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(5) human rights training and effective moni-
toring by the recipient for law enforcement personnel 
and units of a foreign security force; and 
(6) publication of documents, such as park man-
agement plans and ranger codes of conduct, that are 
relevant to potential impacts of the project on Indige-
nous Peoples and local communities. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO REMEDY VIOLATIONS.—The Di-
rector may require a covered recipient to take such measures 
to address an alleged violation of the terms of an agreement 
required by subsection (a) as the Director determines appro-
priate. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) INITIAL NOTIFICATION.—A covered recipient 
shall refer all credible information of a gross violation 
of internationally recognized human rights in connec-
tion with a Service award by such covered recipient 
or a subgrantee of such covered recipient to the con-
tracting officer and to the diplomatic or consular post 
of the United States for the country at issue as soon 
as reasonably practicable, but not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the covered recipient knew or 
should have known such information. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
first date on which a covered recipient provides noti-
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fication under paragraph (1), the covered recipient 
shall submit to the contracting officer a report de-
scribing specific steps taken to address an alleged vio-
lation and enforce the requirements of the covered re-
cipient’s plan pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(D) and 
all relevant information relating to the allegation. 
(3) EXTENSION.—The Director may grant a cov-
ered recipient an extension of not more than 30 days 
on the time period to file a report under paragraph 
(2) if the Director determines that such extension will 
improve the Director’s ability to carry out the pur-
poses of this section. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
COVERED
RECIPI-
ENT.—The covered recipient shall fully cooperate with 
any Federal agencies responsible for audits, investiga-
tions, or corrective actions relating to gross violations 
of human rights under this Act. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTING OF-
FICER.—The contracting officer shall, with respect to 
each allegation reported under paragraph (1), not 
later than 30 days after receipt of the report required 
by paragraph (2), complete an investigation into such 
allegation and submit the results of such investiga-
tion, information received under paragraph (1), and 
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each report received under paragraph (2) relating to 
such allegation to the Director. 
(e) NOTIFICATION.—If the Director receives credible 
information of a gross violation of internationally recog-
nized human rights by a covered recipient or a subgrantee 
of a covered recipient in connection with an award pro-
vided by the Service, then the Director shall, in consultation 
with the diplomatic or consular post of the United States 
for the applicable country— 
(1) immediately notify the relevant covered re-
cipient and require that the covered recipient submit 
a report under subsection (d)(2) not later than 60 
days after such notification; 
(2) immediately notify the government of the ap-
plicable country; and 
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, assist 
such government in taking effective measures to bring 
the responsible members of the unit of a foreign secu-
rity force to justice. 
(f) REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS.— 
(1) REFERRAL.—Unless the covered recipient 
submits information showing, to the satisfaction of 
the Director, that the alleged violation has been re-
solved, abated, or did not occur, the Director shall, 
not later than 30 days after receiving information re-
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lating to an allegation under subsection (d)(5), refer 
such alleged violation to the Inspector General, in-
cluding the report provided by the covered recipient 
under subsection (d)(2), and notify the covered recipi-
ent of such referral. 
(2) INVESTIGATION.— 
(A) PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION.—The 
Inspector General shall, not later than 30 days 
after a referral of an alleged violation under 
paragraph (1), determine whether the referral re-
quires an investigation. 
(B) DETERMINATION THAT NO INVESTIGA-
TION IS REQUIRED.—If the Inspector General de-
termines under subparagraph (A) that the refer-
ral does not require further investigation, the In-
spector General shall document the rationale for 
such determination and shall notify the relevant 
Committees of Congress. 
(C) DETERMINATION THAT AN INVESTIGA-
TION IS REQUIRED.—If the Inspector General de-
termines that an investigation is required under 
subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall 
complete such investigation not later than 180 
days after a referral under paragraph (1) and 
prepare a report on such investigation, which 
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