§1. Request for information on El Salvador’s human rights practices
This section requests a statement from the Secretary of State, not later than 30 days after adoption of the resolution and pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), on El Salvador's human rights practices. (Section 502B generally prohibits security assistance to governments engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights unless the President certifies extraordinary circumstances.) The statement, prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser, must be submitted to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and include (1) credible information on alleged violations by the government of El Salvador, including torture and inhumane treatment of detainees, forced disappearances, transnational repression, denial of due process (including judicial independence), and treatment of foreign citizens or residents detained or imprisoned there; (2) U.S. government steps to promote human rights observance (including during El Salvador's ongoing State of Exception), discourage contrary practices, and publicly or privately disassociate U.S. security assistance from such practices; and (3) assessments and descriptions concerning the potential misuse of U.S. security assistance for rendition, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment of non-El Salvadorans; conditions in El Salvador's Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) including torture allegations; actions to secure release of U.S. citizens or residents detained in compliance with U.S. court orders; responses to allegations of detention, torture, or disappearances of U.S. citizens or residents; provision of due process via U.S. agreements; and protection of U.S. citizens and residents from unlawful removal to El Salvador.