In the Senate of the United States, 
October 11, 2018. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 390) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide emergency relief 
for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war 
crimes in Iraq and Syria, for accountability for perpetrators 
of these crimes, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 
following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iraq and Syria Genocide 
Relief and Accountability Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Secretary of State of State declared on 
March 17, 2016, and on August 15, 2017, that Daesh 
(also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
or ISIS) is responsible for genocide, crimes against
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humanity, and other atrocity crimes against religious 
and ethnic minority groups in Iraq and Syria, in-
cluding Christians, Yezidis, and Shia, among other 
religious and ethnic groups. 
(2) According to the Department of State’s an-
nual reports on international religious freedom— 
(A) the number of Christians living in Iraq 
has dropped from an estimated 800,000 to 
1,400,000 in 2002 to fewer than 250,000 in 
2017; and 
(B) the number of Yezidis living in Iraq has 
fluctuated from 500,000 in 2013, to between 
350,000 and 400,000 in 2016, and between 
600,000 and 750,000 in 2017. 
(3) The annual reports on international religious 
freedom further suggest that— 
(A) Christian communities living in Syria, 
which had accounted for between 8 and 10 per-
cent of Syria’s total population in 2010, are now 
‘‘considerably’’ smaller as a result of the civil 
war, and 
(B) there was a population of approxi-
mately 80,000 Yezidis before the commencement 
of the conflict in Syria.
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(4) Local communities and entities have sought 
to mitigate the impact of violence directed against re-
ligious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria, in-
cluding the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil 
(Kurdistan Region of Iraq), which has used predomi-
nantly private funds to provide assistance to inter-
nally displaced Christians, Yezidis, and Muslims 
throughout the greater Erbil region, while significant 
needs and diminishing resources have made it in-
creasingly difficult to continue these efforts. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; 
(E) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate;
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(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(H) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(I) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(J) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ mean an orga-
nization designated by the Secretary of State as a for-
eign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189(a)). 
(3) HUMANITARIAN, STABILIZATION, AND RECOV-
ERY NEEDS.—The term ‘‘humanitarian, stabilization, 
and recovery needs’’, with respect to an individual, 
includes water, sanitation, hygiene, food security and 
nutrition, shelter and housing, reconstruction, med-
ical, education, psychosocial needs, and other assist-
ance to address basic human needs, including sta-
bilization assistance (as defined by the Stabilization 
Assistance Review in ‘‘A Framework for Maximizing
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the Effectiveness of U.S. Government Efforts to Sta-
bilize Conflict-Affected Areas, 2018). 
(4) HYBRID COURT.—The term ‘‘hybrid court’’ 
means a court with a combination of domestic and 
international lawyers, judges, and personnel. 
(5) INTERNATIONALIZED DOMESTIC COURT.—The 
term ‘‘internationalized domestic court’’ means a do-
mestic court with the support of international advis-
ers. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to ensure that as-
sistance for humanitarian, stabilization, and recovery needs 
of individuals who are or were nationals and residents of 
Iraq or Syria, and of communities in and from those coun-
tries, is directed toward those individuals and communities 
with the greatest need, including those individuals from 
communities of religious and ethnic minorities, and com-
munities of religious and ethnic minorities, that the Sec-
retary of State declared were targeted for genocide, crimes 
against humanity, or war crimes, and have been identified 
as being at risk of persecution, forced migration, genocide, 
crimes against humanity, or war crimes.
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tional Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, shall encourage governments of foreign 
countries— 
(1) to include information in appropriate secu-
rity databases and security screening procedures of 
such countries to identify suspected ISIS members for 
whom credible evidence exists of having committed 
genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes, 
and their constituent crimes, in Iraq; and 
(2) to apprehend and prosecute such ISIS mem-
bers for genocide, crimes against humanity, or war 
crimes, as appropriate. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary of State shall consult with and consider cred-
ible information from entities described in such subsection. 
SEC. 6. IDENTIFICATION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS 
HUMANITARIAN, STABILIZATION, AND RECOV-
ERY NEEDS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN IRAQ 
AND SYRIA. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 
and Director of National Intelligence, shall seek to iden-
tify—
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(1) threats of persecution and other early-warn-
ing indicators of genocide, crimes against humanity, 
and war crimes against individuals who are or were 
nationals and residents of Iraq or Syria, are members 
of religious or ethnic minority groups in such coun-
tries, and against whom the Secretary of State has 
determined ISIS has committed genocide, crimes 
against humanity, or war crimes; 
(2) the religious and ethnic minority groups in 
Iraq or Syria identified pursuant to paragraph (1) 
that are at risk of forced migration, within or across 
the borders of Iraq, Syria, or a country of first asy-
lum, and the primary reasons for such risk; 
(3)(A) the humanitarian, stabilization, and re-
covery needs of individuals described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2), including the assistance provided by the 
United States and by the United Nations, respec-
tively— 
(i) to address the humanitarian, stabiliza-
tion, and recovery needs of such individuals; and 
(ii) to mitigate the risks of forced migration 
of such individuals; and 
(B) assistance provided through the Funding Fa-
cility for Immediate Stabilization and Funding Fa-
cility for Expanded Stabilization; and
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(4) to the extent practicable and appropriate— 
(A) the entities, including faith-based enti-
ties, that are providing assistance to address the 
humanitarian, stabilization, and recovery needs 
of individuals described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2); and 
(B) the extent to which the United States is 
providing assistance to or through the entities re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A). 
(b) ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with, and 
consider credible information from— 
(1) individuals described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of such subsection; and 
(2) the entities described in paragraph (4)(A) of 
such subsection. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State and the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development are authorized to provide assistance, including 
financial and technical assistance as necessary and appro-
priate, to support the entities described in subsection 
(a)(4)(A). 
SEC. 7. REPORT. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that includes— 
(1) a detailed description of the efforts taken, 
and efforts proposed to be taken, to implement the 
provisions of this Act; 
(2) an assessment of— 
(A) the feasibility and advisability of pros-
ecuting ISIS members for whom credible evi-
dence exists of having committed genocide, 
crimes against humanity, or war crimes in Iraq, 
including in domestic courts in Iraq, hybrid 
courts, and internationalized domestic courts; 
and 
(B) the measures needed— 
(i) to ensure effective criminal inves-
tigations of such individuals; and 
(ii) to effectively collect and preserve 
evidence, and preserve the chain of evidence, 
for prosecution; and 
(3) recommendations for legislative remedies and 
administrative actions to facilitate the implementa-
tion of this Act. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex, if necessary.
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to provide 
relief for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, 
and war crimes who are members of religious and ethnic 
minority groups in Iraq and Syria, for accountability for 
perpetrators of these crimes, and for other purposes.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.