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(2) The December 2008 Report of the Genocide 
Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by former Sec-
retary of State Madeline Albright and former Sec-
retary of Defense William Cohen offers a valuable 
blueprint for strengthening United States capacities 
to help prevent genocide and mass atrocities. 
(3) Specific training and staffing will enhance 
the diplomatic capacities of the Department of State 
to help prevent and respond to threats of genocide 
and mass atrocities. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report outlining specific 
plans for the development of a government-wide 
strategy and the strengthening of United States ci-
vilian capacities for preventing genocide and mass 
atrocities against civilians. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An evaluation of current mechanisms 
for government-wide early warning, informa-
tion-sharing, contingency planning, and coordi-
nation of effort to prevent and respond to situa-
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tions of genocide, mass atrocities, and other 
mass violence. 
(B) An assessment of current capacities 
within the Department of State, including spe-
cific staffing and training, for early warning, 
preventive diplomacy, and crisis response to 
help avert genocide and mass atrocities. 
(C) An evaluation of United States foreign 
assistance programs and mechanisms directed 
toward the prevention of genocide and mass 
atrocities, including costs, challenges to imple-
mentation, and successes of such programs and 
mechanisms. 
(D) An assessment of the feasibility, effec-
tiveness, and potential costs of implementing 
key recommendations made by the Genocide 
Prevention Task Force, including the establish-
ment of an Atrocities Prevention Committee 
within the National Security Council and in-
creased annual and contingency funding for the 
prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. 
(E) Recommendations to further strength-
en United States capacities to help prevent 
genocide, mass atrocities, and other mass vio-
lence, including enhanced early warning mecha-
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nisms, strengthened diplomatic capacities of the 
Department of State, and improved use of 
United States foreign assistance. 
SEC. 1003. REPORTS RELATING TO PROGRAMS TO ENCOUR-
AGE GOOD GOVERNANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
133(d)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2152c(d)(2)) is amended by inserting at the end 
before the period the following: ‘‘, including, with respect 
to a country that produces or exports large amounts of 
natural resources such as petroleum or natural resources, 
the degree to which citizens of the country have access 
to information about government revenue from the extrac-
tion of such resources and credible reports of human 
rights abuses against individuals from civil society or the 
media seeking to monitor such extraction.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports required 
to be transmitted under section 133(d)(2) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as so amended, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1004. REPORTS ON HONG KONG. 
Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–383; 22 U.S.C. 5731) is 
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik-
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ing ‘‘and March 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 
2006, and March 31, 2010, and March 31 of every subse-
quent year through 2020’’. 
SEC. 1005. DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the development and consolidation of effective 
democratic governance in Georgia, including free and fair 
electoral processes, respect for human rights and the rule 
of law, an independent media, an independent judiciary, 
a vibrant civil society, as well as transparency and ac-
countability of the executive branch and legislative proc-
ess, is critically important to Georgia’s integration into 
Euro-Atlantic institutions, stability in the Caucasus re-
gion, and United States national security. 
(b) REPORT ON DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than December 31 of each of the two fiscal 
years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report on the programs, 
projects, and activities carried out in Georgia with 
United States foreign assistance following the Au-
gust 2008 conflict with Russia. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include information concerning 
the following: 
(A) The amount of United States assist-
ance obligated and expended for reconstruction 
activities for the prior fiscal year. 
(B) A description of the programs funded 
by such assistance, including humanitarian aid, 
reconstruction of critical infrastructure, eco-
nomic development, political and democratic de-
velopment, and broadcasting. 
(C) An evaluation of the impact of such 
programs, including their contribution to the 
consolidation of democracy in Georgia and ef-
forts by the Government of Georgia to improve 
democratic governance. 
(D) An analysis of the implementation of 
the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic 
Partnership. 
SEC. 1006. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should assist Israel in its ef-
forts to establish diplomatic relations. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
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