Sudan IMPACT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10795 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10795 To authorize the establishment of a United States-Sudan Agriculture and Minerals partnership, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 13, 2026 Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the establishment of a United States-Sudan Agriculture and Minerals partnership, 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 Investing in Minerals, Partnership, Agriculture, Commerce, and Trade Act'' or the ``Sudan IMPACT Act''. SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. To the extent that a legitimate, civilian-led governing authority in Sudan demonstrates that it has substantially reduced violence against its own civilians, it shall be the policy of the United States to partner with Sudan by providing agricultural exports and equipment, as well as safer, faster, and more efficient mining technologies, in exchange for access to Sudanese critical minerals. SEC. 3. U.S.-SUDAN AGRICULTURE AND MINERALS PARTNERSHIP. (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall seek to enter into a partnership between the United States and Sudan to expand economic engagement between the two countries. Such partnership shall be known as the ``United States-Sudan Agriculture and Minerals Partnership''. (b) Initial Improvements Threshold.--The Partnership established pursuant to subsection (a) may not be established until the Secretary of State determines that a legitimate, civilian-led governing authority in Sudan has taken sufficient steps to demonstrate measurable imp