I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6255 
To ensure that the United States promotes women’s meaningful inclusion 
and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 
order to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict and implements 
the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2012 
Mr. CARNAHAN (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VAN HOL-
LEN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. TSONGAS, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, and Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that the United States promotes women’s mean-
ingful inclusion and participation in mediation and nego-
tiation processes undertaken in order to prevent, miti-
gate, or resolve violent conflict and implements the 
United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, 
and Security. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding the National Action Plan on Women, 
Peace, and Security. 
Sec. 5. Statement of United States policies. 
Sec. 6. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. 
Sec. 7. Monitoring and evaluating. 
Sec. 8. Engaging women in the full range of conflict prevention, peace negotia-
tion, peace-building, and security initiatives. 
Sec. 9. National Security Council. 
Sec. 10. Consultations with nongovernmental and private sector stakeholders. 
Sec. 11. Reports to Congress. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1325, and subsequent Resolutions 1820, 1888, 
1889, and 1960, affirm the critical role of women in 
the prevention and resolution of conflicts, including 
in— 
(A) conflict prevention; 
(B) peace negotiations; 
(C) peacekeeping and peace-building ef-
forts; 
(D) humanitarian response; and 
(E) post-conflict reconstruction and gov-
ernance. 
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(2) Fundamental to the affirmations described 
in paragraph (1) is the full and equal participation 
of women as planners, implementers, and bene-
ficiaries in all efforts to achieve solutions for just 
conflict resolution, lasting stability, and inclusive 
democratic governance. 
(3) The meaningful inclusion of women in the 
prevention and resolution of conflicts also requires 
engaging men and boys in the effort to empower 
women and girls and educating them on the uni-
versal benefits of gender equality. 
(4) During the second half of the 20th century, 
approximately 25 percent of conflicts that had ended 
in a peace agreement resumed within 5 years, and 
nearly 50 percent of the conflicts resolved by an ac-
cord during the 1990s resumed within 5 years. 
(5) Since 1992, women have accounted for 
fewer than 3 percent of mediators and 8 percent of 
negotiators in major peace processes. 
(6) Successful peace negotiations that produce 
just and sustainable peace agreements generally in-
clude robust mechanisms for the participation of 
civil society, such as a national dialogue. 
(7) From Guatemala to Darfur to Northern 
Ireland, women have made major contributions to 
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peace negotiations, helping to ensure that processes 
were more transparent and that the content of final 
agreements was more comprehensive, more respon-
sive to root causes of conflict, and more sustainable. 
(8) The United States May 2010 National Se-
curity Strategy states, ‘‘Experience shows that coun-
tries are more peaceful and prosperous when women 
are accorded full and equal rights and opportunity. 
When those rights and opportunities are denied, 
countries often lag behind.’’. 
(9) According to the 2010 Quadrennial Diplo-
macy and Development Review, ‘‘The protection and 
empowerment of women and girls is key to the for-
eign policy and security of the United States. . . . 
To that end, women are at the center of our diplo-
macy and development efforts—not simply as bene-
ficiaries, but also as agents of peace, reconciliation, 
development, growth, and stability. . . . By reaching 
out to women and girls and integrating them into 
our diplomatic mission, we ensure more effective di-
plomacy, whether in driving economic growth, resist-
ing extremism, safeguarding human rights, or pro-
moting political solutions, including in areas of con-
flict.’’. 
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(10) On October 26, 2010, on the occasion of 
the Tenth Anniversary of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Se-
curity, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton— 
(A) stated, ‘‘The only way to . . . reduce 
the number of conflicts around the world, to 
eliminate rape as a weapon of war, to combat 
the culture of impunity for sexual violence, to 
build sustainable peace—is to draw on the full 
contributions of both women and men in every 
aspect of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace 
building.’’; and 
(B) announced the United States commit-
ment to develop a United States National Ac-
tion Plan to accelerate the implementation of 
Resolution 1325, joining more than 25 other 
countries that had committed to developing na-
tional action plans. 
