Just and Lasting Peace in Sudan Act of 2008

Just and Lasting Peace in Sudan Act of 2008 - Prohibits sanctions imposed against the government of Sudan from being lifted until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the following conditions have been met for at least one year: (1) the government of Sudan (government) implements the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace Agreement; (2) the Abyei Boundary Commission recommendations are implemented and oil revenue shares are paid retroactively; (3) the government hands over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) all indicted individuals; (4) the government ends its atrocities against innocent civilians in Darfur and other parts of Sudan; (5) the government allows the deployment of United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur forces and allows unhindered access to humanitarian workers; (6) the government ends its terrorist ties; and (7) senior government officials are held accountable for crimes committed in the Nuba, South Sudan, Southern Blue Nile, and Eastern Sudan, and for their support for Osama bin Laden and other terrorist groups.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should not normalize relations with Sudan until such conditions have been implemented for at least one year.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6416 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6416

To codify existing sanctions against the Government of Sudan until the 
  Government of Sudan meets certain conditions relating to a just and 
                        lasting peace in Sudan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

   Mr. Payne (for himself, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
  Rangel, Ms. Lee, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie 
 Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Van Hollen, 
  Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
  Cummings, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Hastings of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To codify existing sanctions against the Government of Sudan until the 
  Government of Sudan meets certain conditions relating to a just and 
                        lasting 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 ``Just and Lasting Peace in Sudan Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            (2) Government of sudan.--The term ``Government of Sudan'' 
        means Sudan's Government of National Unity. Such term does not 
        include the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS).
            (3) SPLM.--The term ``SPLM'' means the Sudan People's 
        Liberation Movement.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States Government rightfully declared the 
        atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan to be genocide. More 
        than 450,000 people have been killed and an estimated 2,500,000 
        people have been displaced since the crisis erupted in 2003.
            (2) The Government of Sudan continues to commit atrocities 
        against innocent civilians in Darfur. According to a March 25, 
        2008, report by the United Nations Secretary-General, 
        ``increased hostilities in Western Darfur over the reporting 
        period have led to significant displacement and loss of 
        civilian life, while also inhibiting humanitarian access to 
        civilian populations affected by the fighting''.
            (3) In October 2007, the Government of Southern Sudan 
        suspended the participation of its ministers, state ministers, 
        and presidential advisors from Sudan's Government of National 
        Unity to protest measures taken by the National Congress Party 
        and to demand full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace 
        Agreement (CPA).
            (4) Implementation of the CPA by the Government of National 
        Unity has been selective and at times deliberately slow. The 
        Government of Sudan has not yet implemented the Abyei Boundary 
        Commission (ABC) recommendations. The ABC was mandated to 
        ``define and demarcate'' the area known as the 9 Ngok Dinka 
        Chiefdoms transferred in 1905 to Kordofan in North Sudan.
            (5) The ABC was chaired by former United States Ambassador 
        to Sudan Donald Peterson, with active international engagement. 
        In July 2005, the ABC submitted its final report to the Sudan's 
        presidency. According to the CPA, ``upon presentation of the 
        final report, the Presidency shall take necessary action to put 
        the special administration status of Abyei Area into immediate 
        effect''.
            (6) According to a September 2007 report by the United 
        Nations Secretary-General, the lack of administration in Abyei 
        has hampered CPA activities and left gaps in policing, public 
        sanitation, and health services. Continued intransigence on 
        this issue is likely to lead to war.
            (7) The Government of Sudan is well known to signing peace 
        agreements and make commitments but has consistently failed to 
        honor these agreements.
            (8) Efforts to hold individuals accountable for the 
        genocide in Darfur have not been successful in large part 
        because the Government of Sudan refuses to cooperate with the 
        International Criminal Court (ICC) and protects indicted 
        individuals by the ICC.
            (9) In April 2008, Special Envoy Richard Williamson and a 
        Government of Sudan delegation led by Nafi Ali Nafi, a man 
        responsible for many of Sudan's international terror links and 
        domestic atrocities, met in Rome to discuss normalization of 
        relations between Sudan and the United States.
            (10) Nafi Ali Nafi was the security chief when Sudan gave 
        safe haven to Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, a period when Bin 
        Laden began to build his terror network. Nafi was also a key 
        player in support of Gama'a Islamia, a group that tried to 
        assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The weapons used 
        in the assassination attempt were reportedly flown by Sudan 
        Airways, and after the failed attempt, one of the assassins was 
        flown to Sudan on Sudan Airways.

SEC. 4. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING SANCTIONS IN SUPPORT OF A JUST AND 
              LASTING PEACE IN SUDAN.

    (a) In General.--Sanctions against the Government of Sudan that 
were imposed pursuant to any provision of law, as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, including sanctions against the 
Government of Sudan that were imposed pursuant to any executive order 
or other administrative action, shall remain in effect against the 
Government of Sudan and shall not be lifted pursuant to such provisions 
of law until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Government of Sudan has met the conditions 
described in subsection (b) for a period of not less than one year.
    (b) Conditions Described.--The conditions referred to in subsection 
(a) are the following:
            (1) The Government of Sudan fully implements the 
        Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur Peace 
        Agreement (DPA).
            (2) The Abyei Boundary Commission (ABC) recommendations are 
        implemented and oil revenue shares are paid retroactively.
            (3) The Government of Sudan hands over to the International 
        Criminal Court (ICC) all indicted individuals without any 
        delay.
            (4) The Government of Sudan ends its atrocities against 
        innocent civilians in Darfur and other parts of Sudan.
            (5) The Government of Sudan allows the deployment of the 
        United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces 
        and allows unhindered access to humanitarian workers.
            (6) The Government of Sudan ends its ties with known 
        terrorist organizations and individuals.
            (7) Senior officials in the Government of Sudan are held 
        accountable for crimes committed in the Nuba, South Sudan, 
        Southern Blue Nile, and Eastern Sudan.
            (8) Senior officials in the Government of Sudan are held 
        accountable for their support for Osama bin Laden and other 
        terrorist groups.
    (c) Monitoring Mechanism.--The President of the United States shall 
establish a mechanism to monitor and ensure that the Government of 
Sudan is meeting the conditions described in subsection (b).
    (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States Government should not normalize relations with the Government of 
Sudan until the conditions described in subsection (b) have been 
implemented for a period of not less than one year as described in 
subsection (a).
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