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Calendar No. 607 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4996 

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

to modify the establishment of a coordinator for detained ISIS members 

and relevant displaced populations in Syria, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2020 to modify the establishment of a coordinator 

for detained ISIS members and relevant displaced populations in Syria, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Syria Detainee and 

5 Displaced Persons Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON4 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con5 gress’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

7 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com8 mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

9 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Se10 lect Committee on Intelligence, and the Com11 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

14 on the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial 

15 Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 

16 Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropria17 tions of the House of Representatives. 

18 (2) ISIS MEMBER.—The term ‘‘ISIS member’’ 

19 means a person who was part of, or substantially 

20 supported, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. 

21 (3) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Senior 

22 Coordinator’’ means the coordinator for detained 

23 ISIS members and relevant displaced populations in 

24 Syria designated under subsection (a) of section 

25 1224 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 


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1 Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

2 1642), as amended by section 5. 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings: 

6 (1) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 

7 rose to power in 2013 and reached its territorial 

8 peak in December 2014. 

9 (2) After the territorial defeat of ISIS in 2019, 

10 displacement camps began to house detained alleged 

11 ISIS members and families with perceived ISIS af12 filiation. 

13 (3) The al-Hol and Roj displacement camps, lo14 cated in Syria near the Syria-Iraq border, now house 

15 a significant number of individuals affiliated with 

16 ISIS who live alongside other displaced persons. 

17 (4) The al-Hol camp currently contains ap18 proximately 56,000 residents— 

19 (A) an estimated 80 percent of whom are 

20 women and children; and 

21 (B) an estimated 50 percent of whom are 

22 under 12 years of age. 

23 (5) The al-Hol camp is severely underdeveloped, 

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1 ties, and few healthcare facilities or safe spaces for 

2 education. 

3 (6) International organizations working in the 

4 al-Hol and Roj camps, including Save the Children, 

5 Doctors Without Borders, and the Norwegian Ref6 ugee Council, have all expressed concerns about poor 

7 living conditions, criminal behavior, and death 

8 threats against volunteers at the camps. 

9 (7) The Syrian Democratic Forces, essential 

10 partners in the ongoing fight to achieve an enduring 

11 defeat of ISIS, and who are responsible for guarding 

12 the al-Hol camp and other similar camps, assert 

13 that they lack the resources to properly secure such 

14 camps. 

15 (8) The United States currently has troops de16 ployed in Syria to ensure the enduring defeat of 

17 ISIS and support the Syrian Democratic Forces. 

18 (9) In 2021, 90 incidents of violence were re19 ported inside the al-Hol camp. Syrian and Iraqi 

20 camp residents and at least 2 aid workers were 

21 killed during such incidents. 

22 (10) Nearly 8,000 of the residents of the al-Hol 

23 camp come from roughly 55 countries other than 

24 Syria or Iraq, but such other countries have been 

25 slow to acknowledge repatriation requests. 


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1 (11) Learning centers in the camps have closed 

2 because of COVID–19. Lacking formal education, 

3 some of the roughly 28,000 children inside the al4 Hol camp are being taught by their mothers and are 

5 potentially being indoctrinated with ISIS ideology. 

6 (12) The Syrian Democratic Forces operate 28 

7 prisons that house approximately 12,000 captured 

8 ISIS fighters and supporters. 

9 (13) In January 2022, 10 ISIS fighters entered 

10 the Hasakah prison and sought to liberate the ap11 proximately 5,000 ISIS prisoners. After a 10-day 

12 battle, hundreds of ISIS fighters were able to es13 cape, and their whereabouts are still unknown. 

14 (14) Beginning approximately on August 25, 

15 2022, and ending approximately on September 18, 

16 2022, Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by 

17 United States troops, conducted an extensive secu18 rity sweep of the al-Hol displaced persons camp, ar19 resting 300 ISIS operatives, confiscating explosives, 

20 and liberating 6 women who had been enslaved by 

21 ISIS, at least 1 of whom had been so enslaved since 

22 she was a child. 

23 (15) In April 2022, General Michael ‘‘Erik’’ 

24 Kurilla, Commander of the United States Central 

25 Command, became the first senior official of United 


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1 States Armed Forces to inspect the al-Hol camp and 

2 Hasakah prison. General Kurilla has described the 

3 ISIS detainees as ‘‘an ISIS army-in-waiting’’ that 

4 ‘‘requires a whole-of-government approach focused 

5 on engagement with allies and partners.’’. 

