[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5137]
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  SA 891. Mr. LEAHY 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 end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PLAN ON IMPROVEMENT OF ABILITY OF FOREIGN 
                   GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN UNITED STATES 
                   INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS TO 
                   PROTECT CIVILIANS.

       (a) Report on Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
     the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth a 
     plan, to be implemented as part of each institutional 
     capacity building program required by section 333(c)(4) of 
     title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of 
     foreign governments to protect civilians.
       (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Efforts to develop and integrate civilian harm 
     mitigation principles and techniques in all relevant partner 
     force standard operating procedures.
       (2) Efforts to build partner capacity to collect, track, 
     and analyze civilian casualty data and apply lessons learned 
     to future operations, and to provide amends to civilians 
     harmed by partner force operations.
       (3) Efforts to support enhanced investigatory and 
     accountability standards in partner forces to ensure 
     compliance with the laws of armed conflict and appropriate 
     human rights and civilian protection standards.
       (4) Support for increased partner transparency, which 
     should include the establishment of civil affairs 
     capabilities within partner militaries to improve 
     communication with the public.
       (5) An estimate of the resources required to implement the 
     efforts and support described in paragraphs (1) through (4).
       (6) A description of the appropriate roles of the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of State in such 
     efforts and support.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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