Sec. 1362. Independent study on human rights abuses related to the arms exports of the top five arms-exporting foreign countries
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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the National Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Commerce, shall enter into an agreement to provide for the conduct of an independent study on human rights abuses related to the arms exports of the top five arms-exporting foreign countries, including China and Russia. The study described in subsection (a)— shall provide recommendations to reduce civilian harm in foreign countries that may have occurred directly or indirectly in connection with such arms exports, including— strategies to work with partner nations; and complementary or additional engagement, including with capabilities; shall analyze how to reduce risk relating to such arms exports, including through use of additional training, tools, and data; and may include other relevant elements.
The study described in subsection
(a)shall be completed by September 1, 2022 and shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 5 days after its completion. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.