S.Amdt. 571

SA 571. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1290. STRATEGY ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy
for security assistance to Nigeria.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The strategy required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An initial assessment conducted by the Director of
National Intelligence of the major obstacles to the military
effectiveness of Nigeria in northeastern Nigeria, including--
(A) recommendations for United States diplomatic actions,
security cooperation programs, and activities to address such
obstacles; and
(B) a description of the funds required and the actions by
the Government of Nigeria necessary to address such
obstacles.
(2) A description of current activities to support
transparent mechanisms of accountability for security
services.
(3) A concrete plan to assist the security services of
Nigeria to build capacity for investigating and prosecuting
human rights abuses and effectively try cases through
transparent mechanisms.
(4) An assessment of the efforts taken by the military
forces of Nigeria to hold soldiers accountable for human
rights violations, including the Zaria massacre.
(5) As of the date of the submittal of the strategy, a
description of--
(A) all security cooperation provided to the Nigerian
security sector; and
(B) the deployment of uniformed personnel assisting with
counter-Boko Haram efforts in the Lake Chad Basin, including
the location and responsibilities of such personnel.
(6) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Prohibition of Transfers.--No precision guided
munitions or other types of air-delivered bombs shall be
transferred to the Government of Nigeria until the President
certifies that the Government of Nigeria has--
(1) made progress on military accountability for human
rights abuses, including for the Zaria massacre in December
2015 that killed 300 individuals; and
(2) publicly issued the findings of the inquiry into the
January 2016 bombing in Rann.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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