Sec. 1788. Release of Department of Defense documents on the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador
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Not more than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct all Defense Agency bureaus, departments, agencies, and entities to identify and release to Salvadoran judicial authorities, including to the Salvadoran presiding judge investigating and prosecuting the El Mozote massacre case, all materials that might be relevant to the El Mozote massacre that occurred in December of 1981. The materials required to be released under subsection
(a)include— all documents, correspondence, reproductions of Salvadoran documents, and other similar materials dated during, or originating from, the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and ending on January 30, 1983, that are relevant to the massacre that occurred at El Mozote, El Salvador, and surrounding communities, in December of 1981; all materials dated during, or originating from, the period referred to in paragraph
(1)related to the establishment, operations, command structure, officers and troops of the Atlacatl Battalion; and any other materials the Secretary determines are relevant to the El Mozote massacre. The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a specific timeline for the completion of the release of the materials as required under subsection (a). Such timeline for completion may not exceed 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.