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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2500 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1087

Sec. 1087. Assessment of standards, processes, procedures, and policy relating to civilian casualties

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The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for the conduct of an independent assessment of the sufficiency of Department of Defense standards, processes, procedures, and policy relating to civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations. In conducting the assessment under this section, the federally funded research and development center shall consider the following matters: Department of Defense policy relating to civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations.
Standards, processes, and procedures for internal assessments and investigations of civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations. Standards, processes, and procedures for identifying, assessing, investigating, and responding to reports of civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations from the public and non-governmental entities and sources, including the consideration of relevant information from all available sources. Combatant command organizational constructs for assessing and investigating civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations.
Mechanisms for public and non-governmental entities to report civilian casualties that have resulted from United States military operations to the Department of Defense. Enterprise-wide mechanisms for accurately recording kinetic strikes, including raids, strikes, and other missions, and civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations. Standards, processes, procedures, and policy for reducing the likelihood of civilian casualties from United States military operations.
The institutionalization of lessons learned and best practices for reducing the likelihood of civilian casualties and relating to civilian casualties resulting from United States military operations. Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. The results of the assessment under this section shall— present considerations for improving standards, processes, procedures, policy, and organizational constructs relating to civilian casualties resulting from military operations; provide for the presentation of Department of Defense views on the assessment; and provide for the presentation of the views of non-governmental organizations on the assessment.
Not later than March 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the assessment conducted under this section. The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The Secretary shall make the report under paragraph
(1)publicly available.
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