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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5273 

To reduce global fragility and violence by improving the capacity of the 

United States to reduce and address the causes of violence, violent 

conflict, and fragility in pilot countries, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2018 

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To reduce global fragility and violence by improving the 

capacity of the United States to reduce and address 

the causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility in 

pilot countries, 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 ‘‘Global Fragility and 

5 Violence Reduction Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) According to the United Nations, an un2 precedented 66 million people around the world are 

3 currently forcibly displaced from their homes. This 

4 is the highest level of global displacement ever re5 corded. 

6 (2) According to the World Bank, violence and 

7 violent conflict, rather than natural disasters, are 

8 now the leading causes of displacement worldwide, 

9 driving 80 percent of humanitarian needs. The Bank 

10 also notes that the same conflicts have accounted for 

11 the majority of forcibly displaced persons every year 

12 since 1991. 

13 (3) According to the World Health Organiza14 tion, preventable forms of violence kill at least 1.4 

15 million people each year and cause debilitating phys16 ical and mental harm to many others. 

17 (4) According to the Institute for Economics 

18 and Peace, violence containment costs the global 

19 economy $14.3 trillion a year, or 13.4 percent of the 

20 world’s GDP. If violence were to decrease uniformly 

21 across the world by just 10 percent, the global econ22 omy would gain $1.43 trillion each year. 

23 (5) Violence and violent conflict underpin many 

24 of the United States Government’s key national se25 curity challenges. Notably, violent conflicts allow for 


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1 environments in which terrorist organizations recruit 

2 and thrive, while the combination of violence, cor3 ruption, poverty, poor governance, and underdevelop4 ment often enables transnational gangs and criminal 

5 networks to wreak havoc and commit atrocities 

6 worldwide. 

7 (6) According to new research by the University 

8 of Maryland and University of Pittsburgh, exposure 

9 to violence increases support for violence and violent 

10 extremism. Research increasingly finds exposure to 

11 violence as a predictor of future participation in vio12 lence, including violent extremism. 

13 (7) Since 2002, a body of research has emerged 

14 on failed or fragile states. The World Bank defines 

15 a fragile state as a low-income country characterized 

16 by weak state capacity, weak state legitimacy, or 

17 both, leaving citizens vulnerable to a range of 

18 shocks. 

19 (8) United States foreign policy and assistance 

20 efforts in highly violent and fragile states remain 

21 governed by an outdated patchwork of authorities 

22 that prioritize responding to immediate needs rather 

23 than solving the problems that cause them. United 

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1 tors, and commanders of combatant commands do 

2 not have the policy framework or tools they need to 

3 align United States policy or assistance with an 

4 overarching, long-term strategy to reduce and pre5 vent global fragility and violence. 

6 (9) Lessons learned over the past 20 years, doc7 umented by the 2013 Special Inspector General for 

8 Iraq Reconstruction Lessons Learned Study and the 

9 2016 Fragility Study Group report, show that effec10 tive, sustained United States efforts to reduce vio11 lence and stabilize fragile and violence-affected 

12 states require clearly defined goals and strategies, 

13 adequate long-term funding, rigorous and iterative 

14 conflict analysis, coordination across the United 

15 States Government, including strong civil-military 

16 coordination, and integration with national and sub17 national partners, including local civil society organi18 zations, local justice systems, and local governance 

19 structures. 

20 (10) United States National Security Strategies 

21 over the past 15 years have regularly affirmed that 

22 the United States has a national security interest in 

23 improving its capacity to prevent, manage, and miti24 gate violence and violent conflicts in order to miti25 gate the consequences of armed conflict, including 


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1 humanitarian disasters, terrorism, organized crime, 

2 increased risk of mass atrocities, and reversed devel3 opment. 

4 (11) According to the Small Arms Survey, the 

5 extent to which the international community will be 

6 able to bring down global levels of violence will de7 pend largely on the actions taken by states to imple8 ment more tangible multilateral commitments to im9 prove governance, promote inclusive development, 

10 and protect human rights, among other things. 

