Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act - (Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress regarding: (1) the relevance of the Sudan Peace Act and its extension to the Darfur region of Sudan; (2) the genocide unfolding in Darfur and the Government of Sudan's violation of the Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and (3) actions to address the conflict in Sudan.
(Sec. 5) Amends the Sudan Peace Act to authorize the President to assist Sudan to support the implementation of a comprehensive peace agreement that applies to all regions of Sudan, including the Darfur region, and to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Darfur region and its impact on eastern Chad. Authorizes additional FY 2005 through 2007 appropriations.
Makes such assistance contingent upon a continuing certification to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Sudan is acting to: (1) ensure that the armed forces and militias are not committing atrocities or blocking assistance; (2) demobilize militias; (3) permit humanitarian assistance to all regions of Sudan, (4) cooperate with aid workers and the African Union monitoring team; (5) allow an international investigation of the actions that occurred in Darfur; and (6) install a new coalition government based upon the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan. Directs the President to suspend assistance if the Government of Sudan ceases to take such actions.
(Sec. 6) Directs the President to implement specified sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. Authorizes such sanctions' suspension for purposes of national interest, or if Sudan complies with certain actions under the Sudan Peace Act.
(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) report annually on the identities of entities doing business in Sudan, the nature of such activities, and the governmental agencies of Sudan involved; and (2) make such report available to the public.
(Sec. 8) Directs the President to require the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) to take specified actions to secure multilateral efforts against the Government of Sudan.
(Sec. 9) Directs the President to report on the planned U.S. response to a comprehensive peace agreement for Sudan, which shall include: (1) U.S. steps to respond to a modified peace process for the implementation of peace in Sudan, in particular Darfur; (2) a contingency plan for extraordinary humanitarian assistance should the Government of Sudan continue to obstruct or delay the international humanitarian response to the Darfur crisis; (3) if applicable, an explanation of the President's intention to decline to impose targeted sanctions on Sudanese government officials and other individuals involved in carrying out the genocide in Darfur; and (4) if applicable, an explanation U.S. intentions to normalize relations with Sudan.
(Sec. 10) Authorizes the President to undertake emergency relief, civil reconstruction, education, and other programs in areas outside the Government of Sudan's control.
States that certain export prohibitions shall not apply to any export or related transaction from an area in Sudan outside of the Government of Sudan's control if the President determines that the export or related transaction would directly benefit the economic development of that area and its people.
(Sec. 11) Amends the International Organizations Immunities Act to replace a reference to "Organization of African Unity" with "African Union."
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5061 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5061
To provide assistance for the current crisis in the Darfur region of
Sudan and to facilitate a comprehensive peace in Sudan.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 9, 2004
Mr. Tancredo (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr.
Lantos, and Mr. Payne) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
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A BILL
To provide assistance for the current crisis in the Darfur region of
Sudan and to facilitate a comprehensive peace in Sudan.
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 ``Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) JEM.--The term ``JEM'' means the Justice and Equality
Movement.
(3) SPLM.--The term ``SPLM'' means the Sudan People's
Liberation Movement.
(4) SLA.--The term ``SLA'' means the Sudan Liberation Army.
(5) Government of sudan.--The term ``Government of Sudan''
means the National Islamic Front government in Khartoum, Sudan,
or any successor government formed on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act (other than the coalition government
agreed upon in the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of
Peace in the Sudan).
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since seizing power through a military coup in 1989,
the Government of Sudan has repeatedly attacked and dislocated
civilian populations in southern Sudan in a coordinated policy
of ethnic cleansing that cost the lives of over 2,000,000
people and displaced more than 4,000,000 people.
(2) The Governments of the United States, the United
Kingdom, and Norway have each committed significant resources
to promote an internationally supported peace process between
the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation
Movement (SPLM), under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental
Authority on Development.
(3) Following the signing of the Machakos Agreement in July
2002, the Government of Sudan and the SPLM reached a number of
important agreements on issues such as self-determination,
security arrangements, and wealth and power sharing,
culminating in the final framework agreement, the Nairobi
Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan, signed on
June 6, 2004.
