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scription, and value of any item to which such report 
relates may be kept confidential if the Secretary de-
termines that disclosure of that information would 
place the United States person involved at a competi-
tive disadvantage. 
(3) SUMMARIES TO SECRETARY OF STATE.—The 
Secretary shall periodically transmit to the Secretary 
of State summaries of the information contained in 
the reports filed pursuant to this subsection for such 
action as the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary, considers appropriate to carry out the 
purposes set forth in subsection (c). 
(f) PREEMPTION.—The provisions of this section and 
the regulations issued under this section shall preempt any 
law, rule, or regulation that— 
(1) is a law, rule, or regulation of any of the sev-
eral States or the District of Columbia, or any of the 
territories or possessions of the United States, or of 
any governmental subdivision thereof; and 
(2) pertains to participation in, compliance 
with, implementation of, or the furnishing of infor-
mation regarding restrictive trade practices or boy-
cotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against 
other countries. 
(g) PENALTIES.— 
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(1) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—It shall be unlawful for a 
person to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to vio-
late, or cause a violation of this section or of any reg-
ulation or order issued under this section. 
(2) CRIMINAL
PENALTY.—A person who, with 
knowledge or intent, commits, attempts to commit, or 
conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commis-
sion of, an unlawful act described in subsection (d) 
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than 
$1,000,000, or, if a natural person, be imprisoned for 
not more than 20 years, or both. 
(3) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The President may im-
pose the following civil penalties on a person for 
each violation by that person of this section or 
any regulation or order issued under this section, 
for each violation: 
(i) A fine of not more than $250,000. 
(ii) A prohibition on the person’s abil-
ity to export any goods, technology, or serv-
ices, whether or not a license has been 
issued previously to authorize such an ex-
port. 
(B) 
PROCEDURES.—Any 
civil 
penalty 
under this subsection may be imposed only after 
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notice and opportunity for an agency hearing on 
the record in accordance with sections 554 
through 557 of title 5, United States Code, and 
shall be subject to judicial review in accordance 
with chapter 7 of such title. 
(C) STANDARDS FOR LEVELS OF CIVIL PEN-
ALTY.—The President may by regulation provide 
standards for establishing levels of civil penalty 
under this paragraph based upon the seriousness 
of the violation, the culpability of the violator, 
and the violator’s record of cooperation with the 
Government in disclosing the violation. 
(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after, the President shall transmit to Congress a report on 
the implementation and enforcement of this section and on 
additional steps taken by the United States to bring about 
the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel and 
to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations 
with Israel. 
(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 
States person’’— 
(1) means— 
(A) any United States resident or national; 
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(B) any domestic concern (including any 
permanent domestic establishment of any foreign 
concern); and 
(C) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (in-
cluding any permanent foreign establishment) of 
any domestic concern that is controlled in fact 
by such domestic concern, as determined under 
regulations of the President; but 
(2) does not include an individual resident out-
side the United States who is employed by a person 
other than a person described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 1104. AMERICAN MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC 
USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ALLOWABLE
MATERIALS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, only unmanufactured ar-
ticles, materials, and supplies that have been mined 
or produced in the United States, and only manufac-
tured articles, materials, and supplies that have been 
manufactured in the United States substantially all 
from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, 
or manufactured in the United States, shall be ac-
quired for public use with funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or any amendment made by 
this Act for operations of the Department of State un-
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less the Secretary of State determines their acquisi-
tion to be inconsistent with the public interest or 
their cost to be unreasonable. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply— 
(A) to articles, materials, or supplies for use 
outside the United States unless they are ac-
quired for operations of the Department of State 
on a regular basis and not needed on an urgent 
basis; 
(B) if articles, materials, or supplies of the 
class or kind to be used, or the articles, mate-
rials, or supplies from which they are manufac-
tured, are not mined, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States in sufficient and reasonably 
available commercial quantities and are not of a 
satisfactory quality; and 
(C) to manufactured articles, materials, or 
supplies procured under any contract with an 
award value that is not more than $3,000. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PUBLIC BUILDING, PUBLIC USE, AND PUBLIC 
WORK.—The terms ‘‘public building’’, ‘‘public use’’, 
and ‘‘public work’’ mean a public building of, use by, 
and a public work of, the Federal Government, the 
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District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. 