11 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

12 It is the policy of the United States to— 

13 (1) ensure that all relevant United States Gov14 ernment departments and agencies coordinate to 

15 achieve coherent, long-term goals for programs de16 signed to reduce and address the causes of violence, 

17 violent conflict, and fragility in fragile and violence18 affected countries, including when implementing the 

19 Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Initiative 

20 described in section 4; 

21 (2) seek to improve the global, regional, and 

22 local coordination of relevant international and mul23 tilateral development and donor organizations re24 garding efforts to reduce and address the causes of 

25 violence, violent conflict, and fragility in fragile and 


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1 violence-affected countries, and, where possible, align 

2 such efforts with multilateral goals and indicators; 

3 (3) expand and enhance the effectiveness of for4 eign assistance programs and activities that reduce 

5 and address the causes of violence, violent conflict, 

6 and fragility in fragile and violence-affected coun7 tries, including programs intended to improve the in8 dicators described in section 4(g); 

9 (4) support the research and development of ef10 fective approaches to reduce and address the causes 

11 of violence, violent conflict, and fragility in fragile 

12 and violence-affected countries; and 

13 (5) improve the monitoring, evaluation, learn14 ing, and adaptation tools and authorities for relevant 

15 United States Government departments and agen16 cies working to reduce and address the causes of vio17 lence, violent conflict, and fragility in fragile and vi18 olence-affected countries. 

19 SEC. 4. GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO REDUCE FRAGILITY AND VI20 OLENCE. 

21 (a) INITIATIVE.—The Administrator of the United 

22 States Agency for International Development (USAID), in 

23 coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

24 Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies 

25 and departments, shall establish an interagency initiative 


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1 to be referred to as the ‘‘Global Initiative to Reduce Fra2 gility and Violence’’ relating to reducing and addressing 

3 the causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility, with 

4 a focus on ten pilot countries. 

5 (b) IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.—Not later than 

6 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Administrator of USAID, in coordination with the Sec8 retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads 

9 of other relevant Federal agencies and departments, shall 

10 develop and submit to the appropriate congressional com11 mittees an initial interagency strategy for implementing 

12 the Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Violence re13 quired under subsection (a), including the following: 

14 (1) Descriptions of the organizational steps 

15 each relevant Federal agency or department will 

16 take to improve strategic planning, implementation, 

17 monitoring, evaluation, and coordination among and 

18 within such agencies and departments under such 

19 initiative. 

20 (2) Descriptions of the initial goals, objectives, 

21 and role of each relevant Federal agency or depart22 ment under such initiative. 

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1 opment organizations, international donors, multilat2 eral organizations, and the private sector under such 

3 initiative. 

4 (4) Descriptions of potential areas of improved 

5 public and private sector research and development, 

6 including from academic, philanthropic, and civil so7 ciety organizations, on more effective approaches to 

8 reducing and preventing the causes of violence, vio9 lent conflict, and fragility in fragile and violence-af10 fected countries. 

11 (5) Plans for regularly evaluating and updating 

12 on an iterative basis the information described in 

13 this subsection. 

14 (c) INDIVIDUAL PILOT COUNTRY PLANS.—The strat15 egy required under subsection (b) shall contain an annex 

16 identifying the ten pilot countries designated pursuant to 

17 subsection (d), and for each such pilot country contain a 

18 mission-led, 10-year pilot country plan establishing initial 

19 goals, objectives, and plans of action for United States 

20 Government activities, including development, security, 

21 and other assistance activities that are relevant to reduc22 ing and addressing the causes of violence, violent conflict, 

23 and fragility, including the following: 

24 (1) Interagency plans for coordination and im25 plementation that define the appropriate role of each 


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1 relevant Federal agency or department and proc2 esses for coordinating among and within such agen3 cies and departments when carrying out each such 

4 pilot country plan. 

5 (2) Interagency plans to ensure appropriate 

6 local actors, including governance and civil society 

7 entities, and organizations led by women, youth, and 

8 under-represented communities have roles in devel9 oping, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and 

10 updating relevant aspects of each such pilot country 

11 plan. 

12 (3) Clear, transparent, and measurable initial 

13 political, diplomatic, security, and developmental 

14 benchmarks, timetables, and performance metrics 

15 for each such pilot country, with a focus on outcome 

16 metrics, including such metrics that capture griev17 ances and patterns that cause violence and, where 

18 applicable, align with best practice indicators deter19 mined by Sustainable Development Goal #16 and 

20 the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s 

21 Fragility Framework. 

22 (4) Interagency plans for monitoring and eval23 uation, adaptive management, and iterative learning 

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1 tion findings and other evidence generated in each 

2 such pilot country and across such pilot countries. 

