in addition to and shall not supersede United States obli-
gations under domestic law or international agreement. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The President may issue such 
regulations, including regulations prescribing definitions, 
as may be necessary for the exercise of the actions de-
scribed in this section. 
SEC. 502. INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF INTER-
NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, with the assist-
ance of the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of 
State for Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at-Large for 
War Crimes Issues, shall collect information regarding in-
cidents that may constitute crimes against humanity, 
genocide, slavery, or other violations of international hu-
manitarian law by leaders or other government officials 
of foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic in the 
most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 
102(b). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 15 of each 
year, the President, acting through the Secretary, with the 
assistance of the Under Secretary of State for Global Af-
fairs and the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes 
Issues, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report concerning the information collected
under subsection (a) and any findings, determinations, or 
recommendations made on the basis of such information. 
(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The President shall consider 
what actions can be taken to ensure that the leaders or 
other government officials of foreign countries who are 
identified in accordance with subsection (a) as responsible 
for crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other 
violations of international humanitarian law are brought 
to account for such crimes in an appropriately constituted 
tribunal. 
(d) LIMITATION
ON DISCLOSURE.—Nothing con-
tained in this section shall require the disclosure, on a 
classified or unclassified basis, of information that the 
President determines would jeopardize sensitive sources 
and methods or other national security interests of the 
United States. 
SEC. 503. PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that direct commu-
nications from the President to citizens of countries that 
are categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent An-
nual Report on Democracy would be extremely beneficial 
to demonstrate that the United States supports such citi-
zens and the efforts and actions of such citizens to pro-
mote and achieve transition to democracy in such coun-
tries.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) from time to time as the President shall de-
termine appropriate, the President should broadcast 
a message to the citizens of countries categorized as 
nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on 
Democracy under section 102(b) expressing the sup-
port of the United States for such citizens, dis-
cussing democratic principles, practices, and values, 
and political, social, and economic freedoms, and 
condemning violations of internationally recognized 
human rights (as such term is described in section 
116(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151n(a))), violations of religious freedom, 
including particularly severe violations of religious 
freedom (as such terms are defined in paragraphs 
(11) and (13) of section 3 of the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402)), polit-
ical repression, and government-tolerated or con-
doned trafficking in persons that occur in such coun-
try; and 
(2) the President should encourage leaders of 
other democratic countries to make similar broad-
casts.
TITLE VI—NATIONAL SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 601. SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON NONDEMOCRATIC COUN-
TRIES. 
Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 402) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (i), 
as added by section 301 of the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292), 
as subsection (k); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) It is the sense of Congress that there should be 
within the staff of the National Security Council a Special 
Assistant to the President on Nondemocratic Countries 
and Transition to Democracy whose position should be 
comparable to that of a senior director within the Execu-
tive Office of the President. The Special Assistant should 
serve as liaison with the Under Secretary of State for 
Global Affairs, Congress and, as advisable, nongovern-
mental organizations committed to the promotion of de-
mocracy. The Special Assistant should serve as a resource 
for executive branch officials to— 
‘‘(1) compile and maintain information on the 
facts and circumstances of actions by the leaders of