(2) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’ 
includes any place subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall be 
applied in a manner consistent with United States obliga-
tions under international agreements. 
SEC. 1105. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
IN 
SUBMITTING 
OFFERS 
FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE CONTRACTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of State may not re-
quire an entity submitting an offer for a contract with the 
Department of State or otherwise participating in acquisi-
tion of property or services by the Department of State to 
disclose any of the following information as a condition of 
submitting the offer or otherwise participating in such ac-
quisition: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 
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is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any individual or entity with the in-
tent or the reasonable expectation that the individual 
or entity will use the funds to make a payment de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(b) NO EFFECT ON OTHER DISCLOSURE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this section may be construed to waive 
or otherwise affect the application to an entity described 
in subsection (a) of any provision of law that requires the 
entity to disclose information on contributions, expendi-
tures, independent expenditures, or electioneering commu-
nications. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, ‘‘expendi-
ture’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Fed-
eral office’’ has the meaning given each such term in 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.); and 
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(2) the term ‘‘acquisition’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 131 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 1106. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
RIGHTS. 
(a) RESOURCES TO PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROP-
ERTY RIGHTS.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that the 
protection in foreign countries of the intellectual property 
rights of United States persons in other countries is a sig-
nificant component of United States foreign policy in gen-
eral and in relations with individual countries. The Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and 
the heads of other agencies as appropriate, shall ensure that 
adequate resources are available at diplomatic and consular 
missions in any country that is identified under section 
182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)) 
to ensure— 
(1) support for enforcement action against viola-
tions of the intellectual property rights of United 
States persons in such country; and 
(2) cooperation with and support for the host 
government’s efforts to reform its applicable laws, reg-
ulations, practices, and agencies to enable that gov-
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ernment to fulfill its international and bilateral obli-
gations with respect to intellectual property rights. 
(b) NEW APPOINTMENTS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENTS.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service, shall appoint 
at least one intellectual property attache´ to serve in 
a United States embassy or other diplomatic or con-
sular mission in a country in each geographic region 
covered by a regional bureau of the Department of 
State. The appointments under the preceding sentence 
shall be in addition to personnel serving, on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, in the capacity of intel-
lectual property attache´s from any department or 
agency of the United States at United States embas-
sies or other diplomatic missions. 
(2) REGIONS DEFINED.—The geographic regions 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) Africa. 
(B) Europe and Eurasia. 
(C) East Asia and the Pacific. 
(D) The Near East. 
(E) South and Central Asia and the Pa-
cific. 
(F) The Western Hemisphere. 
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(c) PRIORITY ASSIGNMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 
designating the embassies or other diplomatic or con-
sular missions to which attaches are assigned under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall give pri-
ority to those countries where the activities of an 
attache´ may be carried out with the greatest potential 
benefit to reducing intellectual property infringement 
in the United States market, to protecting the intellec-
tual property rights of United States persons and 
their licensees, and to protecting the interests of 
United States persons otherwise harmed by violations 
of intellectual property rights in those countries. 
(2) ASSIGNMENTS TO PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—In 
carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 
shall 
consider 
assigning 
intellectual 
property 
attache´s— 
(A) to the countries that have been identi-
fied under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)); 
(B) to the country where the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development has 
its headquarters; and 
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(C) to countries recommended by the Intel-
lectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and 
the heads of other appropriate agencies. 
(d) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall ensure 
that each attache´ appointed under subsection (b) is fully 
trained for the responsibilities of the position before assum-
ing duties at the United States embassy or other diplomatic 
or consular mission in question. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The activities of intellectual 
property attache´s under this section shall be carried out in 
coordination with the Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Coordinator. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit to Congress, not later than December 31 of 
each year, a report on the appointment, designation 
for assignment, and activities of all intellectual prop-
erty attache´s of any Federal department or agency 
who are serving at United States embassies or other 
diplomatic or consular missions. 
