Commission on Rakhine State headed by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to address tensions in Northern Rakhine. She has since also endorsed the Commission’s recommendations and established an Advisory Team for the Committee for the Implementation of Recommendations on Rakhine State to move forward with implementation. (23) On December 21, 2017, using the authority granted by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ), the President imposed sanctions on Maung Maung Soe, a Major General who was the chief of the Burmese Army’s Western command during the August 2017 attack in Rakhine state. (24) On November 22, 2017, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated, After careful and thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. Those responsible for these atrocities must be held accountable. . (25) Ethnic cleansing is a despicable evil, and while it is not an independent crime under domestic or international law, it is often accomplished through acts that constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, and the perpetrators of such crimes in Burma must be held accountable. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate