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Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes the following in-
formation: 
(1) Actions taken by representatives of the 
United States to encourage other countries to estab-
lish full diplomatic relations with Israel. 
(2) Specific responses solicited and received by 
the Secretary from countries that do not maintain 
full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to 
their attitudes toward and plans for entering into 
diplomatic relations with Israel. 
(3) Other measures being undertaken, and 
measures that will be undertaken, by the United 
States to ensure and promote Israel’s full participa-
tion in the world diplomatic community. 
(c) FORM
OF SUBMISSION.—The report required 
under subsection (b) may be submitted in classified or un-
classified form, as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
SEC. 1007. POLICE TRAINING REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in 
coordination with the heads of relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, conduct a study and transmit to Con-
gress a report on current overseas civilian police training 
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in countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are in 
transition from, conflict or civil strife. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall contain information on the following: 
(1) The coordination, communication, program 
management, and policy implementation among the 
United States civilian police training programs in 
countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are 
in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 
(2) The number of private contractors con-
ducting such training, and the quality and cost of 
such private contractors. 
(3) An assessment of pre-training procedures 
for verification of police candidates to adequately as-
sess their aptitude, professional skills, integrity, and 
other qualifications that are essential to law enforce-
ment work. 
(4) An analysis of the practice of using existing 
Federal police entities to provide civilian police 
training in countries or regions that are at risk of, 
in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil strife, 
along with the subject matter expertise that each 
such entity may provide to meet local needs in lieu 
of the use of private contractors. 
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(5) Provide recommendations, including rec-
ommendations related to required resources and ac-
tions, to maximize the effectiveness and interagency 
coordination and the adequate provision of civilian 
police training programs in countries or regions that 
are at risk of, in, or are in transition from, conflict 
or civil strife. 
SEC. 1008. REPORTS ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 
GAZA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and one year thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report detailing the humanitarian 
conditions and efficacy and obstacles to humanitarian and 
reconstruction assistance activities in Gaza. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The reports required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the level of access to basic 
necessities in Gaza, including food, fuel, water, sani-
tation, education, and healthcare. 
(2) An assessment of the ability to successfully 
deliver and distribute humanitarian and reconstruc-
tion goods and supplies. 
(3) A description of the efforts of the United 
States and its allies to facilitate the receipt and dis-
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tribution of humanitarian and reconstruction assist-
ance in Gaza. 
(4) An assessment of the obstacles to the deliv-
ery of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance, 
including the activities and policies of Hamas and 
any organization designated as a foreign terrorist or-
ganization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. 
(5) Recommendations for actions the United 
States can take to best improve the level of access 
to basic necessities referred to in paragraph (1) and 
overcome obstacles described in paragraphs (2) 
through (4). 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 1101. BILATERAL COMMISSION WITH NIGERIA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President should establish a 
bilateral commission between the United States and Nige-
ria to support bilateral cooperation in the areas of— 
(1) trade and development; 
(2) economic integration; 
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(3) infrastructure planning, finance, develop-
ment, and management; 
(4) budget reform and public finance manage-
ment; 
(5) higher education, including applied re-
search; 
(6) energy; 
(7) peace and security reform; 
(8) rule of law; 
(9) anti-corruption efforts, establishment of 
greater transparency, and electoral reform; and 
(10) monitoring whether bilateral efforts under-
taken between respective Federal, State, and local 
governments are achieving the goals set forth by the 
Governments of the United States and Nigeria. 
(b) BILATERAL COMMISSION.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—If the President establishes 
the bilateral commission referred to in subsection 
(a), the commission should have an equal number of 
members representing the United States and Nigeria 
and appointed by the respective Presidents of each 
country. Members should include representatives of 
Federal, State, and local governments, the private 
sector, and civil society organizations. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The commission should— 
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(A) work to establish a bilateral process 
that establishes the mission, goals, and objec-
tives of a bilateral partnership and establish 
guidelines for accountability and rules to meas-
ure the effectiveness for any initiatives under-
taken; 
(B) monitor bilateral technical assistance 
and capacity building projects that are con-
sistent with and further the mission, goals, and 
objectives established by the commission; and 
(C) submit to the United States President, 
the United States Congress, the Nigerian Presi-
dent, and the Nigerian National Assembly a re-
port on the amount of progress achieved on 
projects undertaken by the two governments to 
achieve bilaterally-determined goals established 
by the commission. 
(3) MONITORING OF PROJECTS.—The commis-
sion should select and monitor specific projects that 
involve an exchange of personnel between the Gov-
ernments of the United States and Nigeria to deter-
mine whether technical assistance and capacity 
building are being used effectively and whether mu-
tual benefit is being gained through the implementa-
tion of such bilateral projects. 
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(4) REVIEW AND REPORT.—The Secretary of 
State should review the work of the commission and 
annually submit to the President and Congress a re-
port on whether progress has been made to meet the 
goals set forth by the commission and whether bilat-
eral efforts have served the interest of United States 
and Nigerian bilateral relations. 
(5) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS.—United 
States contributions to support the Commission 
should be financed through existing resources. 
SEC. 1102. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE SOUTHERN AF-
RICA ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
(a) USE OF PRIVATE VENTURE CAPITAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to maximize the ef-
fectiveness of the activities of the Southern Africa 
Enterprise Development Fund, the Fund may con-
duct public offerings or private placements for the 
purpose of soliciting and accepting private venture 
capital which may be used, separately or together 
with funds made available from the United States 
Government, for any lawful investment purpose that 
the Board of Directors of the Fund may determine 
in carrying out the activities of the Fund. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL RETURNS.— 
Financial returns on Fund investments that include 
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a component of private venture capital may be dis-
tributed, at such times and in such amounts as the 
Board of Directors of the Fund may determine, to 
the investors of such capital. 
(b) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
LAWS.—The 
heads of Federal departments and agencies may conduct 
programs and activities and provide services in support of 
the activities of the Fund notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘South-
ern Africa Enterprise Development Fund’’ or ‘‘Fund’’ in-
cludes— 
(1) any successor or related entity to the South-
ern Africa Enterprise Development Fund that is ap-
proved the United States Government; and 
(2) any organization, corporation, limited-liabil-
ity partnership, foundation, or other corporate struc-
ture that receives, or is authorized by the United 
States Government to manage, any or all of the re-
maining funds or assets of the Southern Africa En-
terprise Development Fund. 
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SEC. 1103. DIABETES TREATMENT AND PREVENTION AND 
SAFE WATER AND SANITATION FOR PACIFIC 
ISLAND COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 
to establish a diabetes prevention and treatment program 
for Pacific Island countries and for safe water and sanita-
tion. 
(b) PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Pacific Island countries’’ means Fiji, 
Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. 
SEC. 1104. STATELESSNESS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
increase global stability and security for the United States 
and the international community and decrease trafficking 
and discrimination by reducing the number of individuals 
who are de jure or de facto stateless and as a consequence 
are unable to avail themselves of their right to a nation-
ality and its concomitant rights and obligations and are 
excluded from full participation in civil society. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The right to a nationality is a foundation of 
human rights, and a deterrent to displacement and 
disaffection. The State is the primary vehicle 
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through which individuals are guaranteed their in-
alienable rights and are made subject to the rule of 
law. Regional stability and security are undermined 
when individuals cannot avail themselves of their 
right to a nationality and its concomitant rights and 
obligations and are excluded from full participation 
in civil society. 
(2) The right to a nationality and citizenship is 
therefore specifically protect in international declara-
tions and treaties, including Article 15 of the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1954 Con-
vention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 
the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Stateless-
ness, Article 24 of the International Covenant on 
Civil and Political Rights, and Article 9(2) of the 
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination 
Against Women. 
(3) In the 21st century, the adverse effects of 
de jure or de facto statelessness still impact at least 
an estimated 11,000,000 million people worldwide, 
who are unable to avail themselves of the rights of 
free people everywhere to an effective nationality, to 
the rights to legal residence, to travel, to work in the 
formal economy or professions, to attend school, to 
access basic health services, to purchase or own 
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forts by all United Nations offices, funds, and 
programs to bring about the full registration 
and documentation of all persons resident in 
the territory of each country, either as citizens 
or as individuals in need of international protec-
tion. 
