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unit of a foreign security force to justice and to prevent 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights 
by the unit in the future. 
(c) RISK ANALYSIS.—In performing a risk assessment 
analysis for a grant to a covered recipient, the Director, 
in consultation with the Secretary, shall include the occur-
rence of human rights violations by individuals employed, 
funded, or supported by the covered recipient or subgrantee 
as a factor in such analysis. 
(d) PROCEDURES TO IDENTIFY HUMAN RIGHTS VIO-
LATORS.—The Director, in consultation with the Secretary, 
shall establish, and periodically update, procedures to— 
(1) avoid duplication of effort with respect to 
vetting a unit of a foreign security force under this 
Act and vetting carried out under section 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d); 
(2) carry out the requirements of section 4; 
(3) ensure that for each country the Director and 
the Secretary have a current list of all units of foreign 
security forces receiving training, equipment, or other 
types of assistance through covered recipients or sub-
grantees; 
(4) ensure that when an individual is designated 
to receive United States training, equipment, or other 
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types of assistance the individual’s unit is vetted as 
well as the individual; 
(5) seek to identify the unit involved with respect 
to any credible information of a gross violation of 
internationally recognized human rights in any na-
tion in which a covered recipient or subgrantee pro-
vides funding, training, equipment, or other assist-
ance to a unit of a foreign security force; and 
(6) make publicly available the identity of those 
units for which no assistance shall be furnished pur-
suant to subsection (a) unless such publication would 
create a risk to national security or the health and 
safety of a victim of a gross violation of internation-
ally recognized human rights. 
SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION GRANT REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE A GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall incorporate 
into the terms of an agreement for financial assist-
ance to a covered recipient and require a duly des-
ignated representative of the covered recipient to cer-
tify before receiving the award that— 
(A) the covered recipient will not commit, 
fund, or support gross violations of internation-
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ally recognized human rights in carrying out the 
activities under the award; 
(B) the covered recipient has provided a list 
to the contracting officer of each subgrantee to 
which the covered recipient intends to provide 
funding using such financial assistance and has 
provided a certification from each subgrantee 
that such subgrantee will not commit, fund, or 
support gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights in carrying out the activities 
under the award; 
(C) the covered recipient has provided the 
Director with the covered recipient’s and each 
subgrantee’s written policy on maintaining 
standards for conduct consistent with recognized 
international human rights standards, including 
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of In-
digenous Peoples, and the United Nations Guid-
ing Principles on Business and Human Rights; 
(D) the covered recipient has implemented 
and is enforcing a social safeguards plan de-
scribed in subsection (b); 
(E) the covered recipient has implemented 
procedures to detect, investigate, discipline or 
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terminate a subgrantee, employee, or agent of the 
covered recipient that fails to comply with appli-
cable policies to protect human rights in connec-
tion with the award; and 
(F) the covered recipient will comply with 
the requirements established in this section. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT SUBGRANTEE.—If, after receiv-
ing an award of funds from the Director, a covered 
recipient selects a new subgrantee, the covered recipi-
ent shall provide the Director with— 
(A) an updated version of the list described 
in paragraph (1)(B); 
(B) a certification from such subgrantee 
that such subgrantee will not commit, fund, or 
support gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights in carrying out the activities 
under the award; 
(C) the subgrantee’s written policy described 
in subparagraph (1)(C); and 
(D) justification for any changes in selec-
tion of subgrantees. 
(b) SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS PLAN.—A social safeguards 
plan described in this subsection is a plan consistent with 
the principles of the documents listed in subsection 
(a)(1)(C) to implement appropriate human rights stand-
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ards and prevent gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights in connections with activities funded 
under the award that includes, as determined appropriate 
by the Director, taking into consideration the location, size, 
complexity, and scope of the award— 
(1) a process for meaningful consultation and 
engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local com-
munities to safeguard their rights, including obtain-
ing their free, prior, and informed consent for any 
new land-use restriction and, if applicable, procedures 
for the fair resolution of existing land and resource 
claims, in the area in which the project will be con-
ducted; 
(2) requirements for internal review of research 
involving human subjects; 
(3) measures to improve governance, increase the 
agency and protect the rights and needs of Indigenous 
Peoples and local communities, and address the po-
tential adverse impacts of a project on the well-being 
and security of Indigenous Peoples and local commu-
nities; 
(4) a grievance redress mechanism to redress 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights; 
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