Sec. 1061. Report on transfers of equipment to prohibited entities
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Subchapter VIII of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than March 1, 2021, and each subsequent year, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the transfer of defense articles during the year preceding the year during which the report is submitted to— any unit committing a gross violation of human rights; or any group or organization prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States. Each report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following for the year covered by the report: A description of any confirmed instance in which the government of a foreign state that has received defense articles pursuant to a Department of Defense assistance authority has subsequently transferred the equipment to a unit of that foreign state that is prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States by reason of a determination by the Secretary of State that there is credible evidence that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights. A description of any instance, confirmed or under investigation, in which the government of a foreign state that has received defense articles pursuant to a Department of Defense assistance authority has subsequently transferred the equipment to a group or organization that is prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 386 the following new item: 387. Annual report on transfers of equipment to prohibited entities. . Not later than March 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress (as such term is defined in section 387 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)), a report on the transfer of defense articles during the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act to— any unit committing a gross violation of human rights; or any group or organization prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States. Such report shall include, for such period, each of the following: A description of any confirmed instance in which the government of a foreign state that has received defense articles pursuant to a Department of Defense assistance authority has subsequently transferred the equipment to a unit of that foreign state that is prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States by reason of a determination by the Secretary of State that there is credible evidence that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights. A description of any instance, confirmed or under investigation, in which the government of a foreign state that has received defense articles pursuant to a Department of Defense assistance authority has subsequently transferred the equipment to a group or organization that is prohibited from receiving assistance from the United States.