(C) Urging the creation of an Inter-Agency 
Task Force on Statelessness with representa-
tion from the UNHCR, the United Nations 
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and other relevant 
United Nations agencies that will coordinate to 
increase agency awareness and information ex-
change on de jure and de facto statelessness to 
ensure a consistent and comprehensive ap-
proach to the identification of stateless groups 
and individuals and resolution of their status. 
(D) Urging that nationality and de jure 
and de facto statelessness issues are addressed 
in all country reviews conducted by United Na-
tions treaty bodies and relevant special mecha-
nisms engaged in country visits, and pursuing 
creation of a standing mechanism within the 
United Nations to complement the work of the 
UNHCR in addressing issues of de jure and de 
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facto statelessness that give rise to urgent 
human rights or security concerns. 
(E) Urging the UNHCR to include nation-
ality and statelessness in all country-specific 
and thematic monitoring, reporting, training, 
and protection activities, and across special pro-
cedures, and to designate at least one human 
rights officer to monitor, report, and coordinate 
the office’s advocacy on nationality and de jure 
and de facto statelessness. 
(F) Urging the United Nations to ensure 
that its work on trafficking includes measures 
to restore secure citizenship to trafficked 
women and girls, and to work with Member 
States to guarantee that national legislation 
gives women full and equal rights regarding 
citizenship. 
(G) Urging the United Nations to increase 
its capacity to respond to the needs of de jure 
or de facto stateless individuals, particularly 
children, and to strengthen and expand the 
United Nations protection and assistance activi-
ties, particularly in field operations, to better 
respond to the wide range of protection and as-
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sistance needs of de jure or de facto stateless 
individuals. 
(H) Urging the UNICEF to increase its 
efforts to encourage all Member States of the 
United Nations to permit full and easy access 
to birth registration for all children born in 
their territories, particularly in Member States 
in which there are displaced populations, and 
work with the UNHCR and Member States to 
ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all 
children born to refugees and displaced persons. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to be made 
available to improve the UNHCR’s assistance to de 
jure or de facto stateless individuals. Such funds 
may be used to— 
(A) protect the rights, meet emergency hu-
manitarian needs, and provide assistance to de 
jure or de facto stateless groups and individ-
uals; 
(B) provide additional resources to— 
(i) increase the number of protection 
officers; 
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(ii) increase the number of profes-
sional staff in the statelessness unit; and 
(iii) train protection officers and 
United Nations country teams in the field 
to identify, reduce, protect, and prevent de 
jure and de facto statelessness; 
(C) improve identification of de jure or de 
facto stateless groups and individuals by car-
rying out a comprehensive annual study of the 
scope of de jure and de facto statelessness 
worldwide, including causes of de jure and de 
facto statelessness and dissemination of best 
practices for remedying de jure and de facto 
statelessness; and 
(D) increase the United Nations edu-
cational and technical assistance programs to 
prevent de jure and de facto statelessness, in-
cluding outreach to Member States and their 
legislatures, with particular emphasis on those 
countries determined to have protracted de jure 
or de facto statelessness situations. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
TO 
THE
UNICEF.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 
2011 to augment to the UNICEF’s ability to aid 
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countries with significant de jure or de facto state-
less populations to bring about the full registration 
of all children born to de jure or de facto stateless 
parents. 