6 (16) The first trial on United States soil of a 

7 major ISIS figure occurred in April 2022. The ISIS 

8 terrorist was sentenced to life in prison for his role 

9 in the kidnapping and murder of James Foley, Peter 

10 Kassig, Steven Sotloff, and Kayla Mueller. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that— 

13 (1) ISIS detainees held by the Syrian Demo14 cratic Forces and ISIS-affiliated individuals located 

15 within displaced persons camps in Syria pose a sig16 nificant and growing humanitarian challenge and se17 curity threat to the region; 

18 (2) there is an urgent need to seek a sustain19 able solution to such camps through repatriation and 

20 reintegration of the inhabitants; 

21 (3) the United States should work closely with 

22 international allies and partners to facilitate the re23 patriation and reintegration efforts required to pro24 vide a long-term solution for such camps and pre25 vent the resurgence of ISIS; and 


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1 (4) if left unaddressed, such camps will con2 tinue to be drivers of instability that jeopardize the 

3 long-term prospects for peace and stability in the re4 gion. 

5 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

6 It is the policy of the United States that— 

7 (1) ISIS-affiliated individuals located within 

8 displacement camps in Syria, and other inhabitants 

9 of displacement camps in Syria, be repatriated or, 

10 where appropriate, prosecuted, and where possible, 

11 reintegrated into their country of origin, consistent 

12 with all applicable international laws prohibiting 

13 refoulement; and 

14 (2) the camps will be closed as soon as is prac15 ticable. 

16 SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDI17 NATOR FOR DETAINED ISIS MEMBERS AND 

18 RELEVANT DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN 

19 SYRIA. 

20 Section 1224 of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

22 1642) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking subsection (a); 

24 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consulta3 tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 

4 State, the Director of National Intelligence, the Sec5 retary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the 

6 United States Agency for International Develop7 ment, and the Attorney General, shall designate an 

8 existing official to serve within the executive branch 

9 as senior-level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunc10 tion with other relevant agencies, all matters related 

11 to ISIS members who are in the custody of the Syr12 ian Democratic Forces and other relevant displaced 

13 populations in Syria, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) the disposition of such individuals, in15 cluding in all matters related to— 

16 ‘‘(i) repatriation, transfer, prosecu17 tion, and intelligence gathering; 

18 ‘‘(ii) all multilateral and international 

19 engagements led by the Department of 

20 State and other agencies that are related 

21 to the current and future handling, deten22 tion, and prosecution of such ISIS mem23 bers, including such engagements with the 

24 International Criminal Police Organization; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the coordination of the provision 

2 of technical and evidentiary assistance to 

3 foreign countries to aid in the successful 

4 prosecution of such ISIS members, as ap5 propriate, in accordance with international 

6 humanitarian law and other internationally 

7 recognized human rights and rule of law 

8 standards; 

9 ‘‘(B) all multilateral and international en10 gagements related to humanitarian access and 

11 provision of basic services to, and freedom of 

12 movement and security and safe return of, dis13 placed persons at camps or facilities in Syria 

14 that hold family members of such ISIS mem15 bers; 

16 ‘‘(C) coordination with relevant agencies 

17 on matters described in this section; and 

18 ‘‘(D) any other matter the Secretary of 

19 State considers relevant. 

20 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—If, on the date 

21 of the enactment of the Syria Detainee and Dis22 placed Persons Act, an individual has already been 

23 designated, consistent with the requirements and re24 sponsibilities described in paragraph (1), the re25 quirements under that paragraph shall be considered 


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1 to be satisfied with respect to such individual until 

2 the date on which such individual no longer serves 

3 as the Senior Coordinator.’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

5 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘January 31, 

7 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2025’’; 

8 (5) in subsection (f)— 

9 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

10 paragraph (3); 

11 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

12 following new paragraph (2): 

13 ‘‘(2) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘Senior 

14 Coordinator’ means the individual designated under 

15 subsection (a).’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) RELEVANT AGENCIES.—The term ‘relevant 

19 agencies’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Department of State; 

21 ‘‘(B) the Department of Defense; 

22 ‘‘(C) the Department of the Treasury; 

23 ‘‘(D) the Department of Justice; 

24 ‘‘(E) the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development; 


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1 ‘‘(F) the Office of the Director of National 

2 Intelligence; and 

3 ‘‘(G) any other agency the President con4 siders relevant.’’; and 

5 (6) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 

6 as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. 

