L. 109–344 (text) (PDF)) or DPAA restates the United States government's position that the Darfur conflict constitutes genocide, and asks the government to expand the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur (AMIS) and give the force a stronger mandate, including more generous logistical support.
It also directs the government to assist the International Criminal Court in bringing justice to those guilty of war crimes.
It was passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Bush on 13 October 2006 along with a companion executive order.
Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a public letter to President Bush urging him to sign the bill,[3] and many members of Congress did the same.
The Darfur Genocide Accountability Act was the first piece of binding Darfur-related legislation introduced in the House.
The provisions of the Darfur Genocide Accountability Act included targeted sanctions against Sudanese governmental officials, restricted functionality of the Sudanese embassy in the United States, authorization for the president to use force to stop the genocide, and denial of port entry to ships conducting business with Sudan.
[6] As a result of the removal of "Section 11," protecting individual U.S. states from lawsuits arising from divestment, Rep. Barbara Lee introduced a new bill (H.R.
The final item, which would have protected individual U.S. states from lawsuits arising from divestment, was stripped when the original House bill reached the Senate.