Sec. 1614. Intelligence assessment of relationship between women and violent extremism

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the head of any element of the intelligence community the Director determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an intelligence assessment on the relationship between women and violent extremism and terrorism, including an assessment of— the historical trends and current state of women’s varied roles in all aspects of violent extremism and terrorism, including as recruiters, sympathizers, perpetrators, and combatants, as well as peace-builders and preventers; how women’s roles in all aspects of violent extremism and terrorism are likely to change in the near- and medium-term; the extent to which the unequal status of women affects the ability of armed combatants and terrorist groups to enlist or conscript women as combatants and perpetrators of violence; how terrorist groups violate the rights of women and girls, including child, early, and forced marriage, abduction, sexual violence, and human trafficking, and the extent to which such violations contribute to the spread of conflict and terrorist activities; and opportunities to address the security risk posed by female extremists and leverage the roles of women in counterterrorism efforts.

The assessment required under subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Armed Services, of the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Armed Services, of the House of Representatives.