DRAFT/PROPOSAL
From: Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretary of State
Notice: Approval of Peacebuilding Activities
Date: [X]
The Secretary of State, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2339B(j), having consulted with the Attorney General, orders that the provision of expert advice or assistance, training, and personnel designed to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict, or to reduce its impact on noncombatants, are exempt from the prohibition in 18 U.S.C. 2339B, so long as the advice, training or personnel are intended and designed to further only lawful, peaceful and nonviolent activities.” Such activities include:
· Expert advice or assistance that facilitates dialogue and promotes opportunities for parties to armed conflict to discuss peaceful resolution of their differences, and logistics necessary to support such dialogue.
· Training, including in-person, written and virtual presentations, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of nonviolent methods of dispute resolution and providing the skills and information necessary to carry it out.
· Expert advice, assistance and dialogue aimed at increasing the human security of noncombatant civilians under international humanitarian law, and logistics necessary to carry this out.
Sec. State Authority for this Action:
TITLE 18 § 2339B Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations
(j) Exception.— No person may be prosecuted under this section in connection with the term “personnel”, “training”, or “expert advice or assistance” if the provision of that material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization was approved by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Attorney General. The Secretary of State may not approve the provision of any material support that may be used to carry out terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).