(4) Despite efforts to negotiate a settlement between the
Government of Sudan and the SPLM, a conflict between forces of
the Government of Sudan, including militia forces backed by the
Government, and rebel forces (the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)
and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)) in the
impoverished Darfur region of western Sudan, began in early
2003 and has resulted in attacks by ground and air forces of
the Government of Sudan against innocent civilians and
undefended villages in the region.
(5) The United Nations estimates that 2,200,000 people are
conflict-affected in the Darfur region and neighboring Chad,
1,200,000 people have been internally displaced, 200,000 people
have fled into Chad, and 50,000 people have been killed.
(6) The United States Agency for International Development
projects that the violence and the obstruction of the delivery
of food, shelter, and medical care to people of Darfur will
result in the death of an estimated 320,000 people between
April 1, 2004, and December 31, 2004.
(7) Sudanese Government forces and government supported
militia forces have also engaged in the use of rape as a weapon
of war, the abduction of children, the destruction of food and
water sources, and the deliberate and systematic manipulation
and denial of humanitarian assistance for the people of the
Darfur region.
(8) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
identified ``massive human rights violations in Darfur
perpetrated by the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed, which
may constitute war crimes and/or crimes against humanity''.
(9) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial,
Summary or Arbitrary Executions stated in a recent report to
the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights that ``[i]t
is beyond doubt that the [G]overnment of Sudan is responsible
for extrajudicial and summary executions of large numbers of
people over the last several months in the Darfur region'', and
that ``[t]he current humanitarian disaster unfolding in Darfur,
for which the government is largely responsible, has put
millions of civilians at risk''.
(10) The Department of State, in a press briefing on June
24, 2004, stated, as of the time of the briefing: ``301
villages in Darfur have been destroyed and 76 have been
damaged. There have been crops burned, killed or stolen cattle,
and destroyed irrigation systems.''.
(11) Attacks on civilians in the Darfur region continue
despite an April 8, 2004, temporary cease-fire agreement
reached between the Government of Sudan and the JEM and SLA
rebel groups in N'Djamena, Chad.
(12) On July 22, 2004, the United States House of
Representatives and Senate both declared that the atrocities
unfolding in Darfur, Sudan are genocide.
(13) On September 9, 2004, Secretary of State Colin L.
Powell stated before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
``When we reviewed the evidence compiled by our team, along
with other information available to the State Department, we
concluded that genocide has been committed in Darfur and that
the Government of Sudan and the jinjaweid bear responsibility--
and genocide may still be occurring.''
(14) On July 30, 2004, the United Nations Security Council
passed Resolution 1556, calling upon the Government of Sudan to
disarm the Janjaweed militias, apprehend and bring to justice
Janjaweed leaders and their associates who have incited and
carried out violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law, as well as other atrocities in the Darfur
region.
(15) The cooperation and mediation of the SPLM is critical
to bringing about a political settlement between the Government
of Sudan, the SLA, and the JEM.
(16) Practical implementation of a comprehensive peace
agreement for Sudan, as envisioned in the Sudan Peace Act (50
12 U.S.C. 1701 note), and in the Machakos Protocol of 2002, is
hampered by the ongoing violence in the Darfur region and by
the Government of Sudan's complicity in the violence.
(17) The final framework peace agreement between the
Government of Sudan and the SPLM is at great risk of collapse.
Since the signing of the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase
of Peace in the Sudan, the Government of Sudan has frustrated
the process of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
by pursuing delay tactics and raising new issues in the
negotiations.
(18) Moreover, the Government of Sudan's complicity in the
atrocities in the Darfur region raises fundamental questions
about the Government of Sudan's commitment to peace and
stability in Sudan.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING GENOCIDE AND THE CONFLICT IN
DARFUR, SUDAN.
(a) Sudan Peace Act.--It is the sense of Congress that the Sudan
Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) remains relevant and should be extended
to include the Darfur region of Sudan.
