[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 726. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1061. IMPROVEMENT OF ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN 
                   CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES 
                   MILITARY OPERATIONS.

       (a) Additional Elements.--Subsection (b) of section 1057 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
     (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1572), as amended by section 
     1062 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1970), is 
     further amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(F) An assessment of any destruction of or damage to 
     public infrastructure or other civilian objects.'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, and a description of the personnel and 
     amounts dedicated to investigations of allegations of 
     civilian casualties covered by such report'';
       (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, and destruction of 
     or damage to public infrastructure and civilian objects,'' 
     after ``harm to civilians'';
       (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs 
     (8) and (9), respectively; and
       (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(5) An explanation for the discrepancies, if any, between 
     Department of Defense post-operation assessments of civilian 
     casualties in connection with military operations covered by 
     such report and credible reports of intergovernmental and 
     non-governmental organizations on such casualties, set forth 
     in general and in connection with each military operation 
     covered by such report.
       ``(6) A description of the manner in which the reliability 
     and accuracy of reports and assessments covered by such 
     report were determined, and the standards used in determining 
     such reliability and accuracy.
       ``(7) A description of the manner in which discrepancies 
     described in paragraph (5) were addressed, and the standards 
     used in addressing such discrepancies.''.
       (b) Availability of Public Form on Internet Website.--
     Subsection (d) of such section 1057, as so amended, is 
     further amended in the second sentence by inserting ``on an 
     Internet website of the Department of Defense'' after 
     ``available to the public''.
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