(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
currence with the Secretary of State, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the strategy for, and plans and status of, mili-
tary-to-military engagement between the United 
States Armed Forces and the Burmese military. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A description and assessment of the 
Government of Burma’s strategy for security 
sector reform, an identification and comprehen-
sive analysis of those reform elements that the 
United States Government should support, and 
a multi-year cost estimate for providing such 
support. 
(B) The United States strategy for the 
military-to-military relationship between the 
United States and Burma, including a descrip-
tion of how and why such engagements are nec-
essary for United States national security. 
(C) An assessment of the human rights 
record of the Burmese military over the past 
decade, including— 
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(i) an account of violations of human 
rights and laws of armed conflict by the 
Burmese military and all paramilitary and 
security forces under its command, includ-
ing against ethnic minority groups; 
(ii) a description of efforts by the 
Burmese military to implement human 
rights reforms; and 
(iii) a description of the relationship 
between progress in the United States- 
Burma 
military-to-military 
relationship 
and such reforms. 
(D) An assessment of— 
(i) any substantial and meaningful 
steps taken by the Burmese military to im-
plement reforms to increase transparency 
and accountability of the military’s budget 
and operations and to divest itself from 
ownership of commercial business; and 
(ii) the relationship between progress 
in the United States-Burma military-to- 
military relationship and such reforms. 
(E) A list of ongoing military-to-military 
activities conducted by the United States Gov-
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ernment and other international donors, includ-
ing a description of each such activity. 
(F) An update on activities that were listed 
in previous reporting. 
(G) A list of activities that are planned to 
occur over the upcoming year, with a written 
description of each. 
(H) A description of progress on the peace-
ful settlement of armed conflicts between the 
Government of Burma and ethnic minority 
groups, including the steps taken by the Bur-
mese military to demonstrate respect for 
ceasefires, laws of armed conflict, and human 
rights provisions prohibiting rape, torture, 
forced labor, trafficking, and the use of child 
soldiers. 
(I) A description of the concrete steps the 
Government of Burma has taken— 
(i) to establish a fair, transparent, 
and inclusive process to amend the Con-
stitution of Burma; 
(ii) to promote peace agreements or 
political reconciliation and equal and fair 
treatment of all ethnic groups in conflict 
areas or areas of unrest; and 
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(iii) to actively address the resettle-
ment and humanitarian situation of dis-
placed persons. 
(J) An assessment of the status of the 
Burmese military’s cooperation with civilian au-
thorities to investigate and resolve cases of 
human rights violations. 
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex as necessary. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the congressional defense com-
mittees and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
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