S.Amdt. 726

SA 726. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1061. IMPROVEMENT OF ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES
MILITARY OPERATIONS.

(a) Additional Elements.--Subsection (b) of section 1057 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
(Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1572), as amended by section
1062 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1970), is
further amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(F) An assessment of any destruction of or damage to
public infrastructure or other civilian objects.'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, and a description of the personnel and
amounts dedicated to investigations of allegations of
civilian casualties covered by such report'';
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, and destruction of
or damage to public infrastructure and civilian objects,''
after ``harm to civilians'';
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
(8) and (9), respectively; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
paragraphs:
``(5) An explanation for the discrepancies, if any, between
Department of Defense post-operation assessments of civilian
casualties in connection with military operations covered by
such report and credible reports of intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations on such casualties, set forth
in general and in connection with each military operation
covered by such report.
``(6) A description of the manner in which the reliability
and accuracy of reports and assessments covered by such
report were determined, and the standards used in determining
such reliability and accuracy.
``(7) A description of the manner in which discrepancies
described in paragraph (5) were addressed, and the standards
used in addressing such discrepancies.''.
(b) Availability of Public Form on Internet Website.--
Subsection (d) of such section 1057, as so amended, is
further amended in the second sentence by inserting ``on an
Internet website of the Department of Defense'' after
``available to the public''.
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