New Sudan legislation introduced in Congress
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In early June, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict Escalation (PEACE) in Sudan Act of 2026. From Senator Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
“The war in Sudan is a humanitarian catastrophe, a source of instability in Africa, and a threat to U.S. national security. We cannot allow Sudan to continue devolving into chaos, causing uncontrolled migration, human suffering, and serving as a haven for terrorists. This bill is a bipartisan effort to provide the Trump Administration with additional tools to raise the costs of this war for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and their proxies to bring this war to an end.”
According to the Senators, this legislation:
Calls on the Secretary of State to assess whether armed actors in Sudan meet the criteria for designation as Specially Designated Global Terrorists;
Provides the Administration with an updated and expanded discretionary sanctions regime;
Provides guardrails on the types of non-lifesaving foreign assistance the U.S. can provide— directly or through multilateral institutions—to Sudan;
Requires an update to the Sudan Business advisory to provide U.S. businesses with additional information about the risks of doing business in Sudan and the supply chains of Sudanese natural resources;
Extends the authorization for a U.S. special envoy for Sudan to bolster dedicated U.S. diplomatic resources related to addressing the war;
Provides for greater information sharing with Congress to address the Sudan conflict by requiring the State Department to submit regular reports detailing:
the activities of foreign governments and non-state armed groups supporting the warring parties;
atrocities being committed; and
information on countries holding assets for the warring parties
And encourages the State Department to explore opportunities to build a stronger international coalition focused on ending the conflict in Sudan.
Earlier today, the bill was placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders and is now waiting for full Senate floor consideration. We encourage you to call your Senators’ offices today and ask them to support this legislation. Contact information can be found here.
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