Sec. 1317. Plan for vetting security assistance participants for participation in groups that have a violent ideology
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for vetting the potential for United States security assistance provided to units of foreign national security forces to be received by groups or individuals that have a violent ideology, including those that are white identity terrorist, anti-semitic, or islamophobic, that includes a comprehensive plan and strategy for how the Department will— vet recipients of United States security assistance for ties to groups that have violent ideologies, including those that are white identity terrorist, anti-semitic, or islamophobic; develop vetting to flag recipients of United States training, or others that have a relationship with the Department of Defense, for affiliation with groups that have violent ideologies, including those that are white identity terrorist, anti-semitic, or islamophobic; deny security assistance to recipients flagged by the vetting techniques developed pursuant to paragraph (2); inform local partner governments of the reasons why assistance was denied and encourage them to take steps to rectify the situation; and maintain and update existing databases with institutions and groups flagged by the vetting techniques developed pursuant to paragraph (2).
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.