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Calendar No. 453 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 559 

To make the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and 

children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of 

the United States Government, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2005 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. 

HAGEL, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. 

LANDRIEU, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. DORGAN, and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

MAY 25, 2006 

Reported by Mr. LUGAR, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To make the protection of vulnerable populations, especially 

women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian 

emergency a priority of the United States Government, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Vulner3 able Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act 

4 of 2005’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Findings. 

TITLE I—PROGRAM AND POLICY COORDINATION 

Sec. 101. Requirement to develop integrated strategy. 

Sec. 102. Designation of coordinator. 

TITLE II—PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS 

Sec. 201. Reporting and monitoring systems. 

Sec. 202. Protection training and expertise. 

TITLE III—PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY 

DISPLACED PERSONS 

Sec. 301. Codes of conduct. 

Sec. 302. Health services for refugees and displaced persons. 

Sec. 303. Economic self-sufficiency of vulnerable populations affected by a humanitarian emergency. 

Sec. 304. International military education and training. 

Sec. 305. Sense of Congress regarding actions of United Nations peacekeepers. 

TITLE IV—PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 

AFFECTED BY A HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY 

Sec. 401. Report regarding programs to protect vulnerable populations. 

Sec. 402. Protection assistance. 

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 

10 United States Agency for International Develop11 ment. 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on International 

5 Relations of the House of Representatives. 

6 (3) CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘children’’ means 

7 persons under the age of 18 years. 

8 (4) COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘coordinator’’ 

9 means the individual designated by the Secretary 

10 under section 102(a). 

11 (5) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

12 means the Department of State. 

13 (6) EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—The term 

14 ‘‘exploitation of children’’ includes— 

15 (A) adult sexual activity with children; 

16 (B) kidnapping or forcibly separating chil17 dren from their families; 

18 (C) subjecting children to forced child 

19 labor; 

20 (D) forcing children to commit or witness 

21 acts of violence, including compulsory recruit22 ment into armed forces or as combatants; and 

23 (E) withholding or obstructing access of 

24 children to food, shelter, medicine, and basic 

25 human services. 


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1 (7) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means the human 

2 immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes the ac3 quired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). 

4 (8) HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY.—The term 

5 ‘‘humanitarian emergency’’ means a situation in 

6 which, due to a natural or manmade disaster, civil7 ians, including refugees and internally displaced per8 sons, require basic humanitarian assistance. 

9 (9) INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE.— 

10 The term ‘‘Inter-Agency Standing Committee’’ 

11 means the Inter-Agency Standing Committee estab12 lished in response to United Nations General Assem13 bly Resolution 46/182 of December 19, 1991. 

14 (10) PROTECTION.—The term ‘‘protection’’ 

15 means all appropriate measures to provide the phys16 ical and psychological security of, provide equal ac17 cess to basic services for, and safeguard the legal 

18 and human rights of, individuals. 

19 (11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

20 means the Secretary of State. 

21 (12) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘sex traf22 ficking’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

23 103(9) of Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

24 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (22U.S.C. 7102(9)). 


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1 (13) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.—The 

2 term ‘‘sexual exploitation and abuse’’ means causing 

3 harm to a person through— 

4 (A) rape; 

5 (B) sexual assault or torture; 

6 (C) sex trafficking and severe forms of traf7 ficking in persons; 

8 (D) demands for sex in exchange for em9 ployment, goods, services, or protection; and 

10 (E) other forms of sexual violence. 

11 (14) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

12 ‘‘trafficking in persons’’ has the meaning given the 

13 term ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’’ in sec14 tion 103 of Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

16 (14) SEVERE FORMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PER17 SONS.—The term ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in per18 sons’’ has the meaning given in section 103(8) of the 

19 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

20 7102(8)). 

21 (15) VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.—The term 

22 ‘‘vulnerable populations’’ means those people, such 

23 as women, children, the disabled, and the elderly, 

24 who by virtue of their status are at a disadvantage 

25 in obtaining or accessing goods and services. 


