[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4950

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human 
rights reports to include information on instances of sexual assault in 
                 refugee camps, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2018

Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Norton, and 
  Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human 
rights reports to include information on instances of sexual assault in 
                 refugee camps, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Demand the end of Assault in Refugee 
Camps Act'' or the ``D'ARC Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS UNDER THE FOREIGN 
              ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) In General.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))--
                    (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) wherever applicable, with respect to each country, a 
        description of the extent to which--
                    ``(A) the government of the country is engaging in 
                practices that fail to address, reduce, or prosecute 
                instances of sexual assault in refugee camps located in 
                such country; and
                    ``(B) the United States has taken or will take 
                action to end such practices, including by providing 
                training to relevant personnel to address the crime of 
                sexual assault.''.
            (2) In section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)--
                    (A) by redesignating the second subsection (i) (as 
                added by section 1207(b)(2) of Public Law 113-4) as 
                subsection (j); and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) The report required by subsection (b) shall include, wherever 
applicable, with respect to each country, a description of the extent 
to which--
            ``(1) the government of the country is engaging in 
        practices that fail to address, reduce, or prosecute instances 
        of sexual assault in refugee camps located in such country; and
            ``(2) the United States has taken or will take action to 
        end such practices, including by providing training to relevant 
        personnel to address the crime of sexual assault.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(1) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to reports required to be submitted under section 116(d) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 on or after such date of enactment. The 
amendments made by subsection (a)(2) take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to reports required to be 
submitted under section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
on or after such date of enactment.
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