; and (B) programs to restore democratic institutions. (c) Security assistance (1) In general Upon the request of the Senate or the House of Representatives by resolution of either such House, or upon the request of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of State shall, within thirty days after receipt of such request, transmit to both such committees a statement, prepared with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, with respect to the country designated in such request, setting forth— (A) all the available information and a detailed description of practices the recipient government has engaged in or tolerated that violate internationally recognized human rights, including through the use of surveillance technology, in connection with emergency laws or policies implemented in response to, or justified by, the COVID–19 pandemic, or sustained emergency measures that have the effect of curtailing human, political and civil rights beyond a purpose or duration reasonably necessary to contain the COVID–19 crisis; (B) the steps the United States has taken to— (i) promote respect for and observance of human rights in that country and discourage any practices which are inimical to internationally recognized human rights, and (ii) publicly or privately call attention to, and disassociate the United States and any security assistance provided for such country from, such practices