(d) THE UNITED STATES.— 
(1) FOREIGN POLICY.—Given the importance of 
obtaining and preserving nationality and the protec-
tion of a government, and of preventing the exploi-
tation or trafficking of de jure or de facto stateless 
groups or individuals, the President shall make the 
prevention and reduction of de jure or de facto 
statelessness an important goal of United States for-
eign policy and human rights efforts. Such efforts 
shall include— 
(A) calling upon host countries to protect 
and assume responsibility for de jure or de 
facto stateless groups or individuals; 
(B) working with countries of origin to fa-
cilitate the resolution of problems faced by de 
jure or de facto stateless groups or individuals; 
(C) working with countries of origin and 
host countries to facilitate the resolution of dis-
putes and conflicts that cause or result in the 
creation of de jure or de facto statelessness; 
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(D) encouraging host countries to afford 
de jure or de facto stateless groups or individ-
uals the full protection of the 1954 Convention 
Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 
the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of State-
lessness and all relevant international conven-
tions; 
(E) directing the Secretary of State to pro-
vide assistance to countries to prevent and re-
solve situations of de jure or de facto stateless-
ness and to prevent the trafficking or exploi-
tation of de jure or de facto stateless individ-
uals; 
(F) directing the Office of Trafficking in 
Persons of the Department of State to continue 
to document and analyze the effects of state-
lessness on trafficking in persons, both as a 
cause of trafficking and as an obstacle to reach-
ing and assisting trafficked persons; and 
(G) encouraging and facilitating the work 
of nongovernmental organizations in the United 
States and abroad that provide legal and hu-
manitarian support to de jure or de facto state-
less groups or individuals, to increase the access 
of de jure or de facto stateless groups or indi-
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of full legal protection of the human rights 
of de jure or de facto stateless individuals. 
(B) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be 
the policy of the United States to comply with 
the principles and provisions of the 1954 Con-
vention Relating to the Status of Stateless Per-
sons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction 
of Statelessness to the fullest extent possible 
and to encourage other countries to do so as 
well. 
(C) ACTIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE.— 
(i) INCREASE
IN
RESOURCES
AND 
STAFF.—The Secretary of State shall per-
manently increase in the Bureau of Popu-
lation, Refugees, and Migration in the De-
partment of State the resources dedicated 
to and staff assigned to work toward the 
prevention and resolution of de jure and de 
facto statelessness and the protection of de 
jure or de facto stateless individuals. 
(ii) COORDINATION.—To coordinate 
United States policies toward combating de 
jure and de facto statelessness, the Sec-
retary of State shall establish an Inter-
agency Working Group to Combat State-
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lessness. This working group should in-
clude representatives of the Bureau of 
Population, Refugees and Migration, the 
Bureau of International Organizations, the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor, the Office of Trafficking in Persons 
of the Department of State, and the 
United States Agency for International 
Development, as well as representatives 
from relevant offices of the Department of 
Justice and relevant offices of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this subsection. 
SEC. 1105. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE ECU-
MENICAL PATRIARCHATE. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to urge 
Turkey to— 
(1) eliminate all forms of discrimination, par-
ticularly discrimination based on race or religion; 
(2) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate appro-
priate international recognition and ecclesiastic suc-
cession; and 
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(3) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the right 
to train clergy of all nationalities, not just Turkish 
nationals. 
SEC. 1106. TRANSFER OF LIQUIDATED ASSETS OF CERTAIN 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO LEGACY INSTITU-
TIONS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF LIQUIDATED ASSETS.—The Presi-
dent, acting through the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall in-
struct each Enterprise Fund described in subsection (b) 
to make available to the legacy institution of the Enter-
prise Fund all assets resulting from the liquidation, dis-
solution, or winding up of the Enterprise Fund, in whole 
or in part. 
(b) ENTERPRISE FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The Enter-
prise Funds described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The U.S. Russia Investment Fund and the 
Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund 
established pursuant to section 498B(c) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295b(c)). 
(2) The Albanian-American Enterprise Fund, 
the Baltic-American Enterprise Fund, the Czech and 
Slovak American Enterprise Fund, the Hungarian- 
American Enterprise Fund, and the Romanian 
American Enterprise Fund established pursuant to 
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section 201 of the Support for East European De-
mocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421). 
