S.Amdt. 1403

SA 1403. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mr.
Merkley, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr.
Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 61, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 709. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIVILIAN HARM INCIDENT
RESPONSE GUIDANCE.

(a) Allocation of Funding.--Of the amount appropriated by
this Act, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the
Department of State for implementation by the Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in coordination with the
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, of the Civilian Harm
Incident Response Guidance, with a priority on investigating
reports of civilian harm caused by United States-origin
weapons in conflict areas during the one-year period ending
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Publication of Civilian Harm Incident Response
Guidance.--The Secretary of State shall publish the text of
the Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance on a publicly
accessible website in unclassified form.
(c) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report summarizing all civilian
harm events considered in the preceding year under the
Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance, including the
location, summary of investigation, and findings.

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(d) Reports on Civilian Harm Events in Violation of
International Law.--Not later than 30 days after the
Secretary of State determines that United States-origin
weapons have been used in a civilian harm event in violation
of international law, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified
report that includes--
(1) a description of the civilian harm event, including the
nature of the violation, the perpetrator, and the event's
location;
(2) a description of the Department of State's
investigation of the civilian harm event;
(3) a description of all United States defense articles or
services used in the civilian harm event;
(4) the authority under which a transfer of such defense
articles of services occurred; and
(5) a description of measures that the Department of State
has taken to ensure accountability for and nonrecurrence of
such harm.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Forces, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Forces, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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