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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4950 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human 

rights reports to include information on instances of sexual assault in 

refugee camps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2018 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. NORTON, and 

Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 

the annual human rights reports to include information 

on instances of sexual assault in refugee camps, 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 ‘‘Demand the end of 

5 Assault in Refugee Camps Act’’ or the ‘‘D’ARC Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS RE2 PORTS UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

3 ACT OF 1961. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961 is amended as follows: 

6 (1) In section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

7 (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

8 at the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, with respect to each 

13 country, a description of the extent to which— 

14 ‘‘(A) the government of the country is en15 gaging in practices that fail to address, reduce, 

16 or prosecute instances of sexual assault in ref17 ugee camps located in such country; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the United States has taken or will 

19 take action to end such practices, including by 

20 providing training to relevant personnel to ad21 dress the crime of sexual assault.’’. 

22 (2) In section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)— 

23 (A) by redesignating the second subsection 

24 (i) (as added by section 1207(b)(2) of Public 

25 Law 113–4) as subsection (j); and 

26 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(k) The report required by subsection (b) shall in2 clude, wherever applicable, with respect to each country, 

3 a description of the extent to which— 

4 ‘‘(1) the government of the country is engaging 

5 in practices that fail to address, reduce, or prosecute 

6 instances of sexual assault in refugee camps located 

7 in such country; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the United States has taken or will take 

9 action to end such practices, including by providing 

10 training to relevant personnel to address the crime 

11 of sexual assault.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 subsection (a)(1) take effect on the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act and apply with respect to reports required to 

15 be submitted under section 116(d) of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 on or after such date of enactment. The 

17 amendments made by subsection (a)(2) take effect on the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 

19 to reports required to be submitted under section 502B(b) 

20 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 on or after such 

21 date of enactment. 

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