SEC. 1107. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE 
PREPAREDNESS AND OTHER WEATHER CO-
OPERATION ACTIVITIES TO COUNTRIES IN 
THE AMERICAS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should facilitate international 
cooperation on hurricane preparedness because— 
(1) hundreds of millions of people in the Amer-
icas live in coastal communities and are susceptible 
to the immense risks posed by hurricanes; 
(2) the need for hurricane tracking overflights 
and other weather cooperation activities to track and 
monitor hurricanes in the Americas is acute; and 
(3) accurate hurricane forecasts can help pre-
vent the loss of life and injury and reduce property 
loss and economic disruption. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the status of 
United States cooperation with other countries in 
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the Americas on hurricane preparedness and other 
weather cooperation activities. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a list of countries in the Americas that 
do not cooperate with the United States on hur-
ricane preparedness and other weather coopera-
tion activities; and 
(B) the status of any negotiations regard-
ing hurricane preparedness and other weather 
cooperation activities between the United States 
and countries listed in subparagraph (A). 
(c) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
State may not provide assistance for hurricane prepared-
ness and other weather cooperation activities to countries 
listed in the report under subsection (b)(2)(A). 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
limitation on assistance requirements under subsection (c) 
if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the waiver is in the national 
interest of the United States. 
SEC. 1108. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS REGARDING AFGHAN 
WOMEN. 
Congress— 
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(1) supports the decision by President Hamid 
Karzai of Afghanistan to submit for review the Shi 
’ite Personal Status Law and strongly urges him not 
to publish such law on the grounds that such law 
violates the basic human rights of women and is in-
consistent with the Constitution of Afghanistan; 
(2) urges President Karzai, the Ministry of 
Justice, and other parties involved in reviewing the 
law to formally declare as unconstitutional the provi-
sions of such law regarding marital rape and restric-
tions on women’s freedom of movement; 
(3) reiterates its strong sense that the provi-
sions in such law which restrict the rights of women 
should be removed, and that an amended draft of 
the Shi’ite Personal Status Law should be submitted 
for parliamentary review; 
(4) encourages the Secretary of State, the Spe-
cial Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 
the 
Ambassador-at-Large 
for 
Global 
Women’s 
Issues, and the United States Ambassador to Af-
ghanistan to consider and address the status of 
women’s rights and security in Afghanistan to en-
sure that such rights are not being eroded through 
unjust laws, policies, or institutions; and 
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(5) encourages the Government of Afghanistan 
to solicit information and advice from the Ministry 
of Justice, the Ministry for Women’s Affairs, the Af-
ghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, 
and women-led nongovernmental organizations to 
ensure that current and future legislation and offi-
cial policies protect and uphold the equal rights of 
women, including through national campaigns to 
lead public discourse on the importance of women’s 
status and rights to the overall stability of Afghani-
stan. 
SEC. 1109. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE PRO-
GRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Over 100,000 military and civilian per-
sonnel are engaged in 18 United Nations peace-
keeping operations around the world. Peacekeeping 
operations are critical to maintaining a peaceful and 
stable international environment. 
(2) The United States has a vital interest in en-
suring that United Nations peacekeeping operations 
are successful. Countries undergoing conflict threat-
en the national and economic security of the United 
States, risk becoming safe havens for terrorist orga-
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nizations, and often feature levels of human rights 
abuses and human deprivation that are an affront to 
the values of the American people. 
(3) Over the years, United Nations peace-
keeping has evolved to meet the demands of dif-
ferent conflicts and a changing political landscape. 
Today’s peacekeeping mission is most often ‘‘multi-
dimensional’’ and includes a wide variety of complex 
tasks such as civilian protection, helping to build 
sustainable institutions of governance, human rights 
monitoring, security sector reform, facilitating deliv-
ery of humanitarian relief and disarmament, demobi-
lization and reintegration of former combatants. 
(4) United Nations peacekeeping operations 
allow the United States to respond to global crises 
within a multilateral framework with costs shared 
among nations. A 2007 Government Accountability 
Office report found that in general a United States 
peacekeeping operation is likely to be ‘‘much more 
expensive’’ than a United Nations peacekeeping op-
eration, regardless of location. 