7 SEC. 6. STRATEGY ON ISIS-RELATED DETAINEE AND DIS8 PLACEMENT CAMPS IN SYRIA. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

11 in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Director 

12 of National Intelligence, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

13 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development, and the Attorney General, shall 

15 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an 

16 interagency strategy with respect to ISIS-affiliated indi17 viduals and ISIS-related detainee and other displaced per18 sons camps in Syria. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

20 (a) shall include— 

21 (1) methods to address— 

22 (A) disengagement from and prevention of 

23 recruitment into violence, violent extremism, 

24 and other illicit activity in such camps; 


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1 (B) repatriation and, where appropriate, 

2 prosecution of foreign nationals from such 

3 camps, consistent with all applicable inter4 national laws; 

5 (C) the return and reintegration of dis6 placed Syrian and Iraqi women and children 

7 into their communities of origin; 

8 (D) international engagement to develop 

9 processes for repatriation and reintegration of 

10 foreign nationals from such camps; 

11 (E) contingency plans for the relocation of 

12 detained and displaced persons who are not able 

13 to be repatriated from such camps; 

14 (F) efforts to improve the humanitarian 

15 conditions in such camps, including through the 

16 delivery of medicine, psychosocial support, 

17 clothing, education, and improved housing; and 

18 (G) assessed humanitarian and security 

19 needs of all camps and detainment facilities 

20 based on prioritization of such camps and facili21 ties most at risk of humanitarian crises, exter22 nal attacks, or internal violence; and 

23 (2) a plan to improve, in such camps— 

24 (A) security conditions, including by train25 ing of personnel and through construction; and 


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1 (B) humanitarian conditions; 

2 (3) a framework for measuring progress of hu3 manitarian, security, and repatriation efforts with 

4 the goal of closing such camps; and 

5 (4) any other matter the Secretary of State 

6 considers appropriate. 

7 SEC. 7. ANNUAL INTERAGENCY REPORT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 

10 than annually thereafter through January 31, 2025, the 

11 Senior Coordinator, in coordination with the relevant 

12 agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

13 Congress a detailed report that includes the following: 

14 (1) A detailed description of the facilities and 

15 camps where detained ISIS members, and families 

16 with perceived ISIS affiliation, are being held and 

17 housed, including— 

18 (A) a description of the security and man19 agement of such facilities and camps 

20 (B) an assessment of resources required 

21 for the security of such facilities and camps; 

22 and 

23 (C) an assessment of the adherence by the 

24 operators of such facilities and camps to inter25 national humanitarian law standards. 


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1 (2) A description of all efforts undertaken by 

2 the United States Government to address deficits in 

3 the humanitarian environment and security of such 

4 facilities and camps. 

5 (3) A description of all multilateral and inter6 national engagements related to humanitarian access 

7 and provision of basic services to, and freedom of 

8 movement and security and safe return of, displaced 

9 persons at camps or facilities in Iraq, Syria, and any 

10 other area affected by ISIS activity, including a de11 scription of— 

12 (A) support for efforts by the Syrian 

13 Democratic Forces to facilitate the return and 

14 reintegration of displaced people from Iraq and 

15 Syria; 

16 (B) repatriation efforts with respect to dis17 placed women and children; 

18 (C) any current or future potential threat 

19 to United States national security interests 

20 posed by detained ISIS members or displaced 

21 families, including an analysis of the al-Hol 

22 camp and annexes; and 

23 (D) United States Government plans and 

24 strategies to respond to any threat identified 

25 under subparagraph (C). 


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1 (4) To the greatest extent practicable under the 

2 law and consistent with Department of Justice pol3 icy, an analysis of— 

4 (A) United States efforts to prosecute de5 tained or displaced ISIS members; and 

6 (B) the outcomes of such efforts. 

7 (5) A detailed description of any option to expe8 dite prosecution of any detained ISIS member, in9 cluding in a court of competent jurisdiction outside 

10 of the United States. 

