S.Amdt. 404

SA 404. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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:

Strike section 1070 and insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORTS ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.

(a) Biannual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than April 1, 2018, and every
six months thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on civilian
casualties caused as a result of United States military
operations during the preceding six months.
(2) Elements.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall set
forth the following:
(A) A list of all the United States military operations
during the six month covered by such report that were
confirmed to have resulted in civilian casualties.
(B) For each military operation listed pursuant to
subparagraph (A), the following:
(i) The date.
(ii) The location.
(iii) The type of operation.
(iv) The confirmed number of civilian casualties.
(b) Annual Report.--Not later than April 1 each year, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report setting forth the following:
(1) The information required under subsection (a)(2) for
the preceding year, including any changes to such information
as submitted previously in a report under subsection (a).
(2) Details on trends of civilian casualties caused as a
result of United States military operations during the
preceding year, as well as changes made or intended to be
made to mitigate future civilian casualties as a result of
United States military operations.
(c) Form.--Each report under this section shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Sunset.--The requirements to submit reports under this
section shall expire on the date that is five years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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