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1 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) The nature of war has changed dramatically 

4 in recent decades, putting civilians, especially women 

5 and children, at greater risk of death, disease, dis6 placement, and exploitation. 

7 (2) In the last decade alone, more than 

8 2,000,000 children have been killed during wars, 

9 while more than 4,000,000 have survived physical 

10 mutilation, and more than 1,000,000 have been or11 phaned or separated from their families as a result 

12 of war. 

13 (3) The use of rape, particularly against women 

14 and girls, is an increasingly common tactic in mod15 ern war. 

16 (4) Civilians, particularly women and children, 

17 account for the vast majority of those adversely af18 fected by humanitarian emergencies, including as 

19 refugees and internally displaced persons, and in20 creasingly are targeted by combatants and armed 

21 elements for murder, abduction, forced military con22 scription, involuntary servitude, displacement, sexual 

23 abuse and slavery, mutilation, and loss of freedom. 

24 (5) Large-scale natural disasters, such as the 

25 tsunami that struck South East Asia, South Asia, 

26 and East Africa on December 26, 2004, and claimed 


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1 over 200,000 lives, are particularly threatening to 

2 children, who are often orphaned or separated from 

3 their families. 

4 (6) Traditionally, the response to such humani5 tarian emergencies has focused on providing food, 

6 medical care, and shelter needs, and has placed less 

7 emphasis on the safety and security of those affected 

8 by a humanitarian emergency. 

9 (7) Refugee women and girls face particular 

10 threats because of power inequities, including being 

11 forced to exchange sex for food and humanitarian 

12 supplies, and being at increased risk of rape and 

13 sexual exploitation and abuse due to poor security in 

14 refugee camps. 

15 (8) In some circumstances, humanitarian agen16 cies have failed to make individuals affected by a hu17 manitarian emergency, especially women and chil18 dren, aware of their rights to protection and assist19 ance, to give them access to effective channels of re20 dress, and to make humanitarian workers aware of 

21 their duty to respect these rights and provide ade22 quate assistance. 

23 (9) Refugee and displaced women face height24 ened risks of developing complications during preg25 nancy, suffering a miscarriage, dying, being injured 


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1 during childbirth, becoming infected with HIV or 

2 another sexually transmitted infection, or suffering 

3 from posttraumatic stress disorder. 

4 (10) Despite the heightened risks for women 

5 during a humanitarian emergency, women’s needs 

6 for specialized health services have often been over7 looked by donors and relief organizations, which are 

8 focused on providing food, water, and shelter. 

9 (11) There is a substantial need for the protec10 tion of civilians, especially women and children, to be 

11 given a high priority during all humanitarian emer12 gencies. 

13 TITLE I—PROGRAM AND POLICY 

14 COORDINATION 

15 SEC. 101. REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE 

16 STRATEGY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in consulta18 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

19 for International Development, develop a comprehensive 

20 strategy for the protection of vulnerable populations, espe21 cially women and children, who are affected by a humani22 tarian emergency. The strategy shall include— 

23 (1) measures to address the specific protection 

24 needs of women and children; 


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1 (2) training for personnel to respond to the spe2 cific needs of such vulnerable populations; and 

3 (3) measures taken to comply with section 301. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

6 to the appropriate congressional committees a report set7 ting forth the strategy described in subsection (a). 

8 SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF COORDINATOR. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall des11 ignate an individual within the Department or the Agency 

12 as the coordinator to be responsible for the oversight and 

13 coordination of efforts by the Department and the Agency 

14 to provide protection for vulnerable populations, especially 

15 women and children, affected by a humanitarian emer16 gency. 

17 (b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

18 shall consult with the Administrator of the United States 

19 Agency for International Development in making a des20 ignation under subsection (a). 

21 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 5 days after des22 ignating an official as a coordinator under subsection (a), 

23 the Secretary shall inform the appropriate congressional 

24 committees of such designation. 


