Sec. 1271. Report on us military support of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes— a description of the military support, training, and defense articles provided by the Department of Defense to Saudi Arabia, the Government of the United Arab Emirates, and other countries participating in the Saudi-led coalition since March 2015, including— an annual description, by fiscal year or calendar year, of all transfers of logistics support, supplies, defense articles, and services under sections 2341 and 2342 of title 10, United States Code, or any other applicable law; a description of the total financial value of such transfers and which countries bore the cost described in subparagraph
(A)of these transfers, including the status of the reimbursement of costs from Saudi Arabia, the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the Saudi-led coalition to the Department of Defense; and a description of the types of training provided by the Department of Defense, including the authorities under which this training was provided, and whether such training has included tactics for stopping, searching and seizing boats, or other activities that could be used to restrict the importation of commercial and humanitarian shipments into and out of Yemen; a description and evaluation of processes used by the Department of Defense to determine whether the types of military support described in paragraph (1)(A) have impacted the restriction of the movement of persons into or out of Yemen, the restriction of the importation of commercial and humanitarian shipments into and out of Yemen, or the illicit profit from such importation by any of the warring parties in the conflict in Yemen; a description and evaluation of processes used by the Department of Defense to determine whether the type of military support described in paragraph (1)(C) has been use by any of the warring parties in the conflict in Yemen to restrict the importation of commercial and humanitarian shipments into and out of Yemen; and a description and evaluation of processes used by the Department of Defense to determine what steps the Department has taken to reduce restrictions on the movement of persons into or out of Yemen, and restrictions on the importation of commercial and humanitarian shipments into and out of Yemen, or the illicit profit of such importation by any of the warring parties in the conflict in Yemen. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.