[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 571. Mr. MENENDEZ 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 subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1290. STRATEGY ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy 
     for security assistance to Nigeria.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The strategy required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An initial assessment conducted by the Director of 
     National Intelligence of the major obstacles to the military 
     effectiveness of Nigeria in northeastern Nigeria, including--
       (A) recommendations for United States diplomatic actions, 
     security cooperation programs, and activities to address such 
     obstacles; and
       (B) a description of the funds required and the actions by 
     the Government of Nigeria necessary to address such 
     obstacles.
       (2) A description of current activities to support 
     transparent mechanisms of accountability for security 
     services.
       (3) A concrete plan to assist the security services of 
     Nigeria to build capacity for investigating and prosecuting 
     human rights abuses and effectively try cases through 
     transparent mechanisms.
       (4) An assessment of the efforts taken by the military 
     forces of Nigeria to hold soldiers accountable for human 
     rights violations, including the Zaria massacre.
       (5) As of the date of the submittal of the strategy, a 
     description of--
       (A) all security cooperation provided to the Nigerian 
     security sector; and
       (B) the deployment of uniformed personnel assisting with 
     counter-Boko Haram efforts in the Lake Chad Basin, including 
     the location and responsibilities of such personnel.
       (6) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (c) Prohibition of Transfers.--No precision guided 
     munitions or other types of air-delivered bombs shall be 
     transferred to the Government of Nigeria until the President 
     certifies that the Government of Nigeria has--
       (1) made progress on military accountability for human 
     rights abuses, including for the Zaria massacre in December 
     2015 that killed 300 individuals; and
       (2) publicly issued the findings of the inquiry into the 
     January 2016 bombing in Rann.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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