; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. Sec. 4. Sense of Congress on rights of returnees. Sec. 5. Sense of Congress with respect to humanitarian assistance and freedom of movement. Sec. 6. Multilateral assistance. Sec. 7. Limitation on security assistance and military and security sector cooperation. Sec. 8. Trade restrictions. Sec. 9. Visa ban and financial sanctions with respect to military officials responsible for human rights abuses. Sec. 10. Strategy for promoting economic development. Sec. 11. Report on accountability for ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Burma. Sec. 12. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States policy since 1988 has fostered positive democratic reforms in Burma, which have achieved significant milestones on the path to democracy. (2) On November 8, 2015, Burma held historic elections in which the National League for Democracy won a supermajority of seats in the combined national Parliament. (3) On March 30, 2016, Htin Kyaw was inaugurated as the President of Burma, the country’s first civilian President in more than 50 years. (4) Aung San Suu Kyi, President of the National League for Democracy, was barred from becoming President due to the provisions of section 59(f) of the 2008 Constitution of Burma, and therefore assumed the office of State Counsellor, a position created for her that made her the country’s de facto leader. (5) Among Aung San Suu Kyi’s first acts as State Counsellor after the National League for Democracy party took office was to drop charges against more than 100 prisoners held for political reasons, including well-known journalists and student activists. President Htin Kyaw used his authority to grant amnesty to another 86 convicted political prisoners. However, as of September 2017, there were 220 political prisoners in Burma, 42 of whom were currently serving prison sentences, 51 of whom were awaiting trial inside prison, and 127 of whom were