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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6517 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress annual |
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| 6 | 6 | | reports on civilian casualties caused by certain operations of foreign |
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| 7 | 7 | | governments, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | NOVEMBER30, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROW(for himself and Ms. JACOBS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit |
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| 15 | 15 | | to Congress annual reports on civilian casualties caused |
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| 16 | 16 | | by certain operations of foreign governments, and for |
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| 17 | 17 | | other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civilian Harm Trans-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | parency in Partnerships Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REPORTS ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED BY 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | CERTAIN OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERN-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MENTS. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) A |
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| 30 | 30 | | NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | after for 2 years, the Director of National Intelligence 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | a report on civilian casualties caused by covered oper-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ations. 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) E |
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| 37 | 37 | | LEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall include, for the year covered by the report, each of 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the following: 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) A list identifying each covered operation 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | during that year that has resulted in civilian casual-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ties that the Director of National Intelligence has 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | confirmed. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) An identification of the total number of ci-17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | vilian casualties resulting from covered operations 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | during that year that the Director of National Intel-19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ligence has confirmed. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) For each covered operation identified in the 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | list under paragraph (1), an identification of the fol-22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) The date on which, and the location 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | where, the covered operation occurred. 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) The element of the foreign government 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | that conducted the covered operation. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (C) The individual or entity against which 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the covered operation was directed. 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (D) Any other circumstances or facts that 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Director of National Intelligence determines 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | relevant. 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) F |
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| 64 | 64 | | ORM.—Each report required under subsection 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a) may be submitted in classified form, but if so sub-9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | mitted shall include an unclassified executive summary. 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (d) D |
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| 68 | 68 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) C |
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| 70 | 70 | | ONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT -12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | TEES; INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY .—The terms 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ and ‘‘intel-14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ligence community’’ have the meanings given those 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) C |
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| 77 | 77 | | OVERED OPERATION .—The term ‘‘covered 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | operation’’ means an operation— 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (A) conducted by a foreign government; 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (B) involving the use of force; and 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (C) in which intelligence shared by an ele-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ment of the intelligence community plays a sig-23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | nificant role. 24 |
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