S.Amdt. 2883

SA 2883. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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 title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1234. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT ON PREVENTION OF MASS ATROCITIES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the capability of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to provide training and guidance to the command of an international intervention force that seeks to prevent mass atrocities.

(b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) An evaluation of any doctrine currently used by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State to prepare for the training and guidance of the command of an international intervention force.

(2) An assessment of the current capability of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to provide training and guidance to the command of an international intervention force in keeping with the “responsibility to protect” doctrine described in paragraphs 138 through 140 of the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly adopted by the United Nations in September 2005.

(3) An assessment of the potential capability of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to support the development of new doctrines for the training and guidance of an international intervention force in keeping with the “responsibility to protect” doctrine.

(4) Recommendations as to the steps necessary to allow the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to provide more effective training and guidance to an international intervention force.

(c) International Intervention Force.--For the purposes of this section, “international intervention force” means a military force that--

(1) is authorized by an international organization such as the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, or the African Union; and

(2) has a mission that is narrowly focused on the protection of civilian life and the prevention of mass atrocities such as genocide.