(b) Actions to Address Genocide and the Conflict in Darfur.--It is
the sense of Congress that--
(1) the atrocities unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan
are genocide;
(2) the Government of Sudan has violated the Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed
at Paris on December 9, 1948, to which it is a contracting
party, as a result of its complicity in the violence in the
Darfur region;
(3) a legitimate countrywide peace in Sudan will only be
possible if the principles enumerated in the 1948 Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the Machakos Protocol of 2002, and
the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in the
Sudan are applied to all of Sudan, including the Darfur region;
(4) the parties to the Humanitarian Ceasefire on the
Conflict in Darfur (the Government of Sudan, the SLA, and the
JEM), signed in N'Djamena, Chad, on April 8, 2004, must meet
their obligations under that agreement, including--
(A) to give up the use of force as a means of
settling the conflict in the Darfur region;
(B) to allow safe and immediate access of all
humanitarian assistance throughout the Darfur region;
(C) to allow the deployment of and cooperate with
international monitors and security forces; and
(D) to expedite the conclusion of a political
agreement to end the conflict in the Darfur region;
(5) the President should impose targeted sanctions on the
assets and activities of those Sudanese Government officials
and other individuals who are determined to be involved in
carrying out or otherwise involved in the policy of genocide in
the Darfur region, as well as on the assets and activities of
businesses controlled by the Government of Sudan and the
National Congress Party;
(6) the United States Government should not normalize
relations with Sudan, including through the lifting of any
sanctions, until the Government of Sudan agrees to and
implements a comprehensive peace agreement for all areas of
Sudan, including the Darfur region;
(7) the United States and the international community
should use all necessary means to assist international monitors
and security forces in the Darfur region, particularly the
African Union monitoring team, in order to ensure an
appropriate international humanitarian response to, and the
protection of human life and human rights in, the Darfur
region;
(8) the United States should continue to provide
humanitarian assistance to the areas of Sudan to which the
United States has access;
(9) the member states of the United Nations, particularly
the member states from the African Union, the Arab League, and
the Organization of the Islamic Conference, should undertake
measures to prevent the genocide in the Darfur region from
escalating further, including the imposition of targeted
sanctions against those responsible for the atrocities;
(10) in the areas of Sudan to which humanitarian access by
the United States is obstructed or denied, the United States
should provide humanitarian assistance through nongovernmental
organizations, regardless of opposition to such assistance by
the Government of Sudan; and
(11) the international community, including African, Arab,
and Muslim nations, should immediately provide logistical,
financial, in-kind, and personnel resources necessary to save
the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals in the Darfur
crisis;
SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN SUDAN.
(a) Annual Report to Congress.--The Secretary of the Treasury
shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and not later than the end of each 1-year period thereafter,
submit to the Congress a report that includes--
(1) the identity of all entities that are engaged in
commercial activity in Sudan;
(2) the nature and extent of that commercial activity in
Sudan, including any plans for expansion or diversification;
(3) the identity of all agencies of the Sudanese Government
with which any such entity is doing business; and
(4) the relationship of the commercial activity to any
violations of religious freedom and other human rights in
Sudan.
(b) Disclosure to the Public.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
publish or otherwise make available to the public each report submitted
under subsection (a).
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON TRADING IN UNITED STATES CAPITAL MARKETS.
(a) Prohibition.--The President shall exercise the authorities he
has under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (without
regard to the requirements set forth in section 202 of that Act) to
prohibit any entity engaged in any commercial activity in Sudan--
(1) from raising capital in the United States; or
(2) from trading its securities (or depository receipts
with respect to its securities) in any capital market in the
United States.
(b) Penalties.--The penalties under section 206 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act shall apply to violations
under subsection (a) to the same extent as such penalties apply to
violations under that Act.
SEC. 7. SANCTIONS IN SUPPORT OF PEACE IN DARFUR.
(a) Sanctions.--
(1) Sudan peace act.--Beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall, notwithstanding
paragraph (1) of section 6(b) of the Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C.
1701 note), implement the measures set forth in subparagraphs
(A) through (D) of paragraph (2) of such section.
(2) Homeland security act of 2002.--Beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall,
notwithstanding section 428(b) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 236(b)), prohibit the granting of a visa to--
(A) a senior member of the Government of Sudan;
(B) a senior official of the military of Sudan; or
(C) a family member of an individual described in
subparagraph (A) or (B).
