Sec. 1202. Codification of recurring limitations on the use of funds for assistance for units of foreign security forces that have committed a gross violation of human rights
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Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2245a the following new section: Funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used for training, equipment, or other assistance for the members of a unit of a foreign security force if the Secretary of Defense has credible information that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights. The prohibition in subsection
(a)shall not apply if the Secretary determines that— the government of the country of the foreign security force unit concerned has undertaken all necessary corrective steps; or the training, equipment, or other assistance concerned is necessary— to assist in disaster relief operations or other humanitarian or national security emergencies; or to conduct human rights training of foreign security forces. The Secretary may waive the prohibition in subsection
(a)if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances. The Secretary shall ensure that, before a decision to provide training, equipment, or other assistance to a unit of a foreign security force, full consideration is given to any credible information available to the Department of State relating to human rights violations by such unit. The Secretary shall establish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure that any information in the possession of the Department of Defense about gross violations of human rights by units of foreign security forces is shared on a timely basis with the Department of State. The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of State in the discharge of subsections (b), (c), and (d). Not later than 15 days after the application of any exception under subsection
(b)or the exercise of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following: In the case a report on an exception under subsection (b), notice of the use of the exception and a description of the grounds for the exception. In the case of a report on a waiver under subsection (c), a description of— the foreign security force unit concerned; the information relating to the gross violation of human rights by such unit; the circumstances that necessitate such waiver; and the cost, purpose, and duration of the training, equipment, or other assistance covered by such waiver. In this section, the term other assistance means assistance whose primary purpose is to build the capacity of a foreign security force. . The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2245a the following new item: 2246. Limitation on use of funds for assistance for units of foreign security forces that have committed gross violations of human rights. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on October 1, 2014, and shall apply with respect to funds available to the Department of Defense for fiscal years beginning on or after that date.