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119-hr-8704119th Congress

STABLE DRC Act

Sponsored By: Representative Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would use targeted sanctions to reinforce the June 2025 Washington Accords by authorizing asset blocks and visa bans against foreign persons who violate or knowingly undermine the agreement. It frames the eastern DRC conflict as a direct threat to regional stability and U.S. interests and makes sanctions a tool to support peace between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.

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  • Designated foreign persons would face broad asset-blocking and transaction prohibitions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and would be made inadmissible to the United States with current visas subject to revocation. This targets those found to be supplying or supporting armed groups that breach the Accords.
  • Humanitarian groups and obligations to international institutions are protected by explicit exceptions. The bill excludes food, medicine, medical devices, humanitarian assistance, and transactions tied to United Nations or other treaty responsibilities from the sanctions.
  • The President would be required to establish a sanctions program and could use criminal and civil penalties under IEEPA for violations, with the authority set to terminate after a 7-year sunset.

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Sanctions for Washington Accords Violators

If enacted, the President would be able to impose sanctions on foreign persons who violate or knowingly undermine the Washington Accords. The President would be required to establish a sanctions program and could use IEEPA authorities to block property in the United States or property controlled by U.S. persons. Sanctioned aliens would be barred from getting visas, entry, or parole, and any existing visas would be revoked. Exceptions would protect authorized U.S. intelligence and security work, let admission meet U.N. Headquarters obligations, and exempt humanitarian sales, aid, related banking, and transport. The authority would begin on the date of enactment and end seven years later. The bill would make civil and criminal IEEPA penalties available for violations and would define who counts as a "foreign person" and a "United States person."

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]

MD • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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