(b) Suspension of Sanctions.--The President may suspend the
application of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), or both, if the
President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that the Government of Sudan has--
(1) taken demonstrable steps to ensure that the armed
forces and the militias, known as the Janjaweed, are not
attacking civilians;
(2) taken significant demonstrable and verifiable steps to
demobilize and disarm the Janjaweed in the Darfur region;
(3) ceased harassment of aid workers, including those who
report human rights abuses, and allowed unfettered humanitarian
access to the Darfur region;
(4) fully cooperated with the deployment and operation of
international monitors and security forces, particularly the
African Union monitoring team, for the Darfur region;
(5) is taking demonstrable steps to ensure the safe return
of displaced persons and refugees to their homes, and
rebuilding the communities destroyed in the violence;
(6) implemented the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase
of Peace in the Sudan; and
(7) installed a new coalition government based on the
agreements reached in the Nairobi Declaration on the Final
Phase of Peace in the Sudan and is otherwise accommodating the
new coalition government formed as a result of the agreement.
(c) Reinstatement of Sanctions.--The President shall reinstate the
sanctions listed in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), or both,
that have been suspended under subsection (b) (as the case may be) if
at any time the President determines that the Government of Sudan is no
longer in compliance with any of the criteria listed in paragraphs (1)
through (8) of such subsection.
(d) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (a), or both, if the President determines and
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that exceptional
circumstances in support of peace in Sudan necessitate such a waiver.
SEC. 8. MULTILATERAL EFFORTS.
The Secretary of State should direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations to--
(1) press the United Nations Security Council to pursue
accountability for those who are found responsible for
orchestrating and carrying out the atrocities in the Darfur
region, which shall include advocating for an ad hoc
international criminal tribunal for the prosecution of war
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide;
(2) encourage member states of the United Nations to--
(A) freeze the assets of senior members of the
Government of Sudan and their families held in each
such member state;
(B) cease to import Sudanese oil;
(C) restrict the entry or transit of senior members
of the Government of Sudan and their families through
each such member; and
(D) deny permission for any aircraft registered in
Sudan to take off from, land in, or overfly each such
member state; and
(3) urge member states of the United Nations to cease
selling arms to the Government of Sudan, including by--
(A) taking the necessary measures to prevent the
sale or supply, to the Government of Sudan and its
mercenaries, including the Janjaweed and the Popular
Defense Forces, operating in the states of North
Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur, by the nationals
of such member states, from the territories of such
member states, or through the use of flag vessels or
aircraft of such member states, of arms and related
materiel of all types, including weapons and
ammunition, military vehicles and equipment,
paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the
Government of Sudan and its mercenaries, as well as
technical training or assistance related to the
provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of such
items, whether or not originating in the territories of
such member states; and
(B) ensuring that the measures imposed in
subparagraph (A) shall not apply to--
(i) supplies and related technical training
and assistance to monitoring, verification or
peace support operations, including such
operations led by regional organizations, that
are authorized by the United Nations or are
operating with the consent of the relevant
parties;
(ii) supplies of non-lethal military
equipment intended solely for humanitarian,
human rights monitoring or protective use, and
related technical training and assistance; and
(iii) supplies of protective clothing,
including flak jackets and military helmets,
for the personal use of United Nations
personnel, human rights monitors,
representatives of the media and humanitarian
and development workers and associated
personnel.
SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUDAN PEACE ACT.
(a) Assistance for the Crisis in Darfur and for Comprehensive Peace
in Sudan.--
(1) In general.--The Sudan Peace Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 12. ASSISTANCE FOR THE CRISIS IN DARFUR AND FOR COMPREHENSIVE
PEACE IN SUDAN.
``(a) Assistance to Support a Comprehensive Final Peace Agreement
in Sudan and to Respond to the Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur.--
``(1) Authority.--Subject to the requirements of this
section, the President is authorized to provide assistance for
Sudan to support the implementation of a comprehensive peace
agreement that applies to all regions of Sudan, including the
Darfur region, and to address the humanitarian and human rights
crisis in the Darfur region and its impact on eastern Chad.
``(2) Requirement for certification.--Notwithstanding
section 501(a) of the Assistance for International Malaria
Control Act (Public Law 106-570; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note),
assistance authorized under this section may be provided to the
Government of Sudan only if the President submits the
certification described in paragraph (3).
