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fying to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that— 
(i) the government is implementing ef-
fective measures to demobilize child sol-
diers in its forces or in government sup-
ported paramilitaries and to provide demo-
bilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration 
assistance to those former child soldiers; 
and 
(ii) the assistance provided by the 
United States Government to the govern-
ment will go to programs that will directly 
support professionalization of the military. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The exception under 
subparagraph (A) may not remain in effect for 
more than 2 years following the date of notifi-
cation specified in subsection (b)(2). 
(2) ASSISTANCE
FOR
DEMINING
ACTIVITIES, 
THE CLEARANCE OF UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE, THE 
DESTRUCTION OF SMALL ARMS, AND RELATED AC-
TIVITIES.—The President may use funds made avail-
able under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to credit sales) to pro-
vide to a foreign government assistance otherwise 
prohibited under subsection (a) if the purpose of the 
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assistance is to carry out demining activities, the 
clearance of unexploded ordinance, the destruction of 
small arms, or related activities. 
(3) ASSISTANCE
TO
FURTHER
COOPERATION 
WITH
THE
UNITED
STATES
TO
COMBAT
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM.—The President may provide 
to a foreign government assistance under any provi-
sion of law specified in subsection (a) if the purpose 
of the assistance is specifically designed to further 
cooperation between the United States and the for-
eign government to combat international terrorism. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—This section 
takes effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and shall apply to funds made available for the 
first fiscal year beginning after such effective date and 
each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 406. REPORTS. 
(a) PREPARATION OF REPORTS REGARDING CHILD 
SOLDIERS.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
United States missions abroad thoroughly investigate re-
ports of the use of child soldiers in the countries in which 
such missions are located. 
(b) INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS RE-
PORTS.—In preparing those portions of the Department 
of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights 
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Practices that relate to child soldiers, the Secretary of 
State shall ensure that such portions include a description 
of the use of child soldiers in each foreign country, includ-
ing— 
(1) trends toward improvement in such country 
of the status of child soldiers or the continued or in-
creased tolerance of such practices; and 
(2) the role of the government of such country 
in engaging in or tolerating the use of child soldiers. 
(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
June 15 of each year for 10 years following the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a list of any waivers or exceptions exercised 
under section 405; 
(2) a justification for those waivers and excep-
tions; and 
(3) a description of any assistance provided 
pursuant to section 405. 
(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall submit to appropriate con-
gressional committees a report setting forth a strategy for 
achieving the policy objectives of this title, including a de-
scription of an effective mechanism for coordination of 
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United States Government efforts to implement this strat-
egy. 
(e) REPORT ON CHILD SOLDIERS IN BURMA.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report of the recruitment and 
use of child soldiers by the governmental armed forces or 
government-supported armed groups of the Government of 
Burma, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense 
forces. 
SEC. 407. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of State, with the assistance of 
other relevant officials, shall establish as part of the stand-
ard training provided after January 1, 2008, for members 
of the Service, including chiefs of mission, instruction on 
matters related to child soldiers and the terms of the Child 
Soldier Prevention Act of 2007.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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