11 (6) An analysis of factors on the ground in 

12 Syria and Iraq that may result in the unintended re13 lease of detained or displaced ISIS members, and an 

14 assessment of any measures available to mitigate 

15 such releases. 

16 (7) A detailed description of efforts to coordi17 nate the disposition and security of detained or dis18 placed ISIS members with other countries and inter19 national organizations, including the International 

20 Criminal Police Organization, to ensure secure 

21 chains of custody and locations of such ISIS mem22 bers. 

23 (8) An analysis of the manner in which the 

24 United States Government communicates on such 

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1 States citizens believed to have been victims of a 

2 criminal act by a detained or displaced ISIS mem3 ber. 

4 (9) An analysis of all efforts between the 

5 United States and partner countries within the 

6 Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS or other countries to 

7 share intelligence or evidence that may aid in the 

8 prosecution of ISIS members, and any legal obsta9 cles that may hinder such efforts. 

10 (10) Any other matter the Coordinator con11 siders appropriate. 

12 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

13 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 

14 a classified annex. 

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Syria Detainee and Dis17 placed Persons Act’’. 

18 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDI19 NATOR FOR DETAINED ISIS MEMBERS AND 

20 RELEVANT POPULATIONS IN SYRIA. 

21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

23 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

24 means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

3 on the Judiciary, the Committee on Banking, 

4 Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Com5 mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Ap6 propriations of the Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

9 the Judiciary, the Committee on Financial Serv10 ices, the Permanent Select Committee on Intel11 ligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

13 (2) ISIS MEMBER.—The term ‘‘ISIS member’’ 

14 means a person who was part of, or substantially 

15 supported, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. 

16 (3) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Senior 

17 Coordinator’’ means the coordinator for detained 

18 ISIS members and relevant displaced populations in 

19 Syria designated under subsection (a) of section 1224 

20 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1642), as 

22 amended by subsection (d). 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

24 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (A) ISIS detainees held by the Syrian 

2 Democratic Forces and ISIS-affiliated individ3 uals located within displaced persons camps in 

4 Syria pose a significant and growing humani5 tarian challenge and security threat to the re6 gion; 

7 (B) the vast majority of individuals held in 

8 displaced persons camps in Syria are women 

9 and children, approximately 50 percent of whom 

10 are under the age of 12 at the al-Hol camp, and 

11 they face significant threats of violence and 

12 radicalization, as well as lacking access to ade13 quate sanitation and health care facilities; 

14 (C) there is an urgent need to seek a sus15 tainable solution to such camps through repatri16 ation and reintegration of the inhabitants; 

17 (D) the United States should work closely 

18 with international allies and partners to facili19 tate the repatriation and reintegration efforts re20 quired to provide a long-term solution for such 

21 camps and prevent the resurgence of ISIS; and 

22 (E) if left unaddressed, such camps will 

23 continue to be drivers of instability that jeop24 ardize the long-term prospects for peace and sta25 bility in the region. 


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1 (c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

2 United States that— 

3 (1) ISIS-affiliated individuals located within 

4 displacement camps in Syria, and other inhabitants 

5 of displacement camps in Syria, be repatriated and, 

6 where appropriate, prosecuted, or where possible, re7 integrated into their country of origin, consistent 

8 with all relevant domestic laws and applicable inter9 national laws prohibiting refoulement; and 

10 (2) the camps will be closed as soon as is prac11 ticable. 

12 (d) MODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDI13 NATOR FOR DETAINED ISIS MEMBERS AND RELEVANT

14 DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN SYRIA.—Section 1224 of the 

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

16 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1642) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subsection (a); 

18 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consulta22 tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 

23 State, the Director of National Intelligence, the Sec24 retary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the 

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1 and the Attorney General, shall designate an existing 

2 official to serve within the executive branch as senior3 level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with 

4 other relevant agencies, matters related to ISIS mem5 bers who are in the custody of the Syrian Democratic 

6 Forces and other relevant displaced populations in 

7 Syria, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) by engaging foreign partners to sup9 port the repatriation and disposition of such in10 dividuals, including by encouraging foreign 

11 partners to repatriate, transfer, investigate, and 

12 prosecute such ISIS members, and share intel13 ligence; 

