,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjbc,ms4 
,jacobs 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,castro of   
,texas1 and ,ms4 ,lee of ,california7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify and     
expand the annual report required under 
the ,elie ,wiesel ,genocide and         
,atrocities ,prevention ,act of #bjah   
and require additional review of ,united
 ,states assistance provided to certain 
countries identified as being at risk of
 atrocities by such report1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,atrocity      
,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,extension and   
modification of annual report           
requirement ,section #e7;a7 of the ,elie
 ,wiesel ,genocide and ,atrocities      
,prevention ,act of #bjah 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bfef note7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the   
matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by     
striking for the following six years2   

and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,e71 by    
inserting 7ranked as high-1 medium-1 or 
low-risk7 after countries and regions at
 risk of atrocities4  #c4 ,review of    
security assistance provided to         
countries ,the ,elie ,wiesel ,genocide  
and ,atrocities ,prevention ,act of     
#bjah 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note7 is     
amended by inserting after section #e   
the following3  #e;,a4 ,security        
assistance and cooperation review  7a7  
,review required ,not later than #fj    
days after the submission of each annual
 report required by section #e1 the     
,secretary of ,state 7acting through the
 ,department of ,state officials listed 
in subsection 7c771 in consultation with
 the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall      
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report consisting of the   
results of a review of the risks related
 to the provision of security assistance
 and cooperation in countries identified
 in the most recent annual report       
7including in the classified annex to   

such report7 pursuant to such section #e
 as being at high- or medium-risk for   
atrocities4 ,such report shall also     
include1 for each such country1 the     
following3 7#a7 ,with respect to a      
country newly identified as being at    
such risk1 an assessment of the risks   
associated with providing security      
assistance and cooperation to the       
governments of such countries1 including
 the risks of whether security          
assistance and cooperation-- 7,a7 may be
 used for perpetrating atrocities2 or   
7,b7 may exacerbate identified relevant 
risk factors for the commission of such 
atrocities4  7#b7 ,with respect to a    
country identified as being at high- or 
medium-risk for atrocities for which an 
assessment described in paragraph 7#a7  
has previously been submitted pursuant  
to this section1 an assessment of       
whether such risk factors1 the current  
or planned security assistance and      
cooperation provided by the ,united     
,states1 or other relevant context have 

changed in the intervening period since 
the prior submission4  7#c7 ,a          
determination1 including a              
justification1 on whether current or    
planned ,united ,states security        
assistance and cooperation should be    
continued1 terminated1 paused1 or       
otherwise delayed in light of the risks 
assessed pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 or  
7#b74  7b7 ,definitions ,for purposes of
 the review required by subsection 7a7--
 7#a7 the term appropriate congressional
 committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,appropriations1 the ,committee on   
,armed ,services1 and the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,appropriations1 the      
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the 
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate2  7#b7 the term security       
assistance and cooperation-- 7,a7       
means-- 7i7 assistance meeting the      
definition of security assistance under 
section #ejb;,b of the ,foreign         

,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcjd7;d77#b772  7ii7 programs and     
activities meeting the definition of    
security cooperation programs and       
activities of the ,department of        
,defense under section #cja of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7iii7  
activities authorized pursuant to-- 7,i7
 #abg7;e7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code2 or  7,,ii7 section #abjb of the  
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjah 7,public ,law   
#aae-ia2 #aca ,stat4 #afci72 and  7,b7  
includes any use of amounts made        
available to the ,department of         
,defense-- 7i7 to increase the capacity 
or capability of a unit of a foreign    
security force1 a member of such a unit1
 or an irregular force1 group1 or       
individual2 or  7ii7 to support foreign 
security forces1 irregular forces1      
groups1 or individuals to operate with  
,united ,states forces in coalition1    
combined operations or other operations4
  7c7 ,department of ,state officials   

,the ,department of ,state officials    
listed in this subsection are the       
,assistant ,secretary of the ,bureau of 
,democracy1 ,human ,rights1 and ,labor  
working jointly with the ,assistant     
,secretary for ,conflict and            
,stabilization ,operations1 and in      
consultation with the ,assistant        
,secretary of the ,bureau of            
,political-,military ,affairs ,bureau4  
7d7 ,form ,the report required by       
subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in    
unclassified form and may include a     
classified annex4  4