,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 and ,mr4        
,durbin7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require a determination as  
to whether crimes committed against the 
,rohingya in ,burma amount to genocide4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rohingya ,genocide             
,determination ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,since ,august #be1      
#bjag1 #gdj1jjj ,rohingya have fled     
northern ,rakhine ,state to neighboring 
,bangladesh to escape a systematic      
campaign of atrocities by ,burma's      
military and security forces1 and three 
years later1 conditions are still not   
conducive to the safe1 voluntary1 and   
dignified return of the ,rohingya to    
,burma4  7#b7 ,on ,november #bc1 #bjag1 

the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,museum  
and ,fortify ,rights released a report  
entitled ,they ,tried to ,kill ,us ,all1
 documenting widespread and systematic  
atrocities committed against ,rohingya  
civilians at the hands of ,burmese      
security forces1 civilian perpetrators1 
and militants and highlighting growing  
evidence of genocide4  7#c7 ,according  
to the ,department of ,state's ,august  
#bd1 #bjah1 report entitled             
,documentation of ,atrocities in        
,northern ,rakhine ,state1 violence     
committed by the ,burmese military      
against the ,rohingya1 including from   
,august to ,october #bjag1 was not only 
extreme1 large-scale1 widespread1 and   
seemingly geared toward both terrorizing
 the population and driving out the     
,rohingya residents1 but also           
well-planned and coordinated4  7#d7 ,on 
,august #bh1 #bjah1 the ,united ,states 
,ambassador to the ,united ,nations told
 the ,united ,nations ,security ,council
 that the ,department of ,state report's

 findings were consistent with those in 
an ,august #bg1 #bjah1 report by the    
,independent ,international             
,fact-,finding ,mission on ,myanmar     
7,,iiffmm7 which urged that top ,burmese
 military officials be investigated and 
prosecuted for genocide4  7#e7 ,on      
,september #ab1 #bjah1 the ,,iiffmm     
reported1 ,the crimes in ,rakhine       
,state1 and the manner in which they    
were perpetrated1 are similar in nature1
 gravity and scope to those that have   
allowed genocidal intent to be          
established in other contexts44  7#f7   
,the ,public ,international ,law        
,policy ,group 7,,pilpg71 whose         
investigation informed the ,department  
of ,state's ,august #bjah report1       
published in ,december #bjah its        
,factual ,findings  ,legal ,analysis    
,report1 which concluded that there are 
reasonable grounds to believe that      
genocide was committed against the      
,rohingya in ,myanmar's northern        
,rakhine ,state4  7#g7 ,according to the

 ,,pilpg report1 ,the scale and severity
 of the attacks and abuses--particularly
 the mass killings and accompanying     
brutality against children1 women1      
pregnant women1 the elderly1 religious  
leaders1 and persons fleeing into       
,bangladesh--suggest that1 in the minds 
of the perpetrators1 the goal was not   
just to expel1 but also to exterminate  
the ,rohingya44  7#h7 ,on ,september    
#af1 #bjai1 the ,,iiffmm reported that  
it has reasonable grounds to conclude   
that the evidence that infers genocidal 
intent on the part of the ,state1       
identified in its last report1 has      
strengthened that there is a serious    
risk that genocidal actions may occur or
 recur4  7#i7 ,the ,,iiffmm also        
recognized in its ,september #af1 #bjai1
 report that ,burma's military and      
security forces have committed abuses   
against minority groups other than the  
,rohingya3 ,all the ethnic minority     
communities that the ,mission           
investigated1 including ethnic groups in

 ,rakhine1 ,chin1 ,kayin1 ,kachin1 and  
,shan ,states1 have been deprived of    
justice for the serious human rights    
violations perpetrated against them44   
#c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that the atrocities       
committed against the ,rohingya by the  
,burmese military and security forces   
constitute genocide4  #d4 ,evaluation of
 attacks against ,rohingya in ,burma    
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state1 after  
consultation with the heads of other    
,united ,states ,government agencies    
represented on the ,atrocity ,early     
,warning ,task ,force and               
representatives of human rights         
organizations1 as appropriate1 shall    
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an evaluation of the         
persecution of1 including attacks       
against1 the ,rohingya in ,burma by     
,burmese military and security forces1  
including whether the situation         

constitutes genocide 7as defined in     
section #ajia of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code71 and a detailed          
description of any proposed atrocities  
prevention response recommended by the  
,atrocity ,early ,warning ,task ,force4 
7b7 ,form ,the evaluation required under
 subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in   
unclassified form and posted to the     
,department of ,state website1 but may  
include a classified annex as necessary4
  7c7 ,appropriate congressional        
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services1 and the ,committee 
on ,appropriations of the ,senate2 and  
7#b7 and the ,committee on ,foreign     
,affairs1 the ,committee on ,armed      
,services1 and the ,committee on        
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives4