I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5740 
To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals accountable by encour-
aging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute, extradite, deport, 
or accept for deportation such war crimes suspects and Nazi war crimi-
nals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To hold war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals account-
able by encouraging foreign governments to more effi-
ciently prosecute, extradite, deport, or accept for deporta-
tion such war crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘War Crimes Account-
ability Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the United States should actively encourage 
prosecution of war crimes suspects and Nazi war 
criminals; 
(2) the Simon Wiesenthal Center should be 
commended for its historic work in bringing to light 
the atrocities of the Holocaust and in advancing jus-
tice for Nazi war criminals through Operation: Last 
Chance; 
(3) the pursuit and prosecution of war crimes 
suspects and Nazi war criminals—from the crimes 
of the Nazi era to the most recent conflicts—is crit-
ical to maintenance of the rule of law globally; and 
(4) pursuit of war crimes suspects includes en-
forcement of an arrest warrant issued by an inter-
national tribunal against war crimes suspects in-
dicted by such international tribunal, including war 
crimes suspects visiting a foreign country. 
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES FAILING TO CO-
OPERATE SATISFACTORILY WITH RELEVANT 
JURISDICTIONS IN EXTRADITING OR DE-
PORTING WAR CRIMES SUSPECTS OR NAZI 
WAR CRIMINALS. 
(a) REPORT.—The President shall submit to Con-
gress for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 a report 
that identifies each country that is failing to— 
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(1) cooperate satisfactorily with relevant juris-
dictions in extraditing or deporting war crimes sus-
pects or Nazi war criminals to the jurisdiction in 
which such war crimes suspects or Nazi war crimi-
nals, as the case may be, have been indicted or con-
victed; 
(2) enforce arrest warrants issued by an inter-
national tribunal against war crimes suspects in-
dicted by such international tribunal, including war 
crimes suspects visiting a foreign country; 
(3) accept Nazi war criminals deported from 
the United States; or 
(4) effectively prosecute war crimes suspects or 
Nazi war criminals within such country’s jurisdic-
tion, including Nazi war criminals who resided in the 
United States and were deported from or extradited 
by the United States or left the United States volun-
tarily. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each such report 
shall include detailed information regarding the war 
crimes suspects and Nazi war criminals described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) FORM.—Each such report, and the identification 
of each country in such report, shall be submitted in an 
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unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if 
necessary. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT 
SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES UNDER THE 
ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT TO COUNTRIES 
IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 3. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—For each country identified in 
the report under section 3 for a fiscal year, the President 
may not issue a letter of offer to sell defense articles under 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
for $7,000,000 or more to such country for the subsequent 
fiscal year pursuant to section 36(b) of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2776(b)). 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) for any fiscal year in which a letter 
of offer may be issued by the United States Government 
if the President determines and certifies to Congress that 
it is in the national security interest of the United States 
to do so. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) NAZI WAR CRIMINAL.—The term ‘‘Nazi war 
criminal’’ means any person accused of or indicted 
for ordering, inciting, assisting, or otherwise partici-
pating in the persecution of any person because of 
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