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(A) to any United Nations organization,

(B) to the International Committee of the Red Cross, and (C) to the extent the Secretary of State considers appropriate, to other international or nongovernmental organizations, for the purpose of dealing with consequences of the Persian Gulf crisis (including contributions for such purposes as furnishing humanitarian assistance for displaced persons or furnishing assistance for responding to oil spills), and the value and nature of such contributions received by each such organization.

(5) OTHER FORMS OF CONTRIBUTIONS.-A description of international agreements entered into by the United States as a result of the Persian Gulf crisis, and a description of prepositioning rights, base or other military facilities access rights, or air transit rights granted to the United States as a result of the Persian Gulf crisis.

(6) CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES.-Any information available on the types of any additional assistance (financial, in-kind, or host-country support) pledged and received as a contribution to other foreign countries as a result of the Persian Gulf crisis.

(7) CUMULATIVE TOTALS.-Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (c) shall include cumulative totals for, and any information available on the aggregate value of, the contributions that have been pledged, and the contributions that have been paid or otherwise delivered, by each foreign country as of the end of the calendar quarter covered by that report. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.

(1) TIME FOR SUBMISSION, PERIOD COVERED. (A) A report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Congress not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the contributions pledged and the contributions paid or otherwise delivered during the period beginning on August 1, 1990, and ending on December 31, 1990.

(B) A report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Congress not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the contributions pledged and the contributions paid or otherwise delivered during the period beginning on January 1, 1991, and ending on March 31, 1991.

(C) Subsequent reports prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Congress not later than the 15th day after the end of each calendar quarter in 1991 with respect to the contributions pledged and the contributions paid or otherwise delivered during that calendar quarter.

(D) A final report shall be submitted to the Congress not later than November 15, 1992, and shall contain a summary of all information relating to the contributions pledged and the contributions paid or otherwise delivered that was included in reports submitted under this paragraph.

(d) DEFINITIONS.-In this section:

(1) The term "countries significantly affected by the Persian Gulf crisis" means Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and Israel, and any

other country whose economy the President determines is significantly affected by the Persian Gulf crisis.

(2) The term "Persian Gulf crisis" means the military conflict, the United Nations Security Council embargo against Iraq, and other consequences associated with Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait and its failure to comply with the resolutions of the Security Council.

(3) The term "Gulf Crisis Financial Coordination Group" means the organization established by the President on September 25, 1990 for coordinating economic assistance in response to the Persian Gulf crisis.

SEC. 403. FORM OF REPORTS

The reports required to be submitted to the Congress pursuant to this title shall be submitted in unclassified form to the extent practicable, with a classified annex if necessary.

TITLE V-REPORT ON THE CONDUCT OF THE PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT

SEC. 501. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON THE CONDUCT OF THE PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.-Not later than January 15, 1992, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the conduct of the hostilities in the Persian Gulf theater of operations. The Secretary shall submit to such committees a preliminary report on the conduct of those hostilities not later than July 1, 1991. The report (including the preliminary report) shall be prepared in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander in Chief, United States Central Command.

(b) DISCUSSION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHortcomings.—The report (and the preliminary report, to the extent feasible) shall contain a discussion, with a particular emphasis on accomplishments and shortcomings, of the following matters:

(1) The military objectives of the multinational coalition.

(2) The military strategy of the multinational coalition to achieve those military objectives and how the military strategy contributed to the achievement of those objectives.

(3) The deployment of United States forces and the transportation of supplies to the theater of operations, including an assessment of airlift, sealift, afloat prepositioning ships, and Maritime Prepositioning Squadron ships.

(4) The conduct of military operations.

(5) The use of special operations forces, including operational and intelligence uses classified under special access procedures. (6) The employment and performance of United States military equipment, weapon systems, and munitions (including items classified under special access procedures) and an analysis of

(A) any equipment or capabilities that were in research and development and if available could have been used in the theater of operations; and

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(B) any equipment or capabilities that were available and could have been used but were not introduced into the theater of operations.

(7) The scope of logistics support, including support from other nations, with particular emphasis on medical support provided in the theater of operations.

(8) The acquisition policy actions taken to support the forces in the theater of operations.

(9) The personnel management actions taken to support the forces in the theater of operations.

(10) The role of women in the theater of operations.

(11) The effectiveness of reserve component forces, including a discussion of each of the following matters:

(A) The readiness and activation of such forces.

(B) The decisionmaking process regarding both activation of reserve component forces and deployment of those forces to the theater of operations.

(C) The post-activation training received by such forces. (D) The integration of forces and equipment of reserve component forces into the active component forces.

(E) The use and performance of the reserve component forces in operations in the theater of operations.

(F) The use and performance of such forces at duty stations outside the theater of operations.

(12) The role of the law of armed conflict in the planning and execution of military operations by United States forces and the other coalition forces and the effects on operations of Iraqi compliance or noncompliance with the law of armed conflict, including a discussion regarding each of the following matters: (A) Taking of hostages.