3 (5) Descriptions of the available policy tools to 

4 reduce and address the causes of violence, violent 

5 conflict, and fragility in each such pilot country. 

6 (6) Descriptions of the resources and authori7 ties that would be required for each relevant Federal 

8 agency or department to best implement each such 

9 pilot country plan, as well as evidence-based iterative 

10 updates to such plans. 

11 (7) Descriptions of potential areas of improved 

12 partnership between the United States Government 

13 and international development organizations, rel14 evant international donors, multilateral organiza15 tions, and the private sector regarding efforts to re16 duce and address the causes of violence, violent con17 flict, and fragility in each such pilot country. 

18 (8) Plans for regularly evaluating and updating 

19 on an iterative basis the plans described in this sub20 section. 

21 (d) PILOT COUNTRY DESIGNATION.—The Adminis22 trator of USAID, in coordination with the Secretary of 

23 State and the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out the 

24 following actions: 


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1 (1) Develop the list of candidate countries 

2 under consideration for the initiative required under 

3 this section on the basis of the following: 

4 (A) Current levels of violence, violent con5 flict, and fragility, as determined by empirical 

6 data, such as the following, to the extent such 

7 data are available: 

8 (i) Total levels of deaths due to vio9 lence and violence-related deaths per 

10 100,000 population in the candidate coun11 try under consideration. 

12 (ii) Total levels of violent injuries and 

13 violence exposure levels in such country. 

14 (iii) Violent injuries and violence expo15 sure levels per 100,000 population in such 

16 country. 

17 (iv) Levels of persons forcibly dis18 placed, whether internally or internation19 ally, due to violence or violent conflict in 

20 such country. 

21 (v) Total levels of gender-based vio22 lence and violence against children and 

23 youth in such country. 


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1 (vi) Prevalence of physical or sexual 

2 violence in the last 12 months in such 

3 country. 

4 (vii) Levels of mortality due to armed 

5 group violence in such country. 

6 (viii) Levels of citizen support for 

7 armed groups in such country. 

8 (ix) Such country’s ranking on select 

9 global fragility lists and select good govern10 ance indexes. 

11 (x) Such country’s ranking on select 

12 United States Government conflict and 

13 atrocity early warning watch lists. 

14 (xi) Such country’s vulnerability to 

15 current or future transnational threats. 

16 (B) An assessment of the potential for 

17 United States Government activities to reduce 

18 and address the causes of violence, violent con19 flict, and fragility in each candidate country 

20 under consideration, including the capacity and 

21 commitment of relevant entities within each 

22 such country to participate in the Global Initia23 tive to Reduce Fragility and Violence under this 

24 section. 


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1 (2) Organize such candidate countries under 

2 consideration into the categories of ‘‘Core Country’’ 

3 and ‘‘Prevention Country’’ such that— 

4 (A) a candidate country shall be a Core 

5 Country for purposes of pilot country selection 

6 where current levels of violence, violent conflict, 

7 and fragility are highest in the world, as deter8 mined by the data specified in paragraph (1); 

9 and 

10 (B) a candidate country shall be a Preven11 tion Country for purposes of pilot country selec12 tion where current levels of violence, violent 

13 conflict, and fragility are lower than such levels 

14 in a Core Country, as determined by the data 

15 specified in paragraph (1), but warning signs 

16 for future violence, violent conflict, and fragility 

17 are significant and strategic prevention efforts 

18 are likely to make a meaningful difference in 

19 mitigating or preventing future violence, violent 

20 conflict, and fragility. 

21 (3) Designate, on the basis of the criteria speci22 fied in paragraph (1), 10 pilot countries, organized 

23 with not fewer than three countries in each of the 

24 Core and Prevention categories described in para25 graph (2) and not more than four countries in each 


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1 geographic region, as determined by the Department 

2 of State. 

3 (4) Consider when making designations pursu4 ant to paragraph (3) designating multiple countries 

5 in the same region if the drivers of violence, violent 

6 conflict, and fragility are transnational in such re7 gion. 

