1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States policy of principled engagement since 1988 has fostered positive democratic reforms in Burma, but there remain important structural, societal, and systemic impediments to the realization of a fully democratic civilian government. (2) On August 25, 2017, Burmese military forces initiated a violent crackdown in Burma’s Rakhine state, attacking police posts and inciting what was, for an extended period of time, the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis. Refugee flows have since slowed down significantly, but continue to this day. (3) More than 727,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since August 2017, fearing loss of livelihoods and shelter and disproportionate use of force by the military of Burma. As of January 2019, over 900,000 Rohingya reside in refugee camps in Bangladesh. (4) In April 2018, the Department of State determined that ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State occurred during the previous year, as documented in the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices for Burma. (5) On December 21, 2017, and August 17, 2018, using the authority granted by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ), the United States Government imposed sanctions on Maung Maung Soe and added Lt. General Aung Kyaw Zaw, Major General Khin Hlaing, Major General Khin Maung Soe, and Brigadier General Thura San Lwin, as well as the 33rd Light Infantry Division and the 99th Light Infantry Division, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. (6) On August 24, 2018, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar issued a report stating that there is sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the Tatmadaw chain of command, so that a competent court can determine their liability for genocide in relation to