[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 519. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT OF 
                   NIGERIA EFFORTS TO COUNTER BOKO HARAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the 
     next three years, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a 
     comprehensive strategy to support Nigeria's efforts to 
     counter Boko Haram through engagement with the Nigerian 
     security sector.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) an assessment conducted by the Office of the Director 
     of National Intelligence of the major obstacles to Nigeria's 
     military effectiveness in northeastern Nigeria, including 
     recommendations for United States Government diplomatic 
     actions and security cooperation programs and activities to 
     address such obstacles and a description of funding needs and 
     actions that must be taken by the Government of Nigeria to 
     address such obstacles;
       (2) an assessment of the efforts taken by the Nigerian 
     military to hold soldiers accountable for human rights 
     violations, including the Zaria massacre;
       (3) a plan for the United States Government to work to help 
     the Government of Nigeria increase its capacity to 
     investigate and prosecute human rights abuses and to 
     effectively try cases through transparent mechanisms;
       (4) a description of all security cooperation currently 
     being provided to the Nigerian security sector, as well as a 
     description of current deployment of uniformed personnel 
     currently assisting with counter-Boko Haram efforts in the 
     Lake Chad Basin and a description of their location and their 
     responsibilities; and
       (5) any other matters the President deems appropriate.
       (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form with a classified annex.
       (d) Prohibition of Transfers.--No precision-guided 
     munitions or other types of air-delivered bombs may be 
     transferred to the Government of Nigeria until the President 
     certifies that the Government of Nigeria has made progress on 
     military accountability for human rights abuses, including 
     for the Zaria massacre in December 2015 that killed 300 
     people, and has publicly issued the findings of the inquiry 
     into the January 2016 bombing in Rann.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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