[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1906. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to 
receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the 
Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIVILIAN HARM INCIDENT 
                   RESPONSE GUIDANCE.

       (a) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (5) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (6) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (b) Allocation of Funding.--Of the amount appropriated by 
     this Act, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the 
     Department of State for the implementation by the Bureau of 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in coordination with the 
     Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, of the Civilian Harm 
     Incident Response Guidance, with a priority on investigating 
     reports of civilian harm caused by United States-origin 
     weapons in conflict areas during the 1-year period ending on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Publication of Civilian Harm Incident Response 
     Guidance.--The Secretary of State shall publish the text of 
     the Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance on a publicly 
     accessible website in unclassified form.
       (d) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that summarizes all civilian harm 
     events considered in the preceding year under the Civilian 
     Harm Incident Response Guidance, including the location, 
     summary of investigation, and findings.
       (e) Reports on Civilian Harm Events in Violation of 
     International Law.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     Secretary of State determines that United States-origin 
     weapons have been used in a civilian harm event in violation 
     of international law, the Secretary of State shall submit an 
     unclassified report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that includes--
       (1) a description of the civilian harm event, including the 
     nature of the violation, the perpetrator, and the event's 
     location;
       (2) a description of the Department of State's 
     investigation of the civilian harm event;
       (3) a description of all United States defense articles or 
     services used in the civilian harm event;
       (4) the authority under which a transfer of such defense 
     articles of services occurred; and
       (5) a description of measures that the Department of State 
     has taken to ensure accountability for and nonrecurrence of 
     such harm.

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