[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
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  SA 6161. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to 
be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2023 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. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION 
                   WITH UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.

       Section 1057(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``that were confirmed, or 
     reasonably suspected, to have resulted in civilian 
     casualties'' and inserting ``that resulted in civilian 
     casualties that have been confirmed or are reasonably 
     suspected to have occurred'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, including, to the 
     extent practicable, geographic coordinates of any strike 
     resulting in civilian casualties occurring as a result of the 
     conduct of the operation'' after ``location'';
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, including the justification for each strike 
     conducted as part of the operation'';
       (C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``, formulated as a range, if 
     necessary, and including, to the extent practicable, 
     information regarding the number of men, women, and children 
     involved''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(F) For each strike carried out as part of the operation, 
     an assessment of the destruction of civilian property.
       ``(G) A summary of the determination of each completed 
     civilian casualty assessment or investigation.
       ``(H) For each investigation into an incident that resulted 
     in civilian casualties--
       ``(i) whether the Department conducted any witness 
     interviews or site visits occurred, and if not, an 
     explanation of why not; and
       ``(ii) whether information pertaining to the incident that 
     was collected by one or more non-governmental entities was 
     considered, if such information exists.''; and
       (3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
       ``(4) A description of any new or updated civilian harm 
     policies and procedures implemented by the Department of 
     Defense.''.
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