Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
Latest action · Mar 5, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of State to submit a strategy outlining U.S. support for a transition to civilian-led government in Sudan, and it authorizes certain measures to support and assist such a political transition.
Specifically, the bill requires the State Department to submit a strategy that includes (1) an articulation of specific U.S. objectives for the political transition in Sudan and a plan to achieve such objectives; (2) an assessment of reforms necessary to promote human rights, essential freedoms, and accountability, as well as a description of efforts to address such reforms; and (3) an assessment of security sector reforms by the Sudanese government, such as demobilizing militias and fostering civilian control of the armed forces.
The bill also authorizes the President to provide certain support for (1) democratic governance, rule of law, human rights, and fundamental freedoms; (2) programs to advance economic growth, private-sector productivity, and market-based solutions to development challenges; (3) conflict mitigation strategies to support long-term peace, stability and oversight of Sudanese security and intelligence services; and (4) accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
The President must impose sanctions on individuals who the President determines are committing human rights abuses, exploiting natural resources, or undermining the political transition in Sudan.
Upon certification that Sudan has taken steps to improve fiscal transparency, the Department of the Treasury and the State Department must engage with international financial institutions to restructure, reschedule, or cancel the sovereign debt of Sudan.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2020 to Jun 11, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Mar 5, 2020 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 11, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2020 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2020 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2020Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2020Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E581 | Joe Wilson R-SC | Jun 26, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 44, March 5, 2020, page H1536.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46373 | Countering Corruption Through U.S. Foreign Assistance Archived | Report | May 27, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7682 | Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 29, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support a civilian-led democratic transition, promote accountability for human rights abuses, and encourage fiscal transparency in Sudan, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Civil actions and liability
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Economic development
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Elementary and secondary education
- Evidence and witnesses
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international banking
- Foreign loans and debt
- Foreign property
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Metals
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Military command and structure
- Mining
- Multilateral development programs
- News media and reporting
- Oil and gas
- Political parties and affiliation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sanctions
- South Sudan
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Sudan
- Visas and passports
- War and emergency powers
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
- Women in business
- Women's rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