(5) In many missions due to vast swaths of ter-
rain and limited infrastructure, ongoing low-inten-
sity fighting, and the presence of ‘‘peace spoilers’’, 
United Nations peacekeepers cannot carry out the 
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complex tasks with which they are charged without 
critical enablers, and in particular air assets. 
(6) The United Nations Secretary-General has 
repeatedly noted the deleterious impact of insuffi-
cient helicopters for peacekeeping missions in Darfur 
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. History 
has shown that under-resourced peacekeeping troops 
are not only unable to carry out their mandates, 
they erode the credibility of the United Nations and 
are themselves likely to come under attack. 
(7) Senate Resolution 432 and House Resolu-
tion 1351 of the 110th Congress— 
(A) urged members of the international 
community, including the United States, that 
possessed the capability to provide tactical and 
utility helicopters needed for the United Na-
tions-African 
Union 
Mission 
in 
Darfur 
(UNAMID) to do so as soon as possible; and 
(B) urged the President to intervene per-
sonally by contacting other heads of state and 
asking them to contribute the aircraft and 
crews to the Darfur mission. 
(8) The current framework of relying on mem-
ber countries to provide air assets on a volunteer 
basis has not yielded sufficient results. The United 
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Nations still faces a shortfall of over 50 helicopters 
for UNAMID, the Democratic Republic of Congo 
(MONUC), 
and 
the 
Republic 
of 
Chad 
(MINURCAT). A review of trend lines suggests that 
any new United Nations peacekeeping missions au-
thorized within the next five to seven years would 
face similar shortfalls. 
(9) Numerous studies and reports have deter-
mined that there is no global shortage of air assets. 
It is inexcusable to allow authorized United Nations 
peacekeeping missions to founder for the lack of 
critical mobility capabilities. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of assistance authorized 
by this section is to help protect civilians by training and 
equipping peacekeepers worldwide, to include financing 
the refurbishment of helicopters. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 
authorized to use amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this section to provide funding 
to carry out and expand Global Peace Operations 
Initiative programs and activities. Such programs 
and activities shall include— 
(A) training and equipping peacekeepers 
worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa; 
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(B) enhancing the capacity of regional and 
sub-regional organizations to plan, train for, 
manage, conduct, sustain and obtain lessons- 
learned from peace support operations; 
(C) carrying out a clearinghouse function 
to exchange information and coordinate G–8 ef-
forts to enhance peace operations; 
(D) providing transportation and logistics 
support for deploying peacekeepers; 
(E) developing a cached equipment pro-
gram to procure and warehouse equipment for 
use in peace operations globally; 
(F) providing support to the international 
Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units 
(COESPU) in Italy to increase the capabilities 
and interoperability of stability police to partici-
pate in peace operations; 
(G) conducting sustainment and self-suffi-
ciency activities in support of the objectives de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (F) with 
a focus on assisting partners to sustain pro-
ficiencies gained in training programs; and 
(H) financing the refurbishment of heli-
copters in preparation for their deployment to 
United Nations peacekeeping operations or to 
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regional peacekeeping operations which have 
been approved by the United Nations Security 
Council. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that failure on the part of the inter-
national community to take all steps necessary to 
deploy and maintain fully capacitated United Na-
tions peacekeeping operations will result in contin-
ued loss of life and human suffering. Therefore, in 
carrying out this section, the Secretary of State 
should prioritize the refurbishment of helicopters 
with a goal of participating in the financing of no 
fewer than three helicopter refurbishments by the 
end of fiscal year 2011. 