14 ‘‘(B) coordination of all multilateral and 

15 international engagements led by the Depart16 ment of State and other agencies that are related 

17 to the current and future handling, detention, 

18 and prosecution of such ISIS members; 

19 ‘‘(C) the funding and coordination of the 

20 provision of technical and other assistance to for21 eign countries to aid in the successful investiga22 tion and prosecution of such ISIS members, as 

23 appropriate, in accordance with relevant domes24 tic laws, international humanitarian law, and 


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1 other internationally recognized human rights 

2 and rule of law standards; 

3 ‘‘(D) coordination of all multilateral and 

4 international engagements related to humani5 tarian access and provision of basic services to, 

6 and freedom of movement and security and safe 

7 return of, displaced persons at camps or facili8 ties in Syria that hold family members of such 

9 ISIS members; 

10 ‘‘(E) coordination with relevant agencies on 

11 matters described in this section; and 

12 ‘‘(F) any other matter the President con13 siders relevant. 

14 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—If, on the date of 

15 the enactment of the Syria Detainee and Displaced 

16 Persons Act, an individual has already been des17 ignated, consistent with the requirements and respon18 sibilities described in paragraph (1), the requirements 

19 under that paragraph shall be considered to be satis20 fied with respect to such individual until the date on 

21 which such individual no longer serves as the Senior 

22 Coordinator.’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘January 31, 

4 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2024’’; 

5 (6) in subsection (f)— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

7 paragraph (3); 

8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol9 lowing new paragraph (2): 

10 ‘‘(2) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘Senior 

11 Coordinator’ means the individual designated under 

12 subsection (a).’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(4) RELEVANT AGENCIES.—The term ‘relevant 

16 agencies’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Department of State; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Department of Defense; 

19 ‘‘(C) the Department of the Treasury; 

20 ‘‘(D) the Department of Justice; 

21 ‘‘(E) the United States Agency for Inter22 national Development; 

23 ‘‘(F) the Office of the Director of National 

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1 ‘‘(G) any other agency the President con2 siders relevant.’’; and 

3 (7) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 

4 as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. 

5 (e) STRATEGY ON ISIS-RELATED DETAINEE AND DIS6 PLACEMENT CAMPS IN SYRIA.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 

10 the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of 

11 the Treasury, the Administrator of the United States 

12 Agency for International Development, and the Attor13 ney General, shall submit to the appropriate commit14 tees of Congress an interagency strategy with respect 

15 to ISIS-affiliated individuals and ISIS-related de16 tainee and other displaced persons camps in Syria. 

17 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by para18 graph (1) shall include— 

19 (A) methods to address— 

20 (i) disengagement from and prevention 

21 of recruitment into violence, violent extre22 mism, and other illicit activity in such 

23 camps; 

24 (ii) efforts to encourage and facilitate 

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1 tion and prosecution of foreign nationals 

2 from such camps, consistent with all rel3 evant domestic and applicable international 

4 laws; 

5 (iii) the return and reintegration of 

6 displaced Syrian and Iraqi women and 

7 children into their communities of origin; 

8 (iv) international engagement to de9 velop processes for repatriation and re10 integration of foreign nationals from such 

11 camps; 

12 (v) contingency plans for the relocation 

13 of detained and displaced persons who are 

14 not able to be repatriated from such camps; 

15 (vi) efforts to improve the humani16 tarian conditions in such camps, including 

17 through the delivery of medicine, psycho18 social support, clothing, education, and im19 proved housing; and 

20 (vii) assessed humanitarian and secu21 rity needs of all camps and detainment fa22 cilities based on prioritization of such 

23 camps and facilities most at risk of human24 itarian crises, external attacks, or internal 

25 violence; 


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1 (B) an assessment of— 

2 (i) rehabilitation centers in northeast 

3 Syria, including humanitarian conditions 

4 and processes for admittance and efforts to 

5 improve both humanitarian conditions and 

6 admittance processes for such centers and 

7 camps, as well as on the prevention of youth 

8 radicalization; and 

9 (ii) processes for being sent to, and re10 sources directed towards, rehabilitation cen11 ters and programs in countries that receive 

12 returned ISIS affiliated individuals, with a 

13 focus on the prevention of radicalization of 

14 minor children; 

15 (C) a plan to improve, in such camps— 

16 (i) security conditions, including by 

17 training of personnel and through construc18 tion; and 

19 (ii) humanitarian conditions; 

20 (D) a framework for measuring progress of 

21 humanitarian, security, and repatriation efforts 

22 with the goal of closing such camps; and 

23 (E) any other matter the Secretary of State 

24 considers appropriate. 


