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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4074 

To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute, extradite, deport, 

or accept for deportation such war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2014 

Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute, extradite, deport, or accept for deportation such war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals, 

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 ‘‘War Crimes Account5 ability Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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1 (1) the United States should actively encourage 

2 prosecution of war crimes suspects and Nazi war 

3 criminals; 

4 (2) the Simon Wiesenthal Center should be 

5 commended for its historic work in bringing to light 

6 the atrocities of the Holocaust and in advancing jus7 tice for Nazi war criminals through Operation: Last 

8 Chance; 

9 (3) the pursuit and prosecution of war crimes 

10 suspects and Nazi war criminals—from the crimes 

11 of the Nazi era to the most recent conflicts in 

12 Sudan—is critical to maintenance of the rule of law 

13 globally; and 

14 (4) pursuit of war crimes suspects includes en15 forcement of an arrest warrant issued by an inter16 national tribunal against war crimes suspects in17 dicted by such international tribunal, including war 

18 crimes suspects visiting a foreign country. 

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1 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FAILING TO CO2 OPERATE SATISFACTORILY WITH RELEVANT 

3 JURISDICTIONS IN EXTRADITING OR DE4 PORTING WAR CRIMES SUSPECTS OR NAZI 

5 WAR CRIMINALS. 

6 (a) REPORT.—The President shall submit to Con7 gress for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 a report 

8 that identifies each country that is failing to— 

9 (1) cooperate satisfactorily with relevant juris10 dictions in extraditing or deporting war crimes sus11 pects or Nazi war criminals to the jurisdiction in 

12 which such war crimes suspects or Nazi war crimi13 nals, as the case may be, have been indicted or con14 victed; 

15 (2) enforce arrest warrants issued by an inter16 national tribunal against war crimes suspects in17 dicted by such international tribunal, including war 

18 crimes suspects visiting a foreign country; 

19 (3) accept Nazi war criminals deported from 

20 the United States; or 

21 (4) effectively prosecute war crimes suspects or 

22 Nazi war criminals within such country’s jurisdic23 tion, including Nazi war criminals who resided in the 

24 United States and were deported from or extradited 

25 by the United States or left the United States volun26 tarily. 

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1 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each such report 

2 shall include detailed information regarding the war 

3 crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals described in sub4 section (a). 

5 (c) FORM.—Each such report, and the identification 

6 of each country in such report, shall be submitted in an 

7 unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if 

8 necessary. 

9 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT 

10 SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES UNDER THE 

11 ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT TO COUNTRIES 

12 IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 3. 

13 (a) PROHIBITION.—For each country identified in 

14 the report under section 3 for a fiscal year, the President 

15 may not issue a letter of offer to sell defense articles under 

16 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 

17 for $7,000,000 or more to such country for the subsequent 

18 fiscal year pursuant to section 36(b) of such Act (22 

19 U.S.C. 2776(b)). 

20 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi21 tion in subsection (a) for any fiscal year in which a letter 

22 of offer may be issued by the United States Government 

23 if the President determines and certifies to Congress that 

24 it is in the national security interest of the United States 

25 to do so. 

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1 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) NAZI WAR CRIMINAL.—The term ‘‘Nazi war 

4 criminal’’ means any person accused of or indicted 

5 for ordering, inciting, assisting, or otherwise partici6 pating in the persecution of any person because of 

7 race, religion, national origin, or political opinion 

8 during the period beginning on March 23, 1933, and 

9 ending on May 8, 1945, under the direction of, or 

10 in association with— 

11 (A) the Nazi government of Germany; 

12 (B) any government in any area occupied 

13 by the military forces of the Nazi government 

14 of Germany; 

15 (C) any government established with the 

16 assistance or cooperation of the Nazi govern17 ment of Germany; or 

18 (D) any government which was an ally of 

19 the Nazi government of Germany. 

20 (2) WAR CRIMES SUSPECT.—The term ‘‘war 

21 crimes suspect’’ means any person accused by an 

22 international tribunal of planning, ordering, assist23 ing, aiding and abetting, committing, or otherwise 

24 participating in, including through command respon25 sibility, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genomstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 cide or other serious violations of human rights, or 

2 who attempted or conspired to do so. 

3 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 This Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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