S.Amdt. 1498

SA 1498. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Sec. __. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the appropriate Congressional committees with the following information--

(a) Whether records of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq are kept by the Department, and if so, how and from what sources this information is collected, where it is kept, and who is responsible for maintaining such records.

(b) Whether such records indicate (1) who caused the casualties (whether hostile government forces, insurgent forces, United States Armed Forces, ,or other); (2) a description of the circumstances under which the casualties occurred; (3) if the casualties were fatalities or injuries; (4) if any condolence payment, compensation or assistance was provided to the victim or to the victim's family; (5) an estimate of the total number of such casualties, and (6) any other information relating to the casualties.