``(3) Certification for the government of sudan.--The
certification referred to in paragraph (2) is a certification
submitted by the President to the appropriate congressional
committees that the Government of Sudan has taken demonstrable
steps to--
``(A) ensure that the armed forces of Sudan and any
associated militias are not committing atrocities or
obstructing human rights monitors or the provision of
humanitarian assistance or human rights monitors;
``(B) demobilize and disarm militias supported or
created by the Government of Sudan;
``(C) allow full and unfettered humanitarian
assistance to all regions of Sudan, including Darfur;
``(D) allow an international commission of inquiry
to conduct its investigation of atrocities in the
Darfur region and Khartoum, preserve evidence of
atrocities and prosecute those responsible for war
crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide;
``(E) cooperate fully with the African Union and
all other observer and monitoring missions mandated to
operate in Sudan;
``(F) implement the Nairobi Declaration on the
Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan;
``(G) install a new coalition government based on
the agreements reached in the Nairobi Declaration on
the Final Phase of Peace in the Sudan; and
``(H) ensure that the parties to the agreements
reached in the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase
of Peace in the Sudan accept the new coalition
government formed as a result of the agreement.
``(4) Suspension of assistance.--If, on a date after the
President submits the certification described in paragraph (3),
the President determines that the Government of Sudan has
ceased taking the actions described in such paragraph, the
President shall immediately suspend the provision of any
assistance to such Government until the date on which the
President certifies that the Government of Sudan has resumed
taking such actions.
``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the President to provide the assistance
described in paragraph (1), $450,000,000 for fiscal
year 2005, in addition to any other funds otherwise
available for such purpose. Of such amount,
$150,000,000 may be made available both for
humanitarian assistance in the Darfur region of Sudan
and eastern Chad in response to the ongoing crisis,
notwithstanding any provision of law other than the
provisions of this section.
``(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations under
subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain available
until expended.
``(b) Government of Sudan Defined.--In this section, the term
`Government of Sudan' means the National Islamic Front government in
Khartoum, Sudan, or any successor government formed on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act (other than the coalition government
agreed upon in the Nairobi Declaration on the Final Phase of Peace in
the Sudan).''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3(2) of such Act is
amended by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Except as provided
in section 12, the''.
(b) Reporting Requirement.--Section 8 of the Sudan Peace Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended in the first sentence by striking
``Sudan.'' and inserting ``Sudan, including the conflict in the Darfur
region.''.
SEC. 10. REPORT ON UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE
AGREEMENT FOR SUDAN.
(a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the planned United States response to a
comprehensive peace agreement for Sudan.
(b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a description of the planned United States response to
a modified peace process between the Government of Sudan and
the SPLM that would account for the implementation of a peace
in all regions of Sudan, in particular Darfur;
(2) a contingency plan for extraordinary humanitarian
assistance should the Government of Sudan continue to obstruct
or delay the international humanitarian response to the crisis
in Darfur, Sudan;
(3) a notification and explanation of the President's
intent, or lack thereof, to impose targeted sanctions on the
assets and activities of those Sudanese government officials
and other individuals that are involved in carrying out the
policy of genocide in the Darfur region, as well as on the
assets and activities of businesses controlled by the
Government of Sudan and the National Congress Party; and
(4) a notification and explanation of the Government of the
United States' intent, or lack thereof, to normalize relations
with Sudan, including through the lifting of any sanctions,
until the Government of Sudan agrees to and implements a
comprehensive peace agreement for all areas of Sudan, including
Darfur.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) may be
submitted in classified form.
SEC. 11. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES; EXCEPTION TO EXPORT PROHIBITIONS.
(a) Additional Authorities.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the President is authorized to undertake appropriate programs
using Federal agencies, grants or contractual arrangements, or direct
support of indigenous groups, agencies, or organizations in areas
outside of control of the Government of Sudan in an effort to provide
emergency relief, promote economic self-sufficiency, build civil
authority, provide education, enhance rule of law and the development
of judicial and legal frameworks, support people-to-people
reconciliation efforts, or implement any program in support of any
viable peace agreement at the local, regional, or national level in
Sudan.
(b) Exception to Export Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the prohibitions set forth with respect to Sudan in
Executive Order No. 13067 of November 3, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 59989)
shall not apply to any export from an area in Sudan outside of control
of the Government of Sudan, or to any necessary transaction directly
related to that export, if the President determines that the export or
related transaction, as the case may be, would directly benefit the
economic development of that area and its people.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mr. Tancredo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8393-8398)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5061.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8663-8664)
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