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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4078 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 |
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| 6 | 6 | | to modify the establishment of a coordinator for detained ISIS members |
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| 7 | 7 | | and relevant displaced populations in Syria, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE13, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | HILLIPS(for himself, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr. MOULTON, and Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal |
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| 17 | 17 | | Year 2020 to modify the establishment of a coordinator |
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| 18 | 18 | | for detained ISIS members and relevant displaced popu- |
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| 19 | 19 | | lations in Syria, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Syria Detainee and 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Displaced Persons Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDI-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NATOR FOR DETAINED ISIS MEMBERS AND 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RELEVANT POPULATIONS IN SYRIA. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) D |
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| 32 | 32 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) A |
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| 34 | 34 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | gress’’ means— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Se-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | lect Committee on Intelligence, the Committee 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | on Appropriations, and the Committee on 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the Senate; and 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and the Committee on Homeland Security of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the House of Representatives. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) ISIS |
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| 53 | 53 | | MEMBER.—The term ‘‘ISIS member’’ 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | means a person who was part of, or substantially 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | supported, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) SENIOR COORDINATOR .—The term ‘‘Senior 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Coordinator’’ means the coordinator for detained 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ISIS members and relevant displaced populations in 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Syria designated under subsection (a) of section 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 1224 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 1642), as amended by subsection (d). 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) S |
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| 67 | 67 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.— 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | It is the sense of Congress that— 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) ISIS detainees held by the Syrian 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Democratic Forces and ISIS-affiliated individ-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | uals located within displaced persons camps in 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Syria pose a significant and growing humani-13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tarian challenge and security threat to the re-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | gion; 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) the vast majority of individuals held in 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | displaced persons camps in Syria are women 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | and children, approximately 50 percent of 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | whom are under the age of 12 at the al-Hol 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | camp, and they face significant threats of vio-20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | lence and radicalization, as well as lacking ac-21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | cess to adequate sanitation and health care fa-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | cilities; 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (C) there is an urgent need to seek a sus-1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tainable solution to such camps through repa-2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | triation and reintegration of the inhabitants; 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (D) the United States should work closely 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | with international allies and partners to facili-5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | tate the repatriation and reintegration efforts 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | required to provide a long-term solution for 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | such camps and prevent the resurgence of ISIS; 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | and 9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (E) if left unaddressed, such camps will 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | continue to be drivers of instability that jeop-11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ardize the long-term prospects for peace and 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | stability in the region. 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (c) S |
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| 100 | 100 | | TATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | United States that— 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) ISIS-affiliated individuals located within 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | displacement camps in Syria, and other inhabitants 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | of displacement camps in Syria, be repatriated and, 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | where appropriate, prosecuted, or where possible, re-19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | integrated into their country of origin, consistent 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | with all relevant domestic laws and applicable inter-21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | national laws prohibiting refoulement; and 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) the camps will be closed as soon as is prac-23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ticable. 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (d) MODIFICATION OFESTABLISHMENT OF COORDI-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | NATOR FORDETAINEDISIS MEMBERS AND RELEVANT 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | D |
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| 117 | 117 | | ISPLACEDPOPULATIONS INSYRIA.—Section 1224 of the 3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 4 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1642) is amended— 5 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (1) by striking subsection (a); 6 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-7 |
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| 122 | 122 | | lows: 8 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 124 | 124 | | ESIGNATION.— 9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 126 | 126 | | N GENERAL.—The President, in consulta-10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tion with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the 12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the 13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | United States Agency for International Develop-14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ment, and the Attorney General, shall designate an 15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | existing official in the Department of State to serve 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | within the executive branch as senior-level coordi-17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | nator to coordinate, in conjunction with other rel-18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | evant agencies, matters related to ISIS members 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | who are in the custody of the Syrian Democratic 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Forces and other relevant displaced populations in 21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Syria, including— 22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(A) by engaging foreign partners to sup-23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | port the repatriation and disposition of such in-24 |
