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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle H—Other Matters

P. L. 116-92

House Conference Report 116-333

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update Department of Defense policy and guidance and the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide specific guidance to Department of Defense employees and contractors performing a Department of Defense contract that supports United States Armed Forces deployed outside of the United States on monitoring and reporting allegations of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.

(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes--

(1) the policies and procedures in place to obtain information about possible cases of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights from Department of Defense contractors described in subsection (a), including the methods for tracking cases; and

(2) the resources needed to investigate reports made pursuant
to subsection (a).

(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

(d) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--

(A) the congressional defense committees; and

(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

(2) Gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.--The term ``gross violations of internationally recognized human rights'' has the meaning given such term in subsection (d)(1) of section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304).

The House amendment contained a provision (sec. 899K) that would require that contractors performing Department of Defense contracts in a foreign country report possible cases of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and that the Secretary of Defense submit a report to congressional committees describing the policies and procedures in place to obtain information about such violations and the resources needed to investigate.

The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would require the Department to update its policies, guidance, and regulations to include specific guidance for both Department of Defense employees and contractors for monitoring and reporting alleged violations, and clarify its applicability to contractors performing outside the United States.