; and (B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate congressional committees, either in the next submission required by subsection (a)(1) or before such submission, a written statement explaining the reason for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be. . 6704. Report on partner forces utilizing United States security assistance identified as using hunger as a weapon of war (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States recognizes the link between armed conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity; (2) Congress recognizes and condemns the role of nefarious security actors, including state and non-state armed groups, who have utilized hunger as a weapon of war, including through the unanimous adoption of House of Representatives Resolution 922 and Senate Resolution 669 relating to [c]ondemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine ; and (3) the United States should use the diplomatic and humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only fight global hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, and promote critical, lifesaving assistance, but also hold perpetrators using hunger as a weapon of war to account. (b) Definitions In this paragraph: (1) Hunger as a weapon of war The term hunger as a weapon of war means— (A) intentional starvation of civilians; (B) intentional and reckless destruction, removal, looting, or rendering useless objects necessary for food production and distribution, such as farmland, markets, mills, food processing and storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, livestock, agricultural assets, waterways, water systems, drinking water facilities and supplies, and irrigation networks