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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5951. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
POLICY ON CIVILIAN HARM.
(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) designate within each component specified in subsection
(c) an official responsible for—
(A) implementing and overseeing the implementation of
Department of Defense Instruction 3000.17, which was issued
pursuant to section 936 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
115-232; 10 U.S.C. 134 note); and
(B) implementing and overseeing the implementation of all
other policies of the Department of Defense on the protection
of civilians and civilian harm mitigation and response,
consistent with the laws of war; and
(2) take all necessary steps to maintain within the
Civilian Protection Center of Excellence sufficient staff to
carry out the purposes of the Center set forth in section
184(b) of title 10, United States Code, and Department of
Defense Instruction 3000.17.
(b) Report Required.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
implementation of Department of Defense Instruction 3000.17
that includes—
(1) A breakdown of the number of full-time equivalent staff
assigned to implementation of the Instruction across the
Department, including the locations, offices, and roles of
such staff.
(2) A description of the resources required by the
Department to effectively implement the Instruction.
(c) Components Specified.—The components specified in this
subsection are the following:
(1) The Office of the Under Secretary for Policy.
(2) The Joint Staff.
(3) The United States Central Command.
(4) The United States Africa Command.
(5) The United States Special Operations Command.
(6) The United States European Command.
(7) The United States Southern Command.
(8) The United States Indo-Pacific Command.
(9) The United States Northern Command.