(11) The United States National Action Plan 
on Women, Peace, and Security, issued December 
2011— 
(A) asserts that ‘‘evidence from around the 
world and across cultures shows that inte-
grating women and gender considerations into 
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peace-building processes helps promote demo-
cratic governance and long-term stability’’; 
(B) ‘‘describes the course the United 
States Government will take to accelerate, insti-
tutionalize, and better coordinate our efforts to 
advance women’s inclusion in peace negotia-
tions, peace-building activities, and conflict pre-
vention; to protect women from sexual and gen-
der-based violence; and to ensure equal access 
to relief and recovery assistance, in areas of 
conflict and insecurity.’’; and 
(C) affirms as a Statement of National 
Policy that ‘‘the engagement and protection of 
women as agents of peace and stability will be 
central to the United States efforts to promote 
security, prevent, respond to, and resolve con-
flict, and rebuild societies.’’. 
(12) In March 2012, the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID) released a 
new, agency-wide Gender Equality and Female Em-
powerment Policy, the first such policy since 1982. 
According to this policy, ‘‘Gender equality and fe-
male empowerment are core development objectives, 
fundamental for the realization of human rights and 
key to effective and sustainable development out-
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comes. No society can develop successfully without 
providing equitable opportunities, resources, and life 
prospects for males and females so that they can 
shape their own lives and contribute to their families 
and communities.’’. 
(13) In March 2012, Secretary of State Hillary 
Rodham Clinton issued the first ever Secretarial Pol-
icy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality to 
Achieve our National Security and Foreign Policy 
Objectives, which ‘‘requests embassies and bureaus 
to work to . . . draw on the full contributions of 
both women and men in peacemaking, peacekeeping, 
and peace building’’. The Policy Guidance highlights 
3 mechanisms that will be utilized ‘‘to promote gen-
der equality in service of America’s foreign policy’’, 
namely— 
(A) planning and budget development; 
(B) programming, monitoring and evalua-
tion; and 
(C) management and training. 
(14) In Afghanistan, women leaders in civil so-
ciety continue to demand a full and meaningful role 
at any future negotiations, particularly where deci-
sions will be made about the futures of Afghan 
women and girls. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES.—The term 
‘‘decision-making processes’’ means formal or infor-
mal processes related to, or a part of, negotiations 
or mediations addressing conflict prevention and sta-
bilization, peace-building, protection or appropriate 
security initiatives, which may include— 
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(A) the composition of high-level represent-
atives, including multilateral, governmental, and 
nongovernmental participants, who are stake-
holders in a mediation or negotiation forum to 
resolve, mitigate, or transition from violent con-
flict; and 
(B) the composition of other power struc-
tures, including multilateral, governmental, and 
nongovernmental participants, who are involved 
in— 
(i) agenda-setting, policy development, 
or resource allocation; 
(ii) planning, implementation, or mon-
itoring of programs; or 
(iii) any other efforts to plan for, sup-
port, prioritize, or monitor conflict preven-
tion, mediation, negotiation, peacekeeping, 
peace-building, post-conflict reconstruction, 
transition initiatives, or humanitarian re-
sponse. 
(4) NAP.—The term ‘‘NAP’’ means the United 
States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and 
Security, which was instituted by Executive Order 
13595 on December 19, 2011. 
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
(6) STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘stakeholders’’ 
means nongovernmental and private sector entities 
engaged in or affected by conflict prevention and 
stabilization, peace-building, protection, security, 
transition initiatives, humanitarian response, or re-
lated efforts, including— 
(A) registered or nonregistered nonprofit 
organizations; 
(B) advocacy groups, business or trade as-
sociations, labor unions, cooperatives, credit 
unions, relief or development organizations, 
community and faith-based organizations, phil-
anthropic foundations, and tribal leaders or 
structures; 
(C) independent media, educational, or re-
search institutions; and 
(D) private enterprises, including inter-
national development firms, banks, and other fi-
nancial institutions, and particularly small busi-
nesses and businesses owned by women or dis-
advantaged groups. 
