Sec. 9. Report on United States military assistance and arms transfers to the Philippines
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional committees on whether— United States military assistance, cooperation, security assistance, and arms transfers (including items prohibited under section 5, and any defense or other items or services controlled for export by the United States that have been provided for the use of the Philippine National Police and its associated entities) are used by the Philippine National Police and its associated entities— to commit gross violations of human rights; or in violation of other United States laws applicable to United States military or security assistance, cooperation, and arms transfers that are related to human rights and preventing human rights violations; and the United States has the ability— to determine whether United States military assistance and arms transfers are used to commit gross violations of human rights; to detect other violations of United States law concerning United States military or security assistance, cooperation, and arms transfers, including the diversion of such assistance or the use of such assistance by security force or police units credibly implicated in gross human rights violations; and to determine whether individuals or units that have received United States military, security, or police training or have participated or are scheduled to participate in joint exercises with United States forces have been credibly implicated in gross human rights violations.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, in unclassified form to the maximum extent possible, that summarizes the status of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s efforts to implement the End-Use Monitoring Enhancement Plan relating to government-to-government transfers and commercial sales of defense articles, defense services, law enforcement articles, law enforcement services, and related technologies.