[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3777]
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  SA 2802. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 
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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN SOMALIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States 
     Africa Command shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the process by which the Commander 
     investigates allegations of civilian casualties resulting 
     from United States military operations in Somalia during the 
     period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on November 
     30, 2018.
       (b) Element.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of--
       (A) the criteria applied by the Commander to assess the 
     credibility of such allegations made by an individual not 
     affiliated with the Department of Defense; and
       (B) the manner in which the Commander overcomes an obstacle 
     to accessing a location or witness relevant to an 
     investigation of such civilian casualties.
       (2) An explanation of any discrepancy between the 
     assessment of the Department with respect to specific 
     civilian casualties and independent reports of such 
     casualties.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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