S 3981 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

BRAVE Burma Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 4, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 4, 2026
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Bringing Real Accountability Via Enforcement in Burma Act or the BRAVE Burma Act

This bill extends and expands a law imposing sanctions on Burma. The bill also requires the Department of State to appoint a Special Envoy for Burma.

Current law authorizes, and in some cases requires, the President to impose sanctions on certain Burmese state-owned enterprises, Burmese officials and family members, and other foreign persons. The bill extends this law through December 23, 2032. The bill also requires the President to annually determine, for the next seven years, whether the Myanma Economic Bank, any Burmese state-owned enterprise financially benefiting the Burmese military and not operating in the industrial or extractive sectors, or foreign persons operating in Burma's jet fuel sector meet the criteria for required sanctions under (1) the previously mentioned law; or (2) Executive Order 14014, Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma. 

The U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must advocate and vote to limit any increase to Burma's IMF shareholding while Burma's State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) or any successor governing authority is in power. (The SSPC, led by military commander Min Aung Hlaing, existed from July 31, 2025, until April 10, 2026. It was dissolved when a nominally civilian but military-led government was installed, led by now President Min Aung Hlaing.) 

The State Department must appoint a Special Envoy for Burma with the rank and status of ambassador and responsibility for coordinating all aspects of U.S. policy regarding Burma.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2026 to Aug 6, 2026, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 4, 2026
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalMar 4, 2026
R-INTodd YoungOriginalMar 4, 2026
D-MDAngela D. AlsobrooksApr 13, 2026
D-COMichael F. BennetApr 21, 2026
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJun 2, 2026
D-ILRichard J. DurbinJun 8, 2026
D-ORRon WydenJun 11, 2026
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandJun 24, 2026
D-VTPeter WelchJul 22, 2026
D-CAAlex PadillaAug 6, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2026Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 4, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3190BRAVE Burma ActRelated billFeb 11, 2026

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2026Introduced in Senate

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