SEC. 6. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON STEPS AND 
PROTOCOL RELATED TO THE RESCUE, CARE, 
AND TREATMENT OF YAZIDI, CHRISTIAN, 
SHABAK, AND TURKMEN CAPTIVES OF THE 
ISLAMIC STATE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report con-
taining each of the following: 
(1) A description of any steps the Department 
of Defense is taking to ensure coordination between 
the Armed Forces of the United States and local 
forces in conducting military operations in regions 
controlled by the Islamic State where religious or 
minority groups are known or thought to be held 
captive, in order to incorporate the rescue of such 
captives as a secondary objective. 
(2) A description of any protocols that will be 
put in place by the Department of Defense, includ-
ing protocols developed in coordination with the Gov-
ernment of Iraq, for the care and treatment of reli-
gious or minority groups rescued from captivity 
under the Islamic State, including any protocol for 
relocating such groups of captives to safe locations. 
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(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 7. PROGRAMS FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND CRI-
SIS PREVENTION. 
(a) HEALTH CARE
AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall 
establish a program to provide health care and psy-
chosocial support for members of the Yazidi, Chris-
tian, Shabak, and Turkmen communities displaced 
by the Islamic State. Such program shall provide 
mental health and psychosocial support for children 
from such communities, with a particular focus on 
providing services to survivors of sexual slavery 
under the Islamic State. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The program estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall provide care in ac-
cordance with the Guidelines on Mental Health and 
Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings pro-
mulgated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee 
of the World Health Organization. 
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(b) PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER, AND PHYSICAL 
THERAPIST TRAINING PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator, shall establish a pro-
gram to provide training with respect to trauma-in-
formed care to psychologists, social workers, and 
physical therapists based in an eligible country. The 
program shall prioritize providing such training to a 
psychologist, social worker, or physical therapist who 
speaks Kurmanji or the Shengali dialect of 
Kurmanji. 
(2) ELIGIBLE COUNTRY.—For purposes of the 
program established under paragraph (1), the term 
‘‘eligible country’’ means Iraq, Syria, or any country 
the Secretary determines to be a host country of 
Yazidi, Christian, Shabak, or Turkmen refugees who 
would benefit from the training provided under such 
program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a report describing the progress made toward 
establishing the programs required under subsections (a) 
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and (b) and the steps planned to complete such establish-
ment. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDING.—Of the unobligated 
amounts available on the date of the enactment of this 
Act for the Economic Support Fund established under 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.), $15,000,000, to be derived from 
amounts made available for assistance to Egypt, shall be 
made available to the Secretary until expended for the pro-
grams established under subsections (a) and (b). 
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