text: 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).
target: 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.
feat_title: 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.