S.Amdt. 891

SA 891. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. ___. PLAN ON IMPROVEMENT OF ABILITY OF FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN UNITED STATES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS TO
PROTECT CIVILIANS.

(a) Report on Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth a
plan, to be implemented as part of each institutional
capacity building program required by section 333(c)(4) of
title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of
foreign governments to protect civilians.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Efforts to develop and integrate civilian harm
mitigation principles and techniques in all relevant partner
force standard operating procedures.
(2) Efforts to build partner capacity to collect, track,
and analyze civilian casualty data and apply lessons learned
to future operations, and to provide amends to civilians
harmed by partner force operations.
(3) Efforts to support enhanced investigatory and
accountability standards in partner forces to ensure
compliance with the laws of armed conflict and appropriate
human rights and civilian protection standards.
(4) Support for increased partner transparency, which
should include the establishment of civil affairs
capabilities within partner militaries to improve
communication with the public.
(5) An estimate of the resources required to implement the
efforts and support described in paragraphs (1) through (4).
(6) A description of the appropriate roles of the
Department of Defense and the Department of State in such
efforts and support.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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