Sec. 101. Report on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Libya
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— a description of the full extent of involvement in Libya by foreign governments, including the Governments of Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, including— a description of which governments have been linked to drone and aircraft strikes since April 2019; a list of the types and estimated amounts of equipment transferred by each government described in this paragraph to the parties to the conflict, including foreign military contractors, mercenaries, or paramilitary forces operating in Libya; an estimate of the financial support provided by each government described in this paragraph to the parties to the conflict, including foreign military contractors, mercenaries, or paramilitary forces operating in Libya; and an identification of any regular or irregular forces, including mercenary groups and militias operating inside Libya, at the direction or with the consent of the governments described in this paragraph; an analysis and determination of whether the actions by the governments described in paragraph
(1)violate the arms embargo with respect to Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2473
(2019)and other relevant Security Council resolutions; a list of the specific offending materiel or financial support transfers provided by a government described in paragraph
(1)that— violate the arms embargo with respect to Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2473
(2019)and other relevant Security Council resolutions; contribute to civilian death, harm, or other violations of international humanitarian law; or involve weapons of United States origin or were in violation of United States end user agreements; a description of the activities of each foreign armed group, including the Russian Wagner Group, Emirati personnel and Emirati-backed mercenaries, including from Syrian and Sudanese Darfurian groups, Turkish military contractors and mercenaries, affiliates of ISIS, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and Ansar al-Sharia, in Libya; a description of European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)efforts to enforce the United Nations arms embargo and facilitate a ceasefire; a description of any violations of the arms embargo by European Union member states; a description of United States diplomatic engagement with the European Union and NATO regarding enforcement of the United Nations arms embargo; and a description of European Union and Arab League states’ contributions to ceasefire monitoring, arms embargo enforcement, and election support and how the United States can partner with the European Union and Arab League states with respect to such contributions. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.