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| 141 | 141 | | dividuals, including by encouraging foreign 25 |
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| 145 | 145 | | partners to repatriate, transfer, investigate, and 1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | prosecute such ISIS members, and share infor-2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | mation; 3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(B) coordination of all multilateral and 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | international engagements led by the Depart-5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ment of State and other agencies that are re-6 |
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| 151 | 151 | | lated to the current and future handling, deten-7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | tion, and prosecution of such ISIS members; 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(C) the funding and coordination of the 9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | provision of technical and other assistance to 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | foreign countries to aid in the successful inves-11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | tigation and prosecution of such ISIS members, 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | as appropriate, in accordance with relevant do-13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | mestic laws, international humanitarian law, 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | and other internationally recognized human 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | rights and rule of law standards; 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(D) coordination of all multilateral and 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | international engagements related to humani-18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | tarian access and provision of basic services to, 19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | and freedom of movement and security and safe 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | return of, displaced persons at camps or facili-21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ties in Syria that hold family members of such 22 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ISIS members; 23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(E) coordination with relevant agencies 24 |
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| 169 | 169 | | on matters described in this section; and 25 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(F) any other matter the President con-1 |
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| 174 | 174 | | siders relevant. 2 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 176 | 176 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—If, on the date 3 |
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| 177 | 177 | | of the enactment of the Syria Detainee and Dis-4 |
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| 178 | 178 | | placed Persons Act, an individual has already been 5 |
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| 179 | 179 | | designated, consistent with the requirements and re-6 |
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| 180 | 180 | | sponsibilities described in paragraph (1), the re-7 |
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| 181 | 181 | | quirements under that paragraph shall be considered 8 |
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| 182 | 182 | | to be satisfied with respect to such individual until 9 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the date on which such individual no longer serves 10 |
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| 184 | 184 | | as the Senior Coordinator.’’; 11 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 12 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 13 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection 14 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 15 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘January 31, 16 |
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| 190 | 190 | | 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2028’’; 17 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (6) in subsection (f)— 18 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 19 |
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| 193 | 193 | | paragraph (3); 20 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 21 |
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| 195 | 195 | | following new paragraph (2): 22 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 197 | 197 | | ENIOR COORDINATOR .—The term ‘Senior 23 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Coordinator’ means the individual designated under 24 |
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| 199 | 199 | | subsection (a).’’; and 25 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (C) by adding at the end the following new 1 |
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| 204 | 204 | | paragraph: 2 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(4) R |
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| 206 | 206 | | ELEVANT AGENCIES.—The term ‘relevant 3 |
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| 207 | 207 | | agencies’ means— 4 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(A) the Department of State; 5 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(B) the Department of Defense; 6 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(C) the Department of the Treasury; 7 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(D) the Department of Justice; 8 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(E) the United States Agency for Inter-9 |
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| 213 | 213 | | national Development; 10 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(F) the Office of the Director of National 11 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Intelligence; and 12 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(G) any other agency the President con-13 |
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| 217 | 217 | | siders relevant.’’; and 14 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (7) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 15 |
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| 219 | 219 | | as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. 16 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (e) S |
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| 221 | 221 | | TRATEGY ON ISIS-RELATEDDETAINEE AND 17 |
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| 222 | 222 | | D |
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| 223 | 223 | | ISPLACEMENTCAMPS INSYRIA.— 18 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) I |
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| 225 | 225 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | United States Agency for International Develop-24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ment, and the Attorney General, shall submit to the 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | appropriate committees of Congress an interagency 1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | strategy with respect to ISIS-affiliated individuals 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | and ISIS-related detainee and other displaced per-3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | sons camps in Syria. 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (2) E |