(2) IN GENERAL.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An outline of the specific duties and re-
sponsibilities undertaken by the intellectual 
property attache´s. 
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(B) A description of the progress, or lack 
thereof, in the preceding 1-year period, regarding 
the resolution of general and specific intellectual 
property disputes in each country identified 
under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)), including any changes 
by the host government in applicable laws and 
regulations and their enforcement. 
(C) An assessment of the obstacles pre-
venting the host government of each country de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) from implementing 
adequate measures to fulfill its international and 
bilateral obligations with respect to intellectual 
property rights. 
(D) An assessment of the adequacy of the re-
sources of the Department of State employed to 
carry out this section and, if necessary, an as-
sessment of the need for additional resources for 
such purposes. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT CO-
ORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Intellectual Property En-
forcement Coordinator’’ means the Intellectual Prop-
erty Enforcement Coordinator appointed under sec-
tion 301 of the Prioritizing Resources and Organiza-
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tion for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 
8111). 
(2) INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
RIGHTS.—The 
term ‘‘intellectual property rights’’ means the rights 
of holders of copyrights, patents, trademarks, other 
forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets. 
(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(A) any United States resident or national; 
(B) any corporation, partnership, other 
business entity, or other organization, that is or-
ganized under the laws of the United States; and 
(C) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (in-
cluding any permanent foreign establishment) of 
any corporation, partnership, business entity, or 
organization described in subparagraph (B), that 
is controlled in fact by such corporation, part-
nership, business entity, or organization. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act, or any 
amendments made by this Act, there are authorized to be 
appropriated amounts necessary for the training and sup-
port of the intellectual property attaches appointed under 
subsection (b). 
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SEC. 1107. INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2012, 
the Secretary of State should develop and define a strategy 
for inter-country adoptions between the United States and 
foreign countries with over 100 adoptions into the United 
States per year. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy de-
scribed in subsection (a) should include— 
(1) principles to guide the efforts of the Depart-
ment of State to encourage and support countries to 
ratify the Hague Convention on Protection of Chil-
dren and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country 
Adoption (‘‘Hague Convention’’); 
(2) a statement highlighting the United States 
commitment to the Hague Convention and a sum-
mary of its most significant provisions; 
(3) recommendations on bridging and coordi-
nating the various policies of the Hague Convention, 
the States, United States courts, and United States 
Government departments; and 
(4) specific methods to encourage compliance 
with post-adoption reporting and monitoring. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress supports the De-
partment of State’s ongoing efforts to assist countries in 
amending their adoptions policies in order to come into 
alignment with the Hague Convention. 
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SEC. 1108. CLARIFICATION OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES 
FOR PURPOSES OF PROCUREMENT BAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Government of Iran continues to disrupt 
the free flow of information to the people of Iran. 
(2) The Government of Iran continues to utilize 
information technology to conduct surveillance of dis-
sidents’ communications in an effort to repress oppo-
nents of the regime. 
(3) Congress passed the Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 
2010 (CISADA) (which was enacted into law on July 
1, 2010) to increase pressure on the Iranian regime 
to abandon nefarious policies, including the develop-
ment of nuclear weapons, support for international 
terrorism, and violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights. 
(4) Section 106 of that Act provides for sanctions 
against firms that provide Iran with sensitive tech-
nologies that allow the Government of Iran to mon-
itor, disrupt, or filter the free flow of information to 
and from the people of Iran. 
(5) On September 23, 2010, the President dele-
gated authorities provided under section 106 of that 
Act to the Secretary of State. 
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(6) On June 30, 2011, the Government Account-
ability Office issued a report, pursuant to section 106 
of that Act and other legislation, entitled ‘‘Iran Com-
munications Blocking’’ (GAO–11–706R). 
