Required assessment of risk of exported weapons being used to violate internationally recognized human rights or international humanitarian law

(a) Letters of offer Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (O), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (P), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following new subparagraph: (Q) an assessment of whether the defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services to be offered are more likely than not to be used to violate internationally recognized human rights or international humanitarian law, prepared by the Secretary of State through the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence.. (b) Export license applications Section 36(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking and (C) and inserting (C); and (2) by inserting after items to be exported the following:, and (D) an assessment of whether the items being offered are more likely than not to be used to violate internationally recognized human rights or international humanitarian law, prepared by the Secretary of State through the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence.. (c) Due diligence requirement Section 38(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) The issuance of a license does not exempt the licensee from their own due diligence to ensure any defense article or defense service covered by the license is used with respect for and compliance with internationally recognized human rights and international humanitarian law..