Congress formally declared that genocide was taking place in Darfur. For many years now we have seen the devastating atrocities taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan. With the support of the Sudanese Govemment. the Janjaweed militia has ravaged the people of Darfur. raping. torturing. murdering. and forcing hundreds of thousand of Darfuris to flee to refugee camps in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic. It is time that we begin to put in place legislation that will end this genocide. This legislation supports state. city. and university efforts to divest funds from. or restrict investments in. companies that conduct business operations in Sudan.