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1 (3) FORM.—The strategy required by paragraph 

2 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

3 include a classified annex that is transmitted sepa4 rately. 

5 (f) ANNUAL INTERAGENCY REPORT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre8 quently than annually thereafter through January 31, 

9 2024, the Senior Coordinator, in coordination with 

10 the relevant agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 

11 committees of Congress a detailed report that includes 

12 the following: 

13 (A) A detailed description of the facilities 

14 and camps where detained ISIS members, and 

15 families with perceived ISIS affiliation, are 

16 being held and housed, including— 

17 (i) a description of the security and 

18 management of such facilities and camps 

19 (ii) an assessment of resources required 

20 for the security of such facilities and camps; 

21 and 

22 (iii) an assessment of the adherence by 

23 the operators of such facilities and camps to 

24 international humanitarian law standards; 

25 and 


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1 (iv) an assessment of children held 

2 within such facilities and camps that may 

3 be used as part of smuggling operations to 

4 evade security at the facilities and camps. 

5 (B) A description of all efforts undertaken 

6 by, and the resources needed for, the United 

7 States Government to address deficits in the hu8 manitarian environment and security of such fa9 cilities and camps. 

10 (C) A description of all multilateral and 

11 international engagements related to humani12 tarian access and provision of basic services to, 

13 and freedom of movement and security and safe 

14 return of, displaced persons at camps or facili15 ties in Iraq, Syria, and any other area affected 

16 by ISIS activity, including a description of— 

17 (i) support for efforts by the Syrian 

18 Democratic Forces to facilitate the return 

19 and reintegration of displaced people from 

20 Iraq and Syria; 

21 (ii) repatriation efforts with respect to 

22 displaced women and children and male 

23 children aging into adults while held in 

24 these facilities and camps; 


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1 (iii) any current or future potential 

2 threat to United States national security 

3 interests posed by detained ISIS members 

4 or displaced families, including an analysis 

5 of the al-Hol camp and annexes; and 

6 (iv) United States Government plans 

7 and strategies to respond to any threat 

8 identified under clause (iii). 

9 (D) The number of individuals repatriated 

10 from the custody of the Syrian Democratic 

11 Forces. 

12 (E) An analysis of factors on the ground in 

13 Syria and Iraq that may result in the unin14 tended release of detained or displaced ISIS 

15 members, and an assessment of any measures 

16 available to mitigate such releases. 

17 (F) A detailed description of efforts to en18 courage the final disposition and security of de19 tained or displaced ISIS members with other 

20 countries and international organizations. 

21 (G) A description of foreign repatriation 

22 and rehabilitation programs deemed successful 

23 systems to model, and an analysis of the long24 term results of such programs. 


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1 (H) A description of the manner in which 

2 the United States Government communicates re3 garding repatriation and disposition efforts with 

4 the families of United States citizens believed to 

5 have been victims of a criminal act by a de6 tained or displaced ISIS member, in accordance 

7 with section 503(c) of the Victims’ Rights and 

8 Restitution Act of 1990 (34 U.S.C. 20141(c)) 

9 and section 3771 of title 18, United States Code. 

10 (I) An analysis of all efforts between the 

11 United States and partner countries within the 

12 Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS or other coun13 tries to share intelligence or related information 

14 that may aid in resolving the final disposition 

15 of ISIS members, and any obstacles that may 

16 hinder such efforts. 

17 (J) Any other matter the Coordinator con18 siders appropriate. 

19 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

20 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

21 include a classified annex that is transmitted sepa22 rately. 

23 (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section, 

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1 (1) to limit the authority of any Federal agency 

2 to independently carry out the authorized functions of 

3 such agency; or 

4 (2) to impair or otherwise affect the activities 

5 performed by that agency as granted by law. 


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Calendar No. 607 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4996 

A BILL 

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act 

other purposes. relevant displaced populations in Syria, and for of a coordinator for detained ISIS members and for Fiscal Year 2020 to modify the establishment 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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