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PUBLIC LAW 110–174—DEC. 31, 2007

Public Law 110–174 110th Congress An Act Dec. 31, 2007 [S. 2271]

Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007. 50 USC 1701 note.

To authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007’’. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

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In this Act: (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘business operations’’ means engaging in commerce in any form in Sudan, including by acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce. (3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). (4) GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN.—The term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’— (A) means the government in Khartoum, Sudan, which is led by the National Congress Party (formerly known as the National Islamic Front) or any successor government formed on or after October 13, 2006 (including the coalition National Unity Government agreed upon in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan); and (B) does not include the regional government of southern Sudan. (5) MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS OF SUDAN.—The term ‘‘marginalized populations of Sudan’’ refers to— (A) adversely affected groups in regions authorized to receive assistance under section 8(c) of the Darfur Peace

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