[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3439]
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  SA 377. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 title XII, add the following:

 Subtitle H--Strategy to Enhance Human Rights Protections in Arms Sales

     SEC. 1291. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Enhancing Human Rights 
     Protections in Arms Sales Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 1292. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN 
                   UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND ARMS 
                   TRANSFERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, 
     the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
     of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a strategy to enhance United States efforts to 
     ensure human rights protections for United States military 
     assistance and arms transfers. The strategy shall include--
       (1) processes and procedures to--
       (A) determine when United States military assistance and 
     arms transfers are used to commit gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights;
       (B) determine when United States military assistance and 
     arms transfers are used to undermine international peace and 
     security or contribute to gross violations of internationally 
     recognized human rights, including acts of gender-based 
     violence and acts of violence against children, violations of 
     international humanitarian law, terrorism, mass atrocities, 
     or transnational organized crime;
       (C) detect other violations of United States law concerning 
     United States military or security assistance, cooperation, 
     and arms transfers, including the diversion of such 
     assistance or the use of such assistance by security force or 
     police units credibly implicated in gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights;
       (D) train partner militaries, security, and police forces 
     on methods for preventing civilian causalities; and
       (E) determine whether individuals or units that have 
     received United States military, security, or police training 
     or have participated or are scheduled to participate in joint 
     exercises with United States forces have later been credibly 
     implicated in gross violations of internationally recognized 
     human rights;
       (2) an implementation plan detailing specific and 
     measurable goals, benchmarks, timetables, performance 
     metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans; and
       (3) a report--
       (A) detailing any United States military assistance and 
     arms transfers which the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
     of Defense determine to have been used, or are at risk of 
     being used, to undermine international peace and security or 
     contribute to gross violations of internationally recognized 
     human rights, including acts of gender-based violence and 
     acts of violence against children, violations of 
     international humanitarian law, terrorism, mass atrocities, 
     or transnational organized crime; and
       (B) describing any measures to be taken by relevant 
     recipient countries or by the United States to ensure 
     accountability for prior misuse and to prevent future misuse.
       (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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