Sec. 5. Atrocities Prevention Board
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The President is authorized to establish an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board (referred to in this section as the Board ). The President shall appoint a Chair of the Board, who shall— serve on the National Security Council staff with a rank no lower than Senior Director (Chair); and report, through the National Security Advisor, to the President. Under the direction of the Chair, the Board, either on its own or through such executive departments and agencies as may be appropriate, shall— meet regularly to ensure that atrocities and the risk of atrocities throughout the world are adequately considered and addressed; oversee the development and execution of policies and tools to enhance the capacity of the United States to prevent and respond to atrocities worldwide; monitor developments throughout the world that heighten the risk of atrocities; analyze and closely review specific atrocity threats or situations of heightened concern; identify any gaps in United States policies concerning regions or particular countries; provide the President with recommendations and potential improvements to policies, programs, resources, and tools related to atrocity prevention and response; conduct outreach, including regular consultations with representatives of nongovernmental organizations dedicated to atrocity prevention and response and other appropriate parties— to receive assistance for the Board’s efforts to address emerging atrocity threats or situations and develop new or improved policies and tools; and to provide an appropriate public understanding of the work of the Board; and in carrying out paragraphs
(1)through (7), focus on particular ways for the United States Government to develop, strengthen, and enhance its capabilities to— monitor, receive early warning of, and coordinate responses to potential atrocities; deter and isolate perpetrators of atrocities through all available authorities; promote accountability and deny impunity for perpetrators of atrocities, within the United States and throughout the world; engage allies and partners, including the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and other multilateral and regional institutions, to build capacities and mobilize action for preventing and responding to atrocities; encourage the deployment of civilian advisors to prevent and respond to atrocities; increase capacity and develop doctrine for the United States foreign service, civil service, armed services, development professionals, and other actors to engage in the full spectrum of atrocity prevention and response activities; develop and implement tailored foreign assistance programs that address and mitigate the risks of atrocities; ensure intelligence collection, analysis, and sharing of appropriate information; and address any other issues that the Board determines to be appropriate. The Board shall be constituted as an interagency body composed of designated representatives, at the Assistant Secretary level or higher, of— the Department of State; the United States Agency for International Development; the Department of Defense; the Department of Justice; the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Homeland Security; the Central Intelligence Agency; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; the United States Mission to the United Nations; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and such other executive departments, agencies, or offices as the Chair may designate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit an unclassified report, with a classified annex if necessary, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate , the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate , the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives , and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that includes— an interagency review consisting of— an evaluation of the efficacy of current efforts based on United States and locally identified indicators, including capacities and constraints for Government-wide detection, early warning and response, information-sharing, contingency planning, and coordination of efforts to prevent and respond to situations of genocide, mass atrocities, and other mass violence, such as gender-based violence; an assessment of the funding expended by relevant Federal agencies on atrocity prevention activities, including the legal, procedural, and resource constraints faced by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development throughout respective budgeting, strategic planning, and management cycles to support conflict and atrocity prevention activities in countries identified to be at risk of atrocities; current annual global assessments of sources of instability, conflict, and mass atrocities; recommendations to further strengthen United States capabilities described in subparagraph (A); and consideration of analysis, reporting, and policy recommendations to prevent and respond to atrocities produced by civil society, academic, and other nongovernmental organizations and institutions; recommendations to ensure shared responsibility by— enhancing multilateral mechanisms for preventing genocide and atrocities, including strengthening the role of international organizations and international financial institutions in conflict prevention, mitigation, and response; and strengthening regional organizations; and the implementation status of the recommendations contained in the interagency review described in paragraph (1). The Chair and members of the Board shall— provide annual briefings to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and provide briefings and materials, as appropriate, to the relevant congressional committees. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 to carry out this section.