To ensure that women and children have access to basic protection and assistance services in complex humanitarian emergencies.

1. Adds Sec. 692. (a) None of the funds made available by title II under the heading "international disaster assistance", "transition initiatives", "migration and refugee assistance", or "united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund" or made available for such accounts by any other provision of law for fiscal year 2004 to provide assistance to refugees or internally displaced persons may be provided to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of conduct consistent with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises six core principles for the protection of beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance on page 147, between lines 6 and 7

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   Inserted: Sec. 692. (a) None of the funds made available by title II under the heading "international disaster assistance", "transition initiatives", "migration and refugee assistance", or "united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund" or made available for such accounts by any other provision of law for fiscal year 2004 to provide assistance to refugees or internally displaced persons may be provided to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of conduct consistent with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises six core principles for the protection of beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance.

   Inserted: (b) In administering the amounts made available for the accounts described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall incorporate specific policies and programs for the purpose of identifying specific needs of, and particular threats to, women and children at the various stages of a complex humanitarian emergency, especially at the onset of such emergency.

   Inserted: (c) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report on activities of the Government of the United States to protect women and children affected by a complex humanitarian emergency. The report shall include--

   Inserted: (1) an assessment of the specific protection needs of women and children at the various stages of a complex humanitarian emergency;

   Inserted: (2) a description of which agencies and offices of the United States Government are responsible for addressing each aspect of such needs and threats; and

   Inserted: (3) guidelines and recommendations for improving United States and international systems for the protection of women and children during a complex humanitarian emergency.

   Inserted: (d) In this section, the term "complex humanitarian emergency" means a situation that--

   Inserted: (A) occurs outside the United States and results in a significant number of--

   Inserted: (i) refugees;

   Inserted: (ii) internally displaced persons; or

   Inserted: (iii) other civilians requiring basic humanitarian assistance on an urgent basis; and

   Inserted: (B) is caused by one or more situations including--

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   Inserted: (i) armed conflict;

   Inserted: (ii) natural disaster;

   Inserted: (iii) significant food shortage; or

   Inserted: (iv) state-sponsored harassment or persecution.

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