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(3) EXTENSION.—The Director may grant a 
covered recipient an extension of not more than 30 
days on the time period to file a report under para-
graph (2) if the Director determines that such ex-
tension will improve the Director’s ability to carry 
out the purposes of this section. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
COVERED
RECIPI-
ENT.—The covered recipient shall fully cooperate 
with any Federal agencies responsible for audits, in-
vestigations, or corrective actions relating to gross 
violations of human rights under this Act. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AWARDING PRO-
GRAM.—The head of the program that awarded the 
financial assistance shall, with respect to each alle-
gation reported under paragraph (1), not later than 
30 days after receipt of the report required by para-
graph (2), complete an investigation, in consultation 
with the diplomatic or consular post of the United 
States for the country at issue, into such allegation 
and submit the results of such investigation, infor-
mation received under paragraph (1), and each re-
port received under paragraph (2) relating to such 
allegation to the Director and the diplomatic or con-
sular post of the United States for the country at 
issue. 
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(e) NOTIFICATION.—If the Director receives credible 
information of a gross violation of internationally recog-
nized human rights by a covered recipient or a sub-
recipient of a covered recipient in connection with an 
award provided 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 
applicable country if the Director determines such 
notification is appropriate; and 
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, assist 
such government in taking effective measures to 
bring the responsible members of the unit of a for-
eign security 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 
relating to an allegation under subsection (d)(5), 
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refer such alleged violation to the Inspector General 
and the diplomatic or consular post of the United 
States for the country at issue, including the report 
provided by the covered recipient under subsection 
(d)(2), and notify the covered recipient of such refer-
ral. 
(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 
requires an investigation and may make a rec-
ommendation to the Director as to whether the 
award should be suspended during the course of 
the investigation. 
(B) SUSPENSION OF AWARD.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Upon receiving a 
recommendation from the Inspector Gen-
eral under subparagraph (A), the Director 
may suspend the award until a final dis-
position of such award under subsection 
(g). 
(ii) APPEAL.—A covered recipient 
may appeal a suspension under subsection 
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(g) pursuant to subpart G of part 4, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(C) DETERMINATION THAT NO INVESTIGA-
TION IS REQUIRED.—If the Inspector General 
determines under subparagraph (A) that the re-
ferral does not require further investigation, the 
Inspector General shall document the rationale 
for such determination and shall notify the rel-
evant Committees of Congress. 
(D) DETERMINATION THAT AN INVESTIGA-
TION IS REQUIRED.—If the Inspector General 
determines 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 shall include— 
(i) the Inspector General’s conclusions 
regarding whether or not any allegations 
that the covered recipient or any sub-
recipient of the covered recipient has com-
mitted a gross violation of internationally 
recognized human rights in connection 
with the award are substantiated and re-
garding the effectiveness of the actions of 
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the recipient and any subrecipient in pre-
venting and responding to such violations; 
(ii) recommendations based on the 
findings of such investigation; and 
(iii) a recommendation on whether the 
award should be terminated. 
(E) SUBMISSION
OF
REPORT.—The In-
spector General shall provide the report re-
quired by subparagraph (C) to the Director and 
the diplomatic or consular post of the United 
States for the country at issue. 
(g) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.—The following re-
quirements apply to any administrative action to enforce 
the requirements of this section with respect to a covered 
recipient: 
(1) WRITTEN RESPONSE.—A covered recipient 
subject to administrative action under this sub-
section may submit, not later than 30 days after the 
date of such administrative action, a written re-
sponse to contest such action. 
(2) MEETING.—The Director, or a representa-
tive, shall meet with a covered recipient that has 
filed a response under subparagraph (1) and re-
quests such a meeting not later than 45 days after 
the date of such administrative action to allow such 
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