[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7377]
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  SA 3884. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 en of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. REPORT ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR CRIMES AND TORTURE 
                   COMMITTED BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS IN LIBYA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after receiving a 
     credible allegation of the commission of a covered offense, 
     including from a nongovernmental organization that monitors 
     violations of human rights, the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on such 
     allegation, including a determination as to whether the 
     Attorney General will review or consider reviewing such 
     allegation for potential criminal investigation, and a 
     description of any challenges to prosecution.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committee of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives.
       (2) Covered offense.--The term ``covered offense'' means an 
     offense under section 2340A, 2441, or 2442 of title 18, 
     United States Code, committed in Libya by or at the order of 
     a United States citizen.
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