8 (e) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—In addition to 

9 the individuals specified in subsection (a), the initiative 

10 required under this section shall be developed in coordina11 tion with— 

12 (1) the United States Ambassador, USAID 

13 Mission Director, geographic Combatant Commands, 

14 and relevant inter-agency country teams in each ap15 plicable country; and 

16 (2) representatives of local civil society and na17 tional and local governance entities, as well as rel18 evant international development organizations, mul19 tilateral organizations, donors, and relevant private, 

20 academic, and philanthropic entities, as appropriate. 

21 (f) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Adminis22 trator of USAID, in coordination with the Secretary of 

23 State and Secretary of Defense (or their respective des24 ignees), shall provide briefings to the appropriate congres25 sional committees not later than— 


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1 (1) 45 days after the date of the enactment of 

2 this Act regarding the countries selected as pilot 

3 countries for the initiative required under this sec4 tion; 

5 (2) 90 days after such date of enactment re6 garding progress on the individual pilot country 

7 plans under subsection (c); and 

8 (3) 30 days after submission of such initiative 

9 regarding plans for implementing such initiative and 

10 such individual pilot country plans. 

11 (g) MEASURING VIOLENCE, VIOLENT CONFLICT, AND

12 FRAGILITY.—For the purposes of implementing, moni13 toring, and evaluating the effectiveness of the individual 

14 pilot country plans required under subsection (c), progress 

15 towards reducing and addressing the causes of violence, 

16 violent conflict, and fragility shall be measured by indica17 tors established for each such pilot country by relevant 

18 inter-agency country teams in each such pilot country, in19 formed by consultations with the stakeholders specified in 

20 subsection (e)(2). Such indicators shall be based on the 

21 data described in subsection (d)(1)(A), as appropriate, 

22 and updated regularly to account for any improvements 

23 in the available indicators and to include indicators for 

24 additional priority areas, such as: 


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1 (1) Improving inclusive, transparent, and ac2 countable power structures, including effective, le3 gitimate, and resilient national and sub-national in4 stitutions. 

5 (2) Improving effective and respected conflict 

6 prevention, mitigation, management, and resolution 

7 mechanisms. 

8 (3) Reducing levels of citizen support for vio9 lence, violent extremism, and adversarial armed 

10 groups. 

11 (4) Ensuring strong foundations for plurality, 

12 non-discrimination, human rights, rule of law, and 

13 equal access to justice. 

14 (5) Addressing political, social, economic, and 

15 environmental vulnerabilities, grievances, and con16 flicts. 

17 (6) Ensuring inclusive economic development 

18 and enabling business environments. 

19 (7) Improving resilience to transnational 

20 stresses and shocks, including from organized crime 

21 and violent extremist organizations. 

22 SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION AND UPDATES OF PILOT COUN23 TRY PLANS. 

24 The Administrator of the United States Agency for 

25 International Development (USAID), the Secretary of 


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1 State, the Secretary of Defense, the heads of other rel2 evant Federal agencies and departments, relevant United 

3 States Ambassadors, USAID Mission Directors, and other 

4 relevant individuals with responsibility over activities in 

5 each pilot country designated pursuant to section 4 shall 

6 ensure that— 

7 (1) the Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility 

8 and Violence and each individual pilot country plan 

9 required under such section are implemented and 

10 updated on a regular and iterative basis; 

11 (2) such initiative and individual pilot country 

12 plans are used to guide United States Government 

13 policy at a senior level and are incorporated into rel14 evant strategies and plans across the United States 

15 Government and in each such pilot country; 

16 (3) detailed and iterative goals, objectives, and 

17 plans of action are developed, implemented, updated, 

18 and coordinated among and within each relevant 

19 Federal agency or department for the duration of 

20 each such individual pilot country plan; 

21 (4) resources for all relevant activities in each 

22 such pilot country are requested and utilized con23 sistent with such initiative and individual pilot coun24 try plans; and 


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1 (5) the results of program monitoring and eval2 uation under such initiative and individual pilot 

3 country plans are regularly reviewed and utilized to 

4 determine continuation, modification, or termination 

5 of future year programming and that regular and 

6 iterative policy and program adaptations are made 

7 to each such plan. 

