Burma GAP Act

This bill focuses on helping Rohingya people who fled or were forced from their homes in Burma (Myanmar). It supports food, health care, education, and safety programs for refugees and displaced families, and backs efforts to stop future attacks and bring those responsible for past mass violence to justice. If there is no U.S. Ambassador to Burma, the Secretary of State may name a Special Representative to coordinate sanctions, aid, and diplomacy across the region for up to five years.

It funds practical help like legal aid, crisis response, and regional search-and-rescue and safe landing for people at sea, and it supports host communities that shelter Rohingya. It also backs long-term solutions: restoring citizenship and equal rights, including Rohingya in government, and allowing return only when it is safe, voluntary, and with full rights restored. To hold perpetrators accountable, it supports collecting and preserving evidence for court cases, survivor protection, and steps toward reparations and institutional reform in Burma. U.S. policy is to keep isolating Burma’s military junta until civilian rule returns.

• Who is affected:

  • Rohingya refugees and people displaced inside Burma, plus host communities in countries like Bangladesh.
  • U.S. State Department and partner groups that deliver aid and document crimes.

• What changes:

  • More aid for food, health, education, protection, and livelihoods, and support for Rohingya-led groups and culture.
  • Stronger protection steps (legal help, crisis response, regional coordination for rescues and safe disembarkation).
  • Support to gather evidence and pursue justice and reparations; push to restore citizenship and rights in Burma.
  • A Special Representative may be appointed if no Ambassador is in place (ends after five years).
  • Public progress reports due 180 days after enactment and then yearly for five years, including how many Rohingya were resettled in the U.S. and other countries; the unclassified part must be posted online within 45 days .

• When and funding:

  • Authorizes funding for fiscal years 2026–2030, including $5 million each year for investigations and accountability work and $4 million each year to document and share open-source evidence, plus additional amounts as needed for the main aid and accountability sections.