,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1      
#bjai,mr4 ,sherman 7for himself and     
,mrs4 ,wagner7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,president to    
withdraw the application of the         
duty-free treatment with respect to     
,burma under the ,generalized ,system of
 ,preferences program1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,allowing for the   
,safe ,return of ,rohingyas to ,burma   
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3  7#a7 ,since       
,august #bjag1 the ,burmese military1   
the ,tatmadaw1 has engaged in a brutal  
crackdown on the ,rohingya population in
 the northern ,rakhine state of ,burma  
7formerly ,myanmar74  7#b7 ,before the  
#bjag crisis1 an estimated #a1jjj1jjj   
,rohingya people lived in the ,rakhine  
state4  7#c7 ,as a result of the brutal 

crackdown of #bjag1 #gdj1jjj ,rohingyas 
have fled to ,bangladesh and another    
#abg1jjj ,rohingya fled to camps for    
internally displaced persons 7,i,d,ps7  
in the central ,rakhine state4  7#d7    
,bangladesh was already enduring a      
humanitarian crisis as a result of      
approximately #bhg1jjj ,rohingya        
refugees fleeing ,burma during earlier  
crackdowns by the ,burmese military in  
#bjab and #bjaf4  7#e7 ,in ,march #bjai1
 the ,united ,nations ,office for the   
,coordination of ,humanitarian ,affairs 
estimated there were #iji1jjj registered
 ,rohingya in ,bangladeshi refugee      
camps4  7#f7 ,on ,march #e1 #bjai1 the  
,united ,states ,agency for             
,international ,development reported    
that the ,united ,states has contributed
 more than #did1jjj1jjj to ,bangladesh  
since ,august #bjag in order to help    
,bangladesh cope with the influx of     
,rohingya refugees4  7#g7 ,the ,u4,s4   
,secretary of ,state has called the     
,burmese security forces attacks on the 

,rohingya an ethnic cleansing but has   
yet to recognize them as a crime against
 humanity or genocide4  7#h7 ,on        
,december #ac1 #bjah1 the ,united       
,states ,house of ,representatives      
passed ,house ,resolution #ajia1 which  
expressed the sense of the ,house that  
the atrocities committed against the    
,rohingya by the ,burmese military and  
security forces since ,august #bjag     
constitute crimes against humanity and  
genocide and called upon the ,secretary 
of ,state to review the available       
evidence and make a similar             
determination4  7#i7 ,the ,united       
,nations ,human ,rights ,council's      
,independent ,international             
,fact-,finding ,mission on ,myanmar 7the
 ,mission7 concluded in ,august #bjah   
and ,august #bjai reports that there is 
sufficient information to warrant the   
investigation and prosecution of        
,tatmadaw officials to determine their  
liability for genocide and also found   
that a pervasive culture of impunity at 

the domestic level1 which led the       
,mission to conclude that the impetus   
for accountability must come from the   
international community4  7#aj7 ,the    
ability of ,rohingyas to leave          
,bangladesh to return home is impeded by
 many factors1 not least of which3 the  
lack of ,burmese citizenship for the    
,rohingya minority1 that the homes of   
the ,rohingya were largely destroyed in 
the #bjag violence1 and that ,rohingya  
still fear the ongoing violence due to  
the civil war and military officers who 
act with impunity against the local     
civilian population4  7#aa7 ,in #bjaf1  
after a #bg-year suspension period1 the 
,generalized ,system of ,preferences    
7,,gsp7 program for ,burma was          
re-instated1 and ,burma was designated  
as a least-developed beneficiary        
developing country under the program4   
7#ab7 ,just one year after having the   
,,gsp program reinstated1 ,burma's      
,,gsp-eligible exports to the ,united   
,states were valued at #ic1ijj1jjj1 the 

second highest value for least-developed
 beneficiary developing countries after 
,cambodia4  #c4 ,withdrawal of          
designation of ,burma under the         
,generalized ,system of ,preferences    
program  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #ij days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall withdraw the application of the   
duty-free treatment under title ,v of   
the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bdfa et seq47 with respect to ,burma4  
7b7 ,certification ,the ,president may  
reinstate the application of duty-free  
treatment under title ,v of the ,trade  
,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdfa et   
seq47 with respect to ,burma after the  
date on which the authority of          
subsection 7a7 is exercised only if the 
,president submits to the appropriate   
congressional committees a certification
 that contains a determination of the   
,president that the ,government of      
,burma--  7#a7 allows for the safe1     
voluntary1 and dignified return of      

,rohingya refugees2  7#b7 has taken the 
necessary steps to provide ,burmese     
citizenship to such ,rohingya refugees2 
and  7#c7 has addressed the root causes 
of the crisis in ,rakhine ,state4  #d4  
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7#a7 the congressional defense 
committees 7as such term is defined in  
section #aja of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code72  7#b7 the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs1 the ,permanent       
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 and
 the ,committee on ,ways and ,means of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7#c7 the ,committee on ,foreign         
,relations1 the ,select ,committee on   
,intelligence1 and the ,committee on    
,finance of the ,senate4