(3) SUPPORT
FROM
OTHER
COUNTRIES.—In 
providing funding under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of State shall to the greatest extent possible 
seek to leverage such funding with financing from 
other countries. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and one 
year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
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on the activities of the United States Government to 
carry out the provisions of this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the Global Peace Op-
erations Initiative programs and activities un-
dertaken, by country; 
(B) a description of the funds obligated 
and expended in each country, by program and 
fiscal year; 
(C) a description of the coordination of 
these efforts within the United States Govern-
ment interagency process and with other na-
tions along with any recommendations for im-
provements; 
(D) a description of the GPOI’s activities 
concerning the refurbishment of air assets for 
United Nations peacekeeping operations and re-
gional peacekeeping operations that have been 
approved by the United Nations Security Coun-
cil; 
(E) data measuring the quality of the 
training and proficiency of the trainees pro-
gram-wide; 
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(F) data on the training and deployment 
activities of graduates of the international Cen-
ter of Excellence for Stability Police Units 
(COESPU) in their home countries; 
(G) a description of vetting activities for 
all GPOI training to ensure that all individuals 
in composite units are vetted for human rights 
violations; 
(H) data measuring the timeliness of 
equipment delivery and recommendations for 
improvement as appropriate; and 
(I) description of how GPOI trainees and 
GPOI-provided equipment contribute to im-
proved civilian protection in peace operations. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry 
out this section. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Global 
Peace Operations Initiative’’ or ‘‘GPOI’’ means the pro-
gram established by the Department of State to address 
major gaps in international peace operations support, in-
cluding by building and maintaining capability, capacity, 
and effectiveness of peace operations. 
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SEC. 1110. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE-
LATING TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WORLDWIDE IN AN-
NUAL COUNTRY REPORTS
ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRAC-
TICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), as 
amended by section 333(d) of this Act— 
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable— 
‘‘(A) a description of the status of freedom 
of the press, including initiatives in favor of 
freedom of the press and efforts to improve or 
preserve, as appropriate, the independence of 
the media, together with an assessment of 
progress made as a result of those efforts; 
‘‘(B) an identification of countries in which 
there were violations of freedom of the press, 
including direct physical attacks, imprisonment, 
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indirect sources of pressure, and censorship by 
governments, military, intelligence, or police 
forces, criminal groups, or armed extremist or 
rebel groups; and 
‘‘(C) in countries where there are particu-
larly severe violations of freedom of the press— 
‘‘(i) whether government authorities 
of each such country participate in, facili-
tate, or condone such violations of the free-
dom of the press; and 
‘‘(ii) what steps the government of 
each such country has taken to preserve 
the safety and independence of the media, 
and to ensure the prosecution of those in-
dividuals who attack or murder journal-
ists.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) The report required by subsection (b) shall in-
clude, wherever applicable— 
‘‘(1) a description of the status of freedom of 
the press, including initiatives in favor of freedom of 
the press and efforts to improve or preserve, as ap-
propriate, the independence of the media, together 
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with an assessment of progress made as a result of 
those efforts; 
‘‘(2) an identification of countries in which 
there were violations of freedom of the press, includ-
ing direct physical attacks, imprisonment, indirect 
sources of pressure, and censorship by governments, 
military, intelligence, or police forces, criminal 
groups, or armed extremist or rebel groups; and 
‘‘(3) in countries where there are particularly 
severe violations of freedom of the press— 
‘‘(A) whether government authorities of 
each such country participate in, facilitate, or 
condone such violations of the freedom of the 
press; and 
‘‘(B) what steps the government of each 
such country has taken to preserve the safety 
and independence of the media, and to ensure 
the prosecution of those individuals who attack 
or murder journalists.’’. 
(c) FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
administer a grant program with the aim of pro-
moting freedom of the press worldwide. The grant 
program shall be administered by the Department of 
State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
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Labor in consultation with the Undersecretary for 
Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy. 
(2) AMOUNTS
AND
TIME.—Grants may be 
awarded to nonprofit and international organizations 
and may span multiple years, up to five years. 
(3) PURPOSE.—Grant proposals should promote 
and broaden press freedoms by strengthening the 
independence of journalists and media organizations, 
promoting a legal framework for freedom of the 
press, or through providing regionally and culturally 
relevant training and professionalization of skills to 
meet international standards in both traditional and 
digital media. 