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| 240 | 240 | | LEMENTS.—The strategy required by 5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | paragraph (1) shall include— 6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (A) methods to address— 7 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (i) disengagement from and preven-8 |
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| 244 | 244 | | tion of recruitment into violence, violent 9 |
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| 245 | 245 | | extremism, and other illicit activity in such 10 |
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| 246 | 246 | | camps; 11 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (ii) efforts to encourage and facilitate 12 |
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| 248 | 248 | | repatriation and, as appropriate, investiga-13 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tion and prosecution of foreign nationals 14 |
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| 250 | 250 | | from such camps, consistent with all rel-15 |
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| 251 | 251 | | evant domestic and applicable international 16 |
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| 252 | 252 | | laws; 17 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (iii) the return and reintegration of 18 |
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| 254 | 254 | | displaced Syrian and Iraqi women and 19 |
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| 255 | 255 | | children into their communities of origin; 20 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (iv) international engagement to de-21 |
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| 257 | 257 | | velop processes for repatriation and re-22 |
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| 258 | 258 | | integration of foreign nationals from such 23 |
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| 259 | 259 | | camps; 24 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (v) contingency plans for the reloca-1 |
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| 264 | 264 | | tion of detained and displaced persons who 2 |
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| 265 | 265 | | are not able to be repatriated from such 3 |
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| 266 | 266 | | camps; 4 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (vi) efforts to improve the humani-5 |
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| 268 | 268 | | tarian conditions in such camps, including 6 |
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| 269 | 269 | | through the delivery of medicine, psycho-7 |
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| 270 | 270 | | social support, clothing, education, and im-8 |
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| 271 | 271 | | proved housing; and 9 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (vii) assessed humanitarian and secu-10 |
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| 273 | 273 | | rity needs of all camps and detainment fa-11 |
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| 274 | 274 | | cilities based on prioritization of such 12 |
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| 275 | 275 | | camps and facilities most at risk of hu-13 |
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| 276 | 276 | | manitarian crises, external attacks, or in-14 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ternal violence; 15 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (B) an assessment of— 16 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (i) rehabilitation centers in northeast 17 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Syria, including humanitarian conditions 18 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and processes for admittance and efforts to 19 |
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| 282 | 282 | | improve both humanitarian conditions and 20 |
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| 283 | 283 | | admittance processes for such centers and 21 |
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| 284 | 284 | | camps, as well as on the prevention of 22 |
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| 285 | 285 | | youth radicalization; and 23 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (ii) processes for being sent to, and 24 |
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| 291 | 291 | | centers and programs in countries that re-1 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ceive returned ISIS affiliated individuals, 2 |
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| 293 | 293 | | with a focus on the prevention of 3 |
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| 294 | 294 | | radicalization of minor children; 4 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (C) a plan to improve, in such camps— 5 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (i) security conditions, including by 6 |
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| 297 | 297 | | training of personnel and through con-7 |
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| 298 | 298 | | struction; and 8 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (ii) humanitarian conditions; 9 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (D) a framework for measuring progress of 10 |
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| 301 | 301 | | humanitarian, security, and repatriation efforts 11 |
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| 302 | 302 | | with the goal of closing such camps; and 12 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (E) any other matter the Secretary of 13 |
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| 304 | 304 | | State considers appropriate. 14 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (3) F |
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| 306 | 306 | | ORM.—The strategy required by para-15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | may include a classified annex that is transmitted 17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | separately. 18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (f) A |
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| 311 | 311 | | NNUALINTERAGENCYREPORT.— 19 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (1) I |
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| 313 | 313 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 20 |
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| 314 | 314 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 21 |
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| 315 | 315 | | less frequently than annually thereafter through 22 |
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| 316 | 316 | | January 31, 2028, the Senior Coordinator, in co-23 |
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| 321 | 321 | | the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed 1 |
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| 322 | 322 | | report that includes the following: 2 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (A) A detailed description of the facilities 3 |
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| 324 | 324 | | and camps where detained ISIS members, and 4 |
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| 325 | 325 | | families with perceived ISIS affiliation, are 5 |
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| 326 | 326 | | being held and housed, including— 6 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (i) a description of the security and 7 |
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| 328 | 328 | | management of such facilities and camps; 8 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (ii) an assessment of resources re-9 |
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| 330 | 330 | | quired for the security of such facilities 10 |
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| 331 | 331 | | and camps; 11 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (iii) an assessment of the adherence 12 |
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| 333 | 333 | | by the operators of such facilities and 13 |
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| 334 | 334 | | camps to international humanitarian law 14 |
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| 335 | 335 | | standards; and 15 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (iv) an assessment of children held 16 |