(B) Treatment of civilians in occupied territory.

(C) Collateral damage and civilian casualties.

(D) Treatment of prisoners of war.

(E) Repatriation of prisoners of war.
(F) Use of ruses and acts of perfidy.
(G) War crimes.

(H) Environmental terrorism.

(I) Conduct of neutral nations.

(13) The actions taken by the coalition forces in anticipation of, and in response to, Iraqi acts of environmental terrorism. (14) The contributions of United States and coalition intelligence and counterintelligence systems and personnel, including contributions regarding bomb damage assessments and particularly including United States tactical intelligence and related activities (TIARA) programs.

(15) Command, control, communications, and operational security of the coalition forces as a whole, and command, control, communications, and operational security of the United States

forces.

(16) The rules of engagement for the coalition forces.

(17) The actions taken to reduce the casualties among coalition forces caused by the fire of such forces.

(18) The role of supporting combatant commands and Defense Agencies of the Department of Defense.

(19) The policies and procedures relating to the media, including the use of media pools.

(20) The assignment of roles and missions to the United States forces and other coalition forces and the performance of those forces in carrying out their assigned roles and missions. (21) The preparedness, including doctrine and training, of the United States forces.

(22) The acquisition of foreign military technology from Iraq, and any compromise of military technology of the United States or other countries in the multinational coalition.

(23) The problems posed by Iraqi possession and use of equipment produced in the United States and other coalition nations.

(24) The use of deception by Iraqi forces and by coalition forces.

(25) The military criteria used to determine when to progress from one phase of military operations to another phase of military operations, including transition from air superiority operations to operations focused on degrading Iraqi forces, transition to large-scale ground offensive operations, and transition to cessation of hostilities.

(26) The effects on the conduct of United States military operations resulting from the implementation of the GoldwaterNichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. (c) CASUALTY STATISTICS.-The report (and the preliminary report, to the extent feasible) shall also contain (1) the number of military and civilian casualties sustained by coalition nations, and (2) estimates of such casualties sustained by Iraq and by nations not directly participating in the hostilities in the Persian Gulf area during the Persian Gulf Conflict.

(d) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORTS.-The Secretary of Defense shall submit both the report and the preliminary report in a classified form and an unclassified form.

TITLE VI-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 606. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING BUSINESSES SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REBUILDING OF KUWAIT

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds as follows:

(1) The Armed Forces of the United States, together with allied forces, have successfully liberated Kuwait and have restored the independence of that nation.

(2) During the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq, much damage was done to the infrastructure, environment, and industrial capacity of Kuwait, and rebuilding of Kuwait is desperately needed.

(3) The principal test of a nation's commitment to the liberation of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf conflict was its willingness to provide military forces for the liberation of Kuwait.

(4) United States firms, including small and minority-owned businesses, have expressed a significant interest in participating in the rebuilding of Kuwait.

(5) Small and minority-owned businesses face inherent difficulties in competing in foreign markets and in obtaining a share of contracts from foreign governments, particularly those contracts that are performed in distant parts of the world. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING SOURCE SELECTION FOR KUWAIT CONTRACTS.-It is the sense of Congress that the Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies should award contracts for the rebuilding of Kuwait, and, in recommending business firms to the Government of Kuwait for the award by it of such contracts, should encourage the Government of Kuwait to award such contracts, in accordance with the following priority:

(1) First, to United States firms, including small and minority-owned businesses, that are committed to employing United States workers under the contract.

(2) Second, to other United States firms.

(3) Then, to firms from allied nations that committed military forces to the liberation of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf conflict.

(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING SELECTION OF SUBCONTRACTORS FOR KUWAIT CONTRACTS.-It is the sense of Congress that, when making recommendations to any contractor awarded a contract referred to in subsection (b) concerning the selection of firms for subcontracts under such contract, the Army Corps of Engineers shall encourage the contractor to select a firm or firms for the subcontract in accordance with the priority set out in subsection (b). (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING EMPLOYEES UNDER KUWAIT REBUILDING CONTRACTS.-It is the sense of Congress that any United States firm that receives a contract pertaining to the rebuilding of Kuwait

(1) should employ United States citizens to carry out the contract; and

(2) should provide a preference to veterans of the Armed Forces in hiring for work on the contract.

(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING SMALL AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN KUWAIT REBUILDING CONTRACTS.-It is the sense of Congress that

(1) the President, acting through the appropriate Government agencies (including particularly the agencies that will be engaged in source selections or source recommendations as described in subsection (b)), should take steps to provide assistance to United States small and minority-owned businesses seeking to be awarded contracts as part of the rebuilding of Kuwait;

(2) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and other appropriate Federal officials should conduct a public information campaign to advise small and minority-owned business firms with respect to contracts for the rebuilding of Kuwait; and

(3) United States firms that are awarded contracts pertaining to the rebuilding of Kuwait should, to the maximum extent

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