(d) MEDIA ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘media organization’’ means a group or or-
ganization that gathers and disseminates news and infor-
mation to the public (through any medium of mass com-
munication) in a foreign country in which the group or 
organization is located, except that the term does not in-
clude a group or organization that is primarily an agency 
or instrumentality of the government of such foreign coun-
try. The term includes an individual who is an agent or 
employee of such group or organization who acts within 
the scope of such agency or employment. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 1111. INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY COMMERCIAL 
GUIDES ON BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLI-
MATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director General of the For-
eign Commercial Service, in consultation with the Assist-
ant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion and the 
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and 
Business Affairs, should ensure that the annual Country 
Commercial Guides for United States businesses include— 
(1) detailed assessments concerning each for-
eign country in which acts of unfair business and in-
vestment practices or other actions that have re-
sulted in poor business and investment climates 
were, in the opinion of the Director General of the 
Foreign Commercial Service, of major significance; 
(2) all relevant information about such unfair 
business and investment practices or other actions 
during the preceding year by members of the busi-
ness community, the judiciary, and the government 
of such country which may have impeded United 
States business or investment in such country, in-
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cluding the capacity for United States citizens to op-
erate their businesses without fear of reprisals; and 
(3) information on— 
(A) the extent to which the government of 
such country is working to prevent unfair busi-
ness and investment practices; and 
(B) the extent of United States Govern-
ment action to prevent unfair business and in-
vestment practices or other actions that harm 
United States business or investment interests 
in relevant cases in such country. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED.— 
The information required under subsection (a) should, to 
the extent feasible, include— 
(1) with respect to paragraph (1) of such sub-
section— 
(A) a review of the efforts undertaken by 
each foreign country to promote a healthy busi-
ness and investment climate that is also condu-
cive to the United States business community 
and United States investors, including, as ap-
propriate, steps taken in international fora; 
(B) the response of the judicial and local 
arbitration systems of each such country that is 
the subject of such detailed assessment with re-
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spect to matters relating to the business and in-
vestment climates affecting United States citi-
zens and entities, or that have, in the opinion 
of the Director General of the Foreign Com-
mercial Service, a significant impact on United 
States business and investment efforts; and 
(C) each such country’s access to the 
United States market; 
(2) with respect to paragraph (2) of such sub-
section— 
(A) any actions undertaken by the govern-
ment of each foreign country that prevent 
United States citizens and businesses from re-
ceiving equitable treatment; 
(B) actions taken by private businesses 
and citizens of each such country against mem-
bers of the United States business community 
and United States investors; 
(C) unfair decisions rendered by the legal 
systems of each such country that clearly ben-
efit State and local corporations and industries; 
and 
(D) unfair decisions rendered by local arbi-
tration panels of each such country that do not 
exemplify objectivity and do not provide an eq-
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(B) 
an 
assessment, 
including 
data 
disaggregated by age and gender to the extent 
possible, of current United States-funded ef-
forts to specifically assist girls in developing 
countries; and 
(C) examples of best practices or programs 
to prevent child marriage in developing coun-
tries that could be replicated. 
(c) RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall work with relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies as part of their ongoing research and 
data collection activities, to— 
(1) collect and make available data on the inci-
dence of child marriage in countries that receive for-
eign or development assistance from the United 
States where the practice of child marriage is preva-
lent; and 
(2) collect and make available data on the im-
pact of the incidence of child marriage and the age 
at marriage on progress in meeting key development 
goals. 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S COUNTRY REPORTS 
ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended— 
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(1) in section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) The report required by subsection (d) shall in-
clude for each country in which child marriage is prevalent 
at rates at or above 40 percent in at least one sub-national 
region, a description of the status of the practice of child 
marriage in such country. In this subsection, the term 
‘child marriage’ means the marriage of a girl or boy, not 
yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in 
the country in which such girl or boy is a resident.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), as 
amended by section 1111(b)(2) of this Act, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(j) The report required by subsection (b) shall in-
clude for each country in which child marriage is prevalent 
at rates at or above 40 percent in at least one sub-national 
region, a description of the status of the practice of child 
marriage in such country. In this subsection, the term 
‘child marriage’ means the marriage of a girl or boy, not 
yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in 
the country in which such girl or boy is a resident.’’. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘child 
marriage’’ means the marriage of a girl or boy, not yet 
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