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| 337 | 337 | | within such facilities and camps that may 17 |
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| 338 | 338 | | be used as part of smuggling operations to 18 |
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| 339 | 339 | | evade security at the facilities and camps. 19 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (B) A description of all efforts undertaken 20 |
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| 341 | 341 | | by, and the resources needed for, the United 21 |
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| 342 | 342 | | States Government to address deficits in the 22 |
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| 343 | 343 | | humanitarian environment and security of such 23 |
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| 344 | 344 | | facilities and camps. 24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (C) A description of all multilateral and 1 |
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| 349 | 349 | | international engagements related to humani-2 |
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| 350 | 350 | | tarian access and provision of basic services to, 3 |
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| 351 | 351 | | and freedom of movement and security and safe 4 |
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| 352 | 352 | | return of, displaced persons at camps or facili-5 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ties in Iraq, Syria, and any other area affected 6 |
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| 354 | 354 | | by ISIS activity, including a description of— 7 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (i) support for efforts by the Syrian 8 |
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| 356 | 356 | | Democratic Forces to facilitate the return 9 |
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| 357 | 357 | | and reintegration of displaced people from 10 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Iraq and Syria; 11 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (ii) repatriation efforts with respect to 12 |
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| 360 | 360 | | displaced women and children and male 13 |
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| 361 | 361 | | children aging into adults while held in 14 |
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| 362 | 362 | | these facilities and camps; 15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (iii) any current or future potential 16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | threat to United States national security 17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | interests posed by detained ISIS members 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | or displaced families, including an analysis 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | of the al-Hol camp and annexes; and 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (iv) United States Government plans 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | and strategies to respond to any threat 22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | identified under clause (iii). 23 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (D) The number of individuals repatriated 1 |
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| 375 | 375 | | from the custody of the Syrian Democratic 2 |
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| 376 | 376 | | Forces. 3 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (E) An analysis of factors on the ground 4 |
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| 378 | 378 | | in Syria and Iraq that may result in the unin-5 |
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| 379 | 379 | | tended release of detained or displaced ISIS 6 |
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| 380 | 380 | | members, and an assessment of any measures 7 |
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| 381 | 381 | | available to mitigate such releases. 8 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (F) A detailed description of efforts to en-9 |
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| 383 | 383 | | courage the final disposition and security of de-10 |
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| 384 | 384 | | tained or displaced ISIS members with other 11 |
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| 385 | 385 | | countries and international organizations. 12 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (G) A description of foreign repatriation 13 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and rehabilitation programs deemed successful 14 |
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| 388 | 388 | | systems to model, and an analysis of the long- 15 |
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| 389 | 389 | | term results of such programs. 16 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (H) A description of the manner in which 17 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the United States Government communicates 18 |
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| 392 | 392 | | regarding repatriation and disposition efforts 19 |
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| 393 | 393 | | with the families of United States citizens be-20 |
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| 394 | 394 | | lieved to have been victims of a criminal act by 21 |
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| 395 | 395 | | a detained or displaced ISIS member, in ac-22 |
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| 396 | 396 | | cordance with section 503(c) of the Victims’ 23 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 401 | 401 | | 20141(c)) and section 3771 of title 18, United 1 |
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| 402 | 402 | | States Code. 2 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (I) An analysis of all efforts between the 3 |
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| 404 | 404 | | United States and partner countries within the 4 |
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| 405 | 405 | | Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS or other coun-5 |
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| 406 | 406 | | tries to share related information that may aid 6 |
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| 407 | 407 | | in resolving the final disposition of ISIS mem-7 |
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| 408 | 408 | | bers, and any obstacles that may hinder such 8 |
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| 409 | 409 | | efforts. 9 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (J) Any other matter the Coordinator con-10 |
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| 411 | 411 | | siders appropriate. 11 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (2) F |
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| 413 | 413 | | ORM.—The report required by paragraph 12 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 13 |
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| 415 | 415 | | include a classified annex that is transmitted sepa-14 |
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| 416 | 416 | | rately. 15 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (g) R |
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| 418 | 418 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16 |
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| 419 | 419 | | tion, or an amendment made by this section, may be con-17 |
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| 420 | 420 | | strued— 18 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (1) to limit the authority of any Federal agency 19 |
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| 422 | 422 | | to independently carry out the authorized functions 20 |
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| 423 | 423 | | of such agency; or 21 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (2) to impair or otherwise affect the activities 22 |
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| 425 | 425 | | performed by that agency as granted by law. 23 |
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