[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7864]
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  SA 4316. Mr. BOOKER 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1264. REPORTS ON POTENTIAL GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST 
                   HUMANITY, OR WAR CRIMES IN ETHIOPIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 
     until the date on which current hostilities in the Tigray 
     region of Ethiopia have ceased due to a ceasefire or peace 
     agreement, the Secretary of State, after consultation with 
     the heads of other Federal departments and agencies 
     represented on the Atrocity Early Warning Task Force and with 
     representatives of human rights organizations, shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that 
     includes a determination with respect to whether actions in 
     Ethiopia by the military forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea or 
     other armed actors constitute--
       (1) genocide (as defined in section 1091 of title 18, 
     United States Code);
       (2) crimes against humanity; or
       (3) war crimes.
       (b) Form.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex that is provided separately.
       (c) Public Availability.--The Secretary shall make each 
     report submitted under subsection (a) available to the public 
     on an internet website of the Department of State.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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