H3198 [10JY]

Eswatini: request information on human rights practices to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance (see S. Res. 351), S4997 [31JY]

Ethiopia: condemn actions that threaten regional stability, violate fundamental human rights, and undermine U.S. strategic interests in Horn of Africa (see H. Res. 937), H5111 [9DE]

Financial institutions: establish strategy to support African and Caribbean diaspora engagement in development through reduced remittance costs, investment incentives, and institutional partnerships (see H.R. 4586), H3551 [22JY]

Foreign policy: establish comprehensive initiative to build capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa (see S. 2236), S4314 [10JY] (see H.R. 4332), H3198 [10JY]

——— recognize and applaud President Trump for brokering peace agreement between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo and support diplomatic and economic efforts to achieve lasting peace in region (see H. Res. 586), H3367 [16JY]

——— urge more involvement in bringing peace to Sudan (see H. Res. 970), H6122 [19DE]

Foreign trade: ensure goods made using or containing cobalt refined in China do not enter U.S. market under presumption that cobalt is extracted or processed with child and forced labor in Democratic Republic of the Congo (see H.R. 2310), H1218 [24MR]

——— establish comprehensive strategy for public and private investment, trade, and development in Africa, Latin America, and Caribbean (see S. 816), S1459 [3MR]

IMF: withhold U.S. support for any action relative to member states of Central African Economic Monetary Community until determination as to gross foreign exchange reserves is made (see H.R. 2325), H1272 [25MR]

James M. Inhofe Africa Center for Strategic Studies: designate (see S. 2539), S4904 [30JY]

Mining and mineral resources: express support for strengthening U.S.-Africa partnerships in critical minerals development (see H. Res. 179), H945 [3MR]

Morocco: impose sanctions relative to Polisario Front (see H.R. 4119), H2922 [24JN]

National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness (NAIRHHA) Day: designate (see H. Res. 693), H4238 [10SE]

National African Immigrant Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 688), H4165 [9SE]

Nigeria: designate as Dept. of State Country of Particular Concern and impose certain sanctions (see S. 2747), S6469 [9SE] (see H.R. 5808), H4548 [21OC]

——— express need to designate as Dept. of State Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating violations of religious freedom and need to appoint Special Envoy for Nigeria and Lake Chad region (see H. Res. 220), H1151 [11MR]

Public Health Service Act: include Middle Easterners and North Africans in statutory definition of ‘‘racial and ethnic minority group’’ and conduct comprehensive health study of such groups (see H.R. 6767), H5942 [16DE]

Religion: condemn persecution of Christians in Nigeria (see H. Res. 866), H4585 [7NO]

Rwanda: recognize 1994 genocide in Rwanda as ‘‘the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda’’ (see S. Res. 151), S2093 [31MR]

——— request information on human rights practices to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance (see S. Res. 355), S4997 [31JY]

Somalia: recognize Somaliland region as separate, independent country (see H.R. 3992), H2820 [12JN]

——— restrict use of U.S. contributions to U.N. under Security Council Resolution to support African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (see S. 1583), S2737 [1MY]

South Sudan: request information on human rights practices to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance (see S. Res. 352), S4997 [31JY]

Sudan: call on U.N. Security Council to enforce existing arms embargo on Darfur and extend it to cover all of Sudan (see S. Res. 126), S1705 [12MR]

——— impose sanctions relative to conflict in Sudan (see H.R. 1939), H1037 [6MR]

Trump, President: commend for redesignating Nigeria as country of particular concern due to engagement in, and tolerance of, systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom (see H. Res. 860), H4573 [4NO]

U.N.: extend certain privileges and immunities to Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union (see H.R. 4196), H3010 [26JN]

U.S. African Development Foundation: abolish (see S. 1054), S1743 [13MR]

United Arab Emirates: prohibit sales and issuance of licenses for export of certain defense articles (see S. 935), S1663 [11MR] (see H.R. 2059), H1149 [11MR]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 173), S2563 [10AP]

Letters

Nigeria designation as Dept. of State Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating violations of religious freedom and Special Envoy for Nigeria and Lake Chad region appointment: several religious freedom advocates, E728 [25JY]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Central African Republic: President Trump, S2798 [7MY], H1900 [7MY]

National Emergency Relative to Mali: President Trump, S4503 [21JY], H3522 [21JY]

National Emergency Relative to Somalia: President Trump, S2474 [8AP], H1494 [8AP]

National Emergency Relative to South Sudan: President Trump, S1922 [31MR], H1345 [31MR]

Remarks in House

Foreign policy: recognize and applaud President Trump for brokering peace agreement between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo and support diplomatic and economic efforts to achieve lasting peace in region, E1156 [4DE]

Morocco: condemn terrorist actions by Polisario Front in Western Sahara, H159 [15JA]

Nigeria: express need to designate as Dept. of State Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating violations of religious freedom and need to appoint Special Envoy for Nigeria and Lake Chad region (H. Res. 220), E728 [25JY]

Religion: condemn persecution of Christians in Africa and Middle East, H1733 [30AP]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: prohibit rescission to economic support and development assistance funding to countries in Africa, S4403, S4404 [16JY]

Sudan: condemn continued violence and call for increased U.S. role in ending conflict, S2542 [10AP], S8251–S8253 [20NO], S8549 [9DE]

——— condemn disparaging remarks relative to countries of origin of certain immigrants and refute characterization of similar remarks during previous presidential term, S8590 [10DE]

United Arab Emirates: prohibit sales and issuance of licenses for export of certain defense articles (S. 935), S8251–S8253 [20NO]

——— prohibit sales and issuance of licenses for export of certain defense articles (S. 935), unanimous-consent request, S8253 [20NO]

Reports filed

AGOA Extension Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6500) (H. Rept. 119–416), H6133 [30DE]

Texts of

S. 816, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater U.S. Exports to Africa and Latin America Act, S1461 [3MR]

S. Res. 126, call on U.N. Security Council to enforce existing arms embargo on Darfur and extend it to cover all of Sudan, S1716 [12MR]

S. Res. 151, recognize 1994 genocide in Rwanda as ‘‘the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda’’, S2097 [31MR]

S. Res. 173, support goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S2571 [10AP]

S. Res. 351, request information on human rights practices in Eswatini to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance, S5003 [31JY]

S. Res. 352, request information on human rights practices in South Sudan to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance, S5003 [31JY]

S. Res. 355, request information on human rights practices in Rwanda to make determinations on continuation of U.S. security assistance, S5006 [31JY]

S. Res. 373, recognize independence anniversary of Cabo Verde and celebrate contributions of Cabo Verdean-Americans to democracy in Cabo Verde and U.S., S6329 [4SE]