Urges the Government of Burundi to maintain and increase its efforts toward national reconciliation. Condemns the recent violence against Burundi citizens.
Urges the President and Secretary of State to: (1) pursue bilateral and multilateral initiatives to press for nonviolent national reconciliation in Burundi, reduction of the risk of cross-border violence, and continued advancement in Burundi's economic reform program; (2) undertake a comprehensive reassessment of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Burundi and to consider the suspension of U.S. assistance unless specified conditions related to the violence against Burundi citizens are met within six months; and (3) suspend U.S. aid and oppose future World Bank loans to Burundi if, after one year, there has not been substantial progress in the internal reform of Burundi's military and civil administration and the reversal of patterns of ethnic discrimination against the majority Hutu.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Referred to Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 415 - 0 (Record Vote No: 433).
Roll Call #433 (House)Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 415 - 0 (Record Vote No: 433).
Roll Call #433 (House)Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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