(7) That report notes that the Department of 
State has not identified any firms that have provided 
Iran with such sensitive technology, and that the De-
partment of State has no intention ‘‘to further refine 
the definition of sensitive technologies beyond hard-
ware, software, telecommunications equipment, or 
any other technology the President determines is to be 
used to monitor, filter, or disrupt information and 
communication flows in Iran’’. The report further 
notes that many communications technologies may be 
used for legitimate purposes as well as disruption and 
surveillance, making a determination of the buyer’s or 
seller’s intent difficult to discern. 
(8) The report also notes that, according to var-
ious sources, the Government of Iran has developed 
‘‘indigenous’’ capabilities to disrupt and monitor in-
formation and communications in Iran. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.— 
The Secretary of State shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, issue guidelines to further de-
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scribe the goods, services, and technologies that will be 
considered ‘‘sensitive technologies’’ for purposes of sec-
tion 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8515), and publish those guidelines in the Federal 
Register; 
(2) determine the types of goods, services, and 
technologies that enable any indigenous capabilities 
that Iran has to disrupt and monitor information 
and communications in that country, and consider 
adding descriptions of those items to the guidelines; 
and 
(3) periodically review, but in no case less than 
once each year, the guidelines and, if necessary, 
amend the guidelines on the basis of technological de-
velopments and new information regarding transfers 
of goods, services, and technologies to Iran and the de-
velopment of Iran’s indigenous capabilities to disrupt 
and monitor information and communications in 
Iran. 
SEC. 
1109. 
CURTAILING 
THE 
FREQUENCY 
OF 
INTER-
NATIONAL MARITIME PIRACY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Maritime piracy is expanding in frequency, 
geographical scope, and cost, representing a growing 
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threat to United States national security and even 
economic well-being. Somali pirates now operate in a 
sea space of approximately 2.5 million square nau-
tical miles, an increase from 1 million square miles 
two years ago. 
(2) From 2007 to 2010, the number of reported 
hijackings increased sevenfold. Last year witnessed the 
highest number of successful pirate attacks and hos-
tages taken on record. Somali pirates captured six 
times the number of hostages in 2010 than in 2007, 
with the length of time held hostage increasing, along 
with reports of abuse. Average ransom payments to 
Somali pirates have risen to over $4,000,000. 
(3) Central to curtailing maritime piracy are 
internationally recognized ‘‘best management prac-
tices’’, which entail practical steps ship owners and 
seafarers can take to prevent pirate attacks from hap-
pening. ‘‘Best management practices’’ include steps 
such as proceeding at full speed through high risk 
areas, placing additional lookouts on watches, and 
employing physical barriers such as razor wire. 
(4) ‘‘Best management practices’’ have been de-
veloped by the shipping industry and are updated 
based upon operation experience and lessons learned. 
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‘‘Best Management Practice 3’’, the third version of 
the document, was produced in June 2010. 
(5) Use of the internationally recognized ‘‘best 
management practices’’ have been actively encouraged 
by the international Contact Group on Piracy off the 
Coast of Somalia, created in January 2009 pursuant 
to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1851. 
(6) It is estimated that approximately 20 per-
cent of all vessels operating off the Horn of Africa do 
not employ these ‘‘best management practices’’. Re-
portedly, it is these ships that make up the vast ma-
jority of ships that are successfully pirated. 
(7) On June 15, 2011, Assistant Secretary of 
State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro 
testified before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-
proliferation and Trade of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives that, ‘‘The 
problem is that the small number of ships that don’t 
follow best management practices are responsible for 
the vast majority of those that are actually pirat-
ed. . .we need to work with the shipping industry to 
put financial pressure and incentives on those who 
are not following best management practices and 
leading to this problem to take further action.’’. 