(7) WOMEN’S
MEANINGFUL
INCLUSION
AND 
PARTICIPATION.—The term ‘‘women’s meaningful 
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inclusion and participation’’ means ensuring women 
have safe, genuine, and effective access to be present 
and actively involved in the full range of decision- 
making processes, which may include— 
(A) conflict prevention; 
(B) mediation or negotiation efforts to re-
solve, mitigate and transition from violent con-
flict; 
(C) peacekeeping and peace-building ef-
forts; 
(D) post-conflict reconstruction, transition 
initiatives, and governance; and 
(E) humanitarian response. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NATIONAL 
ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECU-
RITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the implementation of the United States 
National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Secu-
rity (referred to in this section as the ‘‘NAP’’) is 
paramount in improving the lives of women around 
the world and increasing overall global stability and 
prosperity; 
(2) Congress supports the statement in the 
NAP of the United States ‘‘unqualified commitment 
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to integrating women’s views and perspectives fully 
into our diplomatic, security, and development ef-
forts—not simply as beneficiaries, but as agents of 
peace, reconciliation, development, growth, and sta-
bility’’; 
(3) Congress is strongly committed to advanc-
ing the principles of the NAP, as instituted by Exec-
utive Order 13595 on December 19, 2011; 
(4) the United States should coordinate with 
the international community and civil society to de-
velop criteria for eligibility to ensure that appro-
priate women representatives with the requisite ex-
perience are identified for inclusion; 
(5) Congress supports the goals and ideals out-
lined in the NAP; 
(6) the President, in coordination with the Sec-
retary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Adminis-
trator, should— 
(A) ensure the NAP’s robust, transparent, 
comprehensive, and coordinated implementa-
tion; and 
(B) coordinate with the international com-
munity to reaffirm global commitments to im-
plementation of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolution 1325 and subsequent Resolutions 
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1880, 1888, 1889, and 1960, utilizing the com-
mitments outlined in the NAP as a diplomatic 
means to encourage other nations to— 
(i) advance women’s inclusion in peace 
negotiations, peace-building activities, and 
conflict prevention; 
(ii) protect women from sexual and 
gender-based violence; and 
(iii) ensure equal access to relief and 
recovery assistance in areas of conflict and 
insecurity. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States to implement the United States National Action 
Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, as instituted by Ex-
ecutive Order 13595 on December 19, 2011, to ensure 
that the United States effectively promotes and supports 
women in conflict-affected and post-conflict regions 
through clear, measurable commitments— 
(1) to promote the active and meaningful par-
ticipation of women in affected areas in all aspects 
of conflict prevention, management, and resolution; 
(2) to integrate the perspectives and interests 
of affected women into conflict-prevention activities 
and strategies; 
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(3) to promote the physical safety, economic se-
curity, and dignity of women and girls; 
(4) to support women’s equal access to aid dis-
tribution mechanisms and services; and 
(5) to monitor, analyze, and evaluate implemen-
tation efforts and the impact of such efforts. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 
(1) recognizes the invaluable contributions that 
United States and international civil society groups 
have made to United States policies and programs 
on women, peace, and security; and 
(2) encourages the Secretary, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Administrator to continue to con-
sult and utilize the networks and expertise of these 
stakeholders to strengthen the implementation of the 
NAP. 
(c) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary and the Adminis-
trator should— 
(1) integrate gender as fully as applicable into 
all diplomatic and development efforts; 
(2) include gender in strategic and budget plan-
ning processes; and 
(3) continue to use and improve upon perform-
ance indicators and evaluation mechanisms to ac-
count for ongoing results and measure the impact of 
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United States policies and programs on women and 
girls in foreign countries. 
(d) INTEGRATION OF GENDER GOALS IN AGENCY 
GUIDANCE AND ACQUISITION REGULATIONS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE.—The Secretary 
shall modify the following: 
(A) Department of State guidance to re-
flect the gender goals set forth in the NAP. 
(B) Department of State Acquisition Regu-
lation set forth in chapter 6 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations, to reflect the gender 
goals set forth in the NAP. 
(2) AGENCY
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Administrator shall modify the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Agency for International Development 
guidance to reflect the gender goals set forth in 
the NAP. 
(B) Agency for International Development 
Acquisition Regulation set forth in chapter 7 of 
title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, to reflect 
the gender goals set forth in the NAP. 
