Sec. 11. Arms-related, financial, and other reporting requirements
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date that is 2 years after the end of hostilities in the Tigray region, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— describes the actions and involvement of any senior officials of the Governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea and any senior leaders in the party to the conflict in northern Ethiopia and related conflicts— facilitating or financing the sale or transfers of arms or weapons to any party to the hostilities in Ethiopia, including the Government of Ethiopia, the Government of Eritrea, opposition groups, militias, or other armed groups active in the conflict in Ethiopia; directing, carrying out, or ordering violations of human rights including the systemic use of rape and sexual and gender based violence; directing, carrying out, or ordering the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces; and directing, carrying out, or ordering significant acts of corruption; identifies Ethiopian, Eritrean, and other foreign financial institutions in which senior officials of the Governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea whose actions are described in paragraph (1), and senior leaders of parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia and related conflicts in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia whose actions are described in paragraph (1), hold significant assets, and provides an assessment of the value of such assets; and identifies Ethiopian, Eritrean, and foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate or finance the sale or transfer of weapons, arms, or non-lethal equipment intended or altered by a third party for military use to any party to the hostilities in Ethiopia.
The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on progress towards holding individuals in Ethiopia and Eritrea accountable for human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.