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(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to publically identify persons who show 
continual disregard for internationally-recognized mari-
time best management practices promoted by the Contact 
Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, putting the lives 
of their crew in jeopardy and contributing to the growing 
ransom demands of Somali pirates. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF PERSONS WHO SHOW CONTINUAL 
DISREGARD
FOR INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED MARI-
TIME BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and annually thereafter (or more fre-
quently as new information becomes available), the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a list of persons who the President 
determines continually disregard internationally-rec-
ognized maritime best management practices pro-
moted by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast 
of Somalia. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The lists required 
under paragraph (1) shall be printed in the Federal 
Register. 
(3) TERMINATION.— 
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(A) CERTIFICATION.—The lists required 
under paragraph (1) shall no longer be required 
on the date that is 30 days after the date on 
which the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the insufficient use 
of internationally recognized ‘‘best management 
practices’’ is no longer a contributing factor in 
the rise of maritime piracy off the coast of So-
malia. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees 
not less than 15 days before making a certifi-
cation described in subparagraph (A). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate. 
(B) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means 
any natural person, or any business, legal enti-
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ty, or association, including a corporation, part-
nership, or joint venture. 
SEC. 1110. UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR 
REFUGEES AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
(UNHCR) should, within the next 12 months, accomplish 
the following: 
(1) A review by UNHCR of the extent to which 
UNHCR is processing Religion-Based Refugee Claims 
consistent with Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention 
or the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refu-
gees. 
(2) A thorough training of UNHCR staff uti-
lizing the UNHCR Guidelines for Religion-Based Ref-
ugee Claims, including any additional materials nec-
essary based on the review conducted pursuant to 
paragraph (1), such as the Department of State’s An-
nual Report on International Religious Freedom 
under section 102(b) of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)). 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
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committees a report on whether UNHCR has accom-
plished the measures specified in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a), and any new steps UNHCR has 
taken to strengthen implementation of the Guidelines 
referred to in paragraph (2) of such subsection, with 
a particular focus on countries that are contiguous to, 
or hosting asylum-seekers from, countries identified as 
‘‘countries of particular concern for religious free-
dom’’ under section 402(b) of the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)) or 
listed on the ‘‘Watchlist’’ of the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom for viola-
tions of religious freedom. 
(2) JUSTIFICATION
AND
DOCUMENTATION.—If 
the Secretary determines in the report under para-
graph (1) that UNHCR has not accomplished the 
aforementioned measures, or has not taken any new 
steps to address the aforementioned concerns, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the justification and documentation pro-
vided by UNHCR, if available, of the reasons why no 
such actions were taken. 
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SEC. 1111. EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN LEGISLATORS 
AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State should en-
courage exchanges between women legislators and civil soci-
ety leaders in politics and decision-making processes. The 
Secretary should focus such exchange program on the fol-
lowing countries: 
(1) Afghanistan. 
(2) The Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
(3) Iraq. 
(4) Liberia. 
(5) South Sudan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—These exchanges should 
seek to— 
(1) expand female participation in international 
exchange programs of the Department of State; 
(2) promote the advancement of women leaders 
in national parliaments and civil society, reduce legal 
and discriminatory barriers to women’s civil, edu-
cational, and economic equality; and 
(3) promote the human and civil rights of 
women and inclusion in decision-making structures 
as fundamental components of democratic governance, 
stability, and economic development. 
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SEC. 1112. NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER UNDER THE CHILD 
SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT OF 2008. 
Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 
2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the application to a country of the prohibition 
in subsection (a) if— 
‘‘(1) the President determines that such waiver is 
in the national interest of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) the President provides to the appropriate 
congressional committees at least 15 days in advance 
of exercising the waiver a justification for granting 
such a waiver, including a certification that the gov-
ernment of the country has taken credible and 
verifiable steps to implement a plan of action to end 
the recruitment and use of child soldiers, including 
the demobilization of child soldiers.’’. 
Subtitle B—Country-specific 
Provisions 
SEC. 1121. AZORES COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au-
thorized to support the Azores Cooperative Initiative Pro-
gram, to provide bilateral cooperation, expertise, and re-
sources to design and implement solutions pursuant to the 
provisions of the 1995 agreement between the United States 
and Portugal, in areas of science, technology, education, en-
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