(e) TENETS.—The head of each agency of the Fed-
eral Government shall ensure, as appropriate, that the te-
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nets of the NAP are incorporated into all programs ad-
ministered by such agency related to— 
(1) conflict prevention; 
(2) humanitarian and disaster response; 
(3) conflict mediation; 
(4) peacekeeping; 
(5) post-conflict reconstruction; 
(6) institution building; and 
(7) democracy promotion. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND 
SECURITY. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary, the Adminis-
trator, the Secretary of Defense, and representatives of 
other Federal agencies, as appropriate, should implement 
the NAP. 
(b) TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the NAP 
under this section, the individuals referred to in sub-
section (a) shall ensure that all relevant Federal em-
ployees receive appropriate training on gender con-
siderations and women’s meaningful inclusion and 
participation, including training regarding— 
(A) conflict prevention, peace processes, 
and security initiatives; 
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(B) international human rights law and 
international humanitarian law, as relevant; 
and 
(C) protecting civilians from violence, ex-
ploitation, and trafficking in persons. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—Sec-
tion 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 2024) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, should ensure that all appropriate personnel, 
including special envoys, members of mediation or negotia-
tion teams, relevant members of the Civil Service or For-
eign Service, and contractors responsible for, or deploying 
to, countries or regions considered to be at risk of, under-
going, or emerging from violent conflict, obtain sub-
stantive knowledge and skills through— 
‘‘(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict 
prevention, mitigation, and resolution that specifi-
cally addresses the importance of women’s meaning-
ful inclusion and participation (as defined in section 
3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012); 
and 
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‘‘(2) receive training on effective strategies and 
best practices for ensuring women’s meaningful in-
clusion and participation, as so defined.’’. 
(B) TITLE
10, UNITED
STATES
CODE.— 
Chapter 107 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(i) by redesignating section 2157 as 
section 2158; 
(ii) by inserting after section 2156 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2157. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful 
inclusion and participation 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all ap-
propriate personnel, including members of the armed 
forces, members of mediation or negotiation teams, rel-
evant members of the Civil Service, and contractors re-
sponsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions consid-
ered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent 
conflict, 
obtain 
substantive 
knowledge 
and 
skills 
through— 
‘‘(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict 
prevention, mitigation, and resolution that specifi-
cally addresses the importance of women’s meaning-
ful inclusion and participation (as defined in section 
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3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012); 
and 
‘‘(2) training on effective strategies and best 
practices for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion 
and participation (as defined in such section).’’; and 
(iii) in the chapter analysis, by strik-
ing the item relating to section 2157 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘2157. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation. 
‘‘2158. Annual report to Congress.’’. 
(3) 
UNITED
NATIONS.—The 
Secretary 
is 
strongly encouraged to work with the United Na-
tions and the international community to promote 
training that provides international peacekeeping 
personnel with substantive knowledge and skills 
needed to effectively ensure women’s meaningful in-
clusion and participation. 
SEC. 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The implementation of the NAP 
under section 6 should include the establishment or im-
provement of monitoring and evaluation tools to ensure 
accountability and effectiveness of policies, programs, 
projects, and activities undertaken to support the objec-
tives set forth in the NAP. 
(b) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION, PLAN-
NING, DATA COLLECTION, AND TRACKING SYSTEMS.— 
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The Secretary and the Administrator, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, should— 
(1) utilize appropriate foreign assistance coordi-
nation, planning, data collection, and tracking sys-
tems to— 
(A) analyze the impact of staff training, 
management systems and organizational struc-
tures on program results; 
(B) improve collection of sex-disaggregated 
data in conflict-affected areas; 
(C) ensure proper targeting of programs; 
and 
(D) develop and enhance early warning 
systems of conflict and violence; 
(2) support budgeting, operational and pro-
grammatic planning, and performance management, 
related to women’s meaningful inclusion and partici-
pation; and 
(3) develop or improve upon existing data col-
lection mechanisms that— 
(A) track and report progress on the objec-
tives set forth in the NAP; 
(B) assess lessons learned; and 
(C) identify best practices. 
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