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1 TITLE II—PREVENTION AND 

2 PREPAREDNESS 

3 SEC. 201. REPORTING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS. 

4 (a) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The coordinator 

5 shall— 

6 (1) develop and maintain a database of histor7 ical information about occurrences of sexual exploi8 tation and abuse, and other exploitation, of children 

9 during a humanitarian emergency; 

10 (2) establish a reporting and monitoring system 

11 for United States diplomatic missions to collect and 

12 submit to the coordinator information that indicates 

13 that vulnerable populations, especially women and 

14 children, are being targeted for or are at substantial 

15 risk of violence or exploitation in humanitarian 

16 emergencies; 

17 (3) assist United States diplomatic missions in 

18 developing responses to situations where there is a 

19 substantial risk of sexual exploitation and abuse or 

20 exploitation of children that may occur during a hu21 manitarian emergency; and 

22 (4) develop mechanisms for the receipt and dis23 tribution of reports to and from the public and rel24 evant nongovernmental and international organiza25 tions of evidence of sexual exploitation and abuse 


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1 and exploitation of children during a humanitarian 

2 emergency. 

3 (b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out duties under 

4 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the Coordinator 

5 shall consult with inter-governmental organizations and 

6 nongovernmental organizations. 

7 SEC. 202. PROTECTION TRAINING AND EXPERTISE. 

8 (a) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The Administrator of 

9 the United States Agency for International Development 

10 is authorized to establish a fellowship program at the 

11 Agency to increase the expertise of the personnel of the 

12 Agency in developing programs and policies to carry out 

13 activities related to the protection of vulnerable popu14 lations, especially women and children, affected by a hu15 manitarian emergency. 

16 (b) TERM OF FELLOWSHIP.—An individual may par17 ticipate in a fellowship under this section for a term of 

18 not more than 3 years. 

19 (c) NUMBER OF FELLOWS.—The Administrator is 

20 authorized to employ up to 10 fellows at any one time 

21 under this program. 

22 (d) QUALIFICATION.—An individual is qualified to 

23 participate in a fellowship under this section if such indi24 vidual has the specific expertise required— 


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1 (1) to develop and implement policies and pro2 grams related to the protection of vulnerable popu3 lations, especially women and children; and 

4 (2) to promote the exchange of knowledge and 

5 experience between the Agency and entities that as6 sist the Agency in carrying out assistance programs. 

7 TITLE III—PROTECTION OF REF8 UGEES AND INTERNALLY DIS9 PLACED PERSONS 

10 SEC. 301. CODES OF CONDUCT. 

11 None of the funds made available by the Department 

12 or Agency to provide assistance under section 491 of the 

13 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) or over14 seas assistance under section 2 of the Migration and Ref15 ugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601) may be 

16 provided to a primary grantee or contractor for the pur17 pose of providing assistance to refugees or internally dis18 placed persons unless such grantee or contractor has 

19 adopted a code of conduct that is consistent with the 6 

20 core principles recommended by the Inter-Agency Stand21 ing Committee. To the extent practicable, a grantee or 

22 contractor that has adopted such a code of conduct shall 

23 ensure that subgrantees and subcontractors of such grant24 ee or contractor have adopted, or agree to act in accord25 ance with, such a code of conduct. 


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1 SEC. 302. HEALTH SERVICES FOR REFUGEES AND DIS2 PLACED PERSONS. 

3 (a) PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES TO VULNER4 ABLE POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY HUMANITARIAN

5 EMERGENCIES.—The coordinator shall seek to ensure 

6 that organizations funded by the Department and the 

7 Agency for the purpose of responding to a humanitarian 

8 emergency coordinate and implement activities needed to 

9 respond to the health needs of vulnerable populations, es10 pecially women and children, as soon as practicable and 

11 not later than 30 days after the onset of a humanitarian 

12 emergency. 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES DEFINED.—The activities referred to 

14 in subsection (a) include activities to— 

15 (1) prevent and manage respond to the con16 sequences of sexual violence; 

17 (2) reduce transmission of HIV; 

18 (2) provide testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS 

19 and sexually transmitted diseases; 

20 (3) provide obstetric essential obstetric and pre21 natal care; and 

22 (4) develop a plan to integrate essential wom23 en’s health services into the primary health care 

24 services provided during a humanitarian emergency. 