8 SEC. 6. BIENNIAL REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL CON9 SULTATION. 

10 (a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than two years 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every two 

12 years thereafter until full implementation of the 10-year 

13 individual pilot country plans required under section 4, the 

14 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter15 national Development (USAID), in coordination with the 

16 Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the 

17 heads of other relevant Federal agencies and departments, 

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

19 a report on progress made and lessons learned with re20 spect to the Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Vio21 lence and each individual pilot country plan required 

22 under section 4, including— 

23 (1) descriptions of steps taken to incorporate 

24 such initiative and such individual pilot country 


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1 plans into relevant strategies and plans that affect 

2 such pilot countries; 

3 (2) accountings of all funding received and obli4 gated to implement each such individual pilot coun5 try plan during the past two years, as well as fund6 ing requested, planned, and projected for the fol7 lowing two years; 

8 (3) descriptions of progress made towards the 

9 goals and objectives established for each such indi10 vidual pilot country, including progress made to11 wards achieving the specific targets, metrics, and in12 dicators described in section 4; and 

13 (4) descriptions of updates made during the 

14 past two years to the goals, objectives, plans of ac15 tion, and other elements described in section 4(c) for 

16 each such individual pilot country plan, as well as 

17 any changes made to programs based on the results 

18 of monitoring and evaluation in accordance with sec19 tions 4 and 5. 

20 (b) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Adminis21 trator of USAID, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

22 of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal agen23 cies and departments shall jointly consult with the appro24 priate congressional committees not less often than annu25 ally regarding progress made on the initiative and indiVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Mar 21, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5273.IH H5273

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1 vidual pilot country plans required under section 4. The 

2 consultation requirement under this subsection shall ter3 minate upon full implementation of the 10-year individual 

4 pilot country plans required under such section. 

5 SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE FOR 

6 THE GLOBAL FRAGILITY AND VIOLENCE RE7 DUCTION INITIATIVE. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that the President, to9 gether with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

10 for International Development (USAID), the Secretary of 

11 State, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other 

12 relevant Federal agencies and departments, should— 

13 (1) support the creation of a ‘‘Global Fragility 

14 and Violence Reduction Fund’’ to help support 

15 USAID and Department of State activities under 

16 the Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Initia17 tive and individual pilot country plans required 

18 under section 4; 

19 (2) work with Congress to provide funding that 

20 allows for more adaptive program planning and im21 plementation under such initiative and individual 

22 pilot country plans, including through exemptions 

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1 spond to monitoring and evaluation or changed cir2 cumstances in relevant countries; 

3 (3) work with Congress to provide funding that 

4 better integrates conflict and violence reduction ac5 tivities into other program areas where appropriate; 

6 and 

7 (4) support the creation of a multilateral fund 

8 and other international initiatives to improve global 

9 public and private support for coordinating and 

10 funding efforts to reduce and address the causes of 

11 violence, violent conflict, and fragility. 

12 SEC. 8. GAO REVIEW. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than five years after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

15 of the United States shall conduct an independent review 

16 of all United States Government activities in each pilot 

17 country designated pursuant to section 4. 

18 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The review re19 quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

20 (1) An assessment of the extent to which 

21 United States Government activities in each pilot 

22 country designated pursuant to section 4 are being 

23 implemented in accordance with the relevant indi24 vidual pilot country plan required under such sec25 tion. 


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1 (2) Descriptions of all activities that are being 

2 implemented in accordance with each such individual 

3 pilot country plan, including, with respect to each 

4 such activity, the role of each relevant Federal agen5 cy or department, the entities responsible for imple6 mentation, and the funding level. 

7 (3) Assessments of the processes and proce8 dures for coordinating among and within each rel9 evant Federal agency or department when imple10 menting each such individual pilot country plan. 

11 (4) Assessments of the monitoring and evalua12 tion efforts under each such individual pilot country 

13 plan, including assessments of the progress made 

14 and lessons learned with respect to each such plan, 

15 as well as any changes made to activities based on 

16 the results of such monitoring and evaluation. 

17 (5) Recommendations for changes necessary to 

18 better implement United States Government activi19 ties in accordance with such individual pilot country 

20 plans, as well as recommendations for any changes 

21 to such plans. 

22 SEC. 9. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE23 FINED. 

24 The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

25 means— 


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1 (1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

2 Armed Services, and Appropriations of the Senate; 

3 and 

4 (2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed 

5 Services, and Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives. 

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