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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6517

 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress 
 annual reports on civilian casualties caused by certain operations of 
              foreign governments, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2023

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress 
 annual reports on civilian casualties caused by certain operations of 
              foreign governments, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civilian Harm Transparency in 
Partnerships Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED BY CERTAIN OPERATIONS OF 
              FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 years, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on civilian casualties caused by 
covered operations.
    (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include, for 
the year covered by the report, each of the following:
            (1) A list identifying each covered operation during that 
        year that has resulted in civilian casualties that the Director 
        of National Intelligence has confirmed.
            (2) An identification of the total number of civilian 
        casualties resulting from covered operations during that year 
        that the Director of National Intelligence has confirmed.
            (3) For each covered operation identified in the list under 
        paragraph (1), an identification of the following:
                    (A) The date on which, and the location where, the 
                covered operation occurred.
                    (B) The element of the foreign government that 
                conducted the covered operation.
                    (C) The individual or entity against which the 
                covered operation was directed.
                    (D) Any other circumstances or facts that the 
                Director of National Intelligence determines relevant.
    (c) Form.--Each report required under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an 
unclassified executive summary.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Congressional intelligence committees; intelligence 
        community.--The terms ``congressional intelligence committees'' 
        and ``intelligence community'' have the meanings given those 
        terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
        U.S.C. 3003).
            (2) Covered operation.--The term ``covered operation'' 
        means an operation--
                    (A) conducted by a foreign government;
                    (B) involving the use of force; and
                    (C) in which intelligence shared by an element of 
                the intelligence community plays a significant role.
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