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1 SEC. 303. ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF VULNERABLE 

2 POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY A HUMANI3 TARIAN EMERGENCY. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO MICROENTERPRISE ACT OF

5 2000.—Section 102 of the Microenterprise for Self-Reli6 ance Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 2151f note) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (4)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

9 (C), and (D) and subparagraphs (C), (D), and 

10 (E), respectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) Women displaced by armed conflict are 

14 particularly at risk, lacking access to traditional live15 lihoods and means for generating income.’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (13)— 

17 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

18 subparagraph (C); and 

19 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) Particular efforts should be made to ex22 pand the availability of microcredit programs to in23 ternally displaced persons, who historically have not 

24 had access to such programs.’’. 

25 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

26 ACT.—Section 256(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 


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1 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2212(b)(3)) is amended by inserting 

2 after ‘‘clients’’ the following: ‘‘, including women 

3 microentrepeneurs,’’. 

4 SEC. 304. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 

5 TRAINING. 

6 Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iv)’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘rights.’’ and inserting ‘‘rights, 

11 or (v) improve the protection of civilians, especially 

12 women and children, including those who are refu13 gees or displaced persons.’’. 

14 SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ACTIONS OF 

15 UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) the Secretary-General of the United Nations 

18 should strengthen the existing ability of the United 

19 Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations to 

20 protect civilians, especially women and children, 

21 from sexual exploitation and abuse by personnel in 

22 peace operation missions by— 

23 (A) directing the Department of Peace24 keeping Operations to identify nongovernmental 

25 organizations and local community officials to 


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1 receive and communicate to senior level mission 

2 officials credible reports from civilians of sexual 

3 exploitation and abuse; 

4 (B) ensuring that there is a mechanism in 

5 place for all credible allegations of sexual ex6 ploitation and abuse to be brought to the atten7 tion of senior level mission officials in an expe8 dited fashion; 

9 (C) developing missions based rapid re10 sponse teams to investigate allegations of sexual 

11 exploitation and abuse; 

12 (D) improving informational programs for 

13 United Nations personnel on their responsibility 

14 not to engage in acts of sexual exploitation and 

15 abuse and the sanctions for such actions; 

16 (E) identifying troop contributing coun17 tries that refuse to investigate allegations of 

18 sexual exploitation and abuse by nationals serv19 ing in peacekeeping missions; 

20 (F) permanently excluding individuals 

21 found to have engaged in sexual abuse or ex22 ploitation, as well as troop contingent com23 manders and civilian managerial personnel 

24 complicit in such behavior, from participating in 


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1 future United Nations peacekeeping missions; 

2 and 

3 (G) demanding that troop contributing 

4 countries— 

5 (i) thoroughly investigate cases in 

6 which their nationals have been alleged to 

7 have engaged in sexual abuse or exploi8 tation which on United Nations peace9 keeping missions; and 

10 (ii) punish those found guilty of such 

11 misconduct; 

12 (2) troop contributing states should ensure that 

13 their soldiers are properly trained on United Nations 

14 guidelines regarding proper conduct towards civil15 ians, in particular those guidelines that address gen16 der-based violence, before participating in United 

17 Nations peace operation missions; 

18 (3) the United Nations should suspend payment 

19 of peacekeeping funds to countries when there is 

20 credible evidence of sexual exploitation and abuse by 

21 troops of such countries that are participating in 

22 peacekeeping operations, and the governments of 

23 such countries are not investigating or punishing 

24 such conduct; and 


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1 (4) the Secretary should consider a suspension 

2 of United States military assistance to countries 

3 that do not— 

4 (A) investigate allegations of sexual exploi5 tation and abuse by troops participating in 

6 United Nations peacekeeping operations; or 

7 (B) hold perpetrators of such abuse and 

8 exploitation accountable. 

