S.Amdt. 6161
What it does: Adds SEC. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS at the end of subtitle F of title X
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS at the end of subtitle F of title X
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "180 days after" and inserting "one year after".
Inserted: SEC. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Inserted: Section 1057(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended--
Inserted: (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "that were confirmed, or reasonably suspected, to have resulted in civilian casualties" and inserting "that resulted in civilian casualties that have been confirmed or are reasonably suspected to have occurred";
Inserted: (2) in paragraph (2)--
Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ", including, to the extent practicable, geographic coordinates of any strike resulting in civilian casualties occurring as a result of the conduct of the operation" after "location";
Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before the period the following: ", including the justification for each strike conducted as part of the operation";
Inserted: (C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", formulated as a range, if necessary, and including, to the extent practicable, information regarding the number of men, women, and children involved"; and
Inserted: (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
Inserted: "(F) For each strike carried out as part of the operation, an assessment of the destruction of civilian property.
Inserted: "(G) A summary of the determination of each completed civilian casualty assessment or investigation.
Inserted: "(H) For each investigation into an incident that resulted in civilian casualties--
Inserted: "(i) whether the Department conducted any witness interviews or site visits occurred, and if not, an explanation of why not; and
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Inserted: "(ii) whether information pertaining to the incident that was collected by one or more non-governmental entities was considered, if such information exists."; and
Inserted: (3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
Inserted: "(4) A description of any new or updated civilian harm policies and procedures implemented by the Department of Defense.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6161. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Section 1057(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “that were confirmed, or reasonably suspected, to have resulted in civilian casualties” and inserting “that resulted in civilian casualties that have been confirmed or are reasonably suspected to have occurred”;
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, including, to the extent practicable, geographic coordinates of any strike resulting in civilian casualties occurring as a result of the conduct of the operation” after “location”;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting before the period the following: “, including the justification for each strike conducted as part of the operation”;
(C) in subparagraph (E), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, formulated as a range, if necessary, and including, to the extent practicable, information regarding the number of men, women, and children involved”; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
“(F) For each strike carried out as part of the operation, an assessment of the destruction of civilian property.
“(G) A summary of the determination of each completed civilian casualty assessment or investigation.
“(H) For each investigation into an incident that resulted in civilian casualties--
“(i) whether the Department conducted any witness interviews or site visits occurred, and if not, an explanation of why not; and
“(ii) whether information pertaining to the incident that was collected by one or more non-governmental entities was considered, if such information exists.”; and
(3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
“(4) A description of any new or updated civilian harm policies and procedures implemented by the Department of Defense.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 29, 2022