H.CON.RES.467
Passed 422-0 Burgess voted YES

Title:Declaring genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] (introduced 6/24/2004) Cosponsors: 116
Committees: House International Relations
Related Bills: S.CON.RES.133
Latest Major Action: 7/22/2004 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 0 (Roll no. 420).
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/24/2004--Introduced.

States that Congress: (1) declares that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide; (2) reminds the international community, including the United States Government, of their international legal obligations, as affirmed in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; (3) calls on the Bush Administration to lead an international effort to prevent genocide in Darfur; (4) urges the Bush Administration to consider multilateral or even unilateral intervention to prevent genocide should the United Nations Security Council fail to act; (5) demands that the Bush Administration impose targeted sanctions, including visa bans and the freezing of assets of the National Congress and affiliated business and individuals directly responsible for the atrocities in Darfur; and (6) calls on USAID to establish a Darfur Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Fund.