As a concerned constituent, I am writing to ask for your support and co-sponsorship of the Burma Act (S.2937) that will hold the Burmese junta accountable for their coup and atrocities against the people of Burma.

Over one year after the coup, the need is urgent for a comprehensive legislative response and we are specifically asking for you to support a form of the Burma Bill that:

1. Supports a new constitution that provides for the establishment of Federal Democracy in Burma.

2. Recognizes the National Unity Government (NUG) as the official democratic government of Burma and rejects the State Administration Council (SAC).

3. Authorizes emergency Covid aid for Burma including vaccines and therapeutics. Thousands have died from Covid including hundreds of monks and pastors.

4. Provides direct, cross-border emergency humanitarian aid, which bypasses the Burma Military Regime aid, to the thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and individuals in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in need.

5. Engages with India, Thailand, and Malaysia both to assist with aid programs for refugees from Burma and to secure their safety.

6. Continues to engage with other countries to enforce targeted sanctions against the military junta and its economic interests and to cease supplying arms to the military junta.

7. Supports religious freedom and human rights for ALL in Burma.

8. Does not advocate for the current Nationwide Cease-Fire Agreement, which has been rejected by many ethnic groups as a basis for peace but supports a new peace agreement policy and process.

Thank you for your consideration and we hope that you will stand for the freedom of the people of Burma.