9 TITLE IV—PROTECTION OF VUL10 NERABLE POPULATIONS AF11 FECTED BY A HUMANITARIAN 

12 EMERGENCY 

13 SEC. 401. ACTIONS TO SUPPORT PROTECTION. 

14 (a) PROGRAMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

15 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.—The United 

16 States Executive Director of the International Bank for 

17 Reconstruction and Development should take steps to en18 sure that disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration 

19 programs developed and funded by the International Bank 

20 for Reconstruction and Development provide benefits to 

21 former combatants that are comparable to the benefits 

22 provided by such programs to other individuals. 

23 (b) REPORT REGARDING PROGRAMS TO ASSIST CI24 VILIAN POLICE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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1 port to the appropriate congressional committees on all 

2 current programs being conducted by the Department or 

3 the Agency to assist foreign countries with the enforce4 ment of the laws of such countries that are designed to 

5 protect women and children and improve accountability 

6 for sexual exploitation and abuse. 

7 SEC. 402. PROTECTION ASSISTANCE. 

8 Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 135. ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF VULNER12 ABLE POPULATIONS DURING HUMANITARIAN 

13 EMERGENCIES. 

14 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, and subject to the limitations of subsection 

16 (b), the President is authorized to provide assistance for 

17 The President is authorized to use the authorities in this 

18 Act to provide assistance for programs, projects, and activi19 ties to promote the security of, provide equal access to 

20 basic services for, and safeguard the legal and human 

21 rights of civilians, especially women and children, who are 

22 affected by a humanitarian emergency. Such assistance 

23 shall include programs— 

24 ‘‘(1) to build the capacity of nongovernmental 

25 organizations to address the special protection needs 


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1 of vulnerable populations, especially women and chil2 dren, affected by a humanitarian emergency; 

3 ‘‘(2) to support local and international non4 governmental initiatives to prevent, detect, and re5 port exploitation of children and sexual exploitation 

6 and abuse, including through the provision of train7 ing humanitarian protection monitors for refugees 

8 and internally displaced persons; 

9 ‘‘(3) to conduct protection and security assess10 ments for refugees and internally displaced persons 

11 in camps or in communities for the purpose of im12 proving the design and security of camps for refu13 gees and internally displaced persons, with special 

14 emphasis on the security of women and children; 

15 ‘‘(4) to provide, when practicable, education 

16 during a humanitarian emergency, including struc17 tured activities that create safe spaces for children, 

18 in particular girls; 

19 ‘‘(5) to reintegrate and rehabilitate former com20 batants and survivors of a humanitarian emergency, 

21 including through education, psychosocial assistance 

22 and trauma counseling, family and community re23 insertion, medical assistance, and strengthening 

24 community systems to support sustained reintegra25 tion; 


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1 ‘‘(6) to establish registries and clearinghouses 

2 to trace relatives and begin family reunification, 

3 with a specific focus on helping children find their 

4 families; 

5 ‘‘(7) to provide interim care and placement for 

6 separated children and orphans, including moni7 toring and followup services; 

8 ‘‘(8) to provide legal services for survivors of 

9 sexual exploitation, abuse, or torture, including the 

10 collection of evidence for war crimes tribunals and 

11 advocacy for legal reform; and 

12 ‘‘(9) to provide to local law enforcement per13 sonnel working in areas affected by a humanitarian 

14 emergency training in human rights law, particularly 

15 as it relates to the protection of women and children. 

16 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—Amounts made 

17 available to carry out this part and chapter 4 of part II 

18 may be made available to carry out this section.’’. 


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Calendar No. 453 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 559 

A BILL 

To make the protection of vulnerable populations, 

poses. United States Government, and for other purby a humanitarian emergency a priority of the especially women and children, who are affected 

MAY 25, 2006 

Reported with amendments 


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