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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 268

Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with the reconstruction,

peacekeeping, and United Nations programs in Kosovo.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 30, 1999

Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. COX, Mr. EWING, Mr. GREEN

of Wisconsin, and Mr. TOOMEY) submitted the following resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with

the reconstruction, peacekeeping, and United Nations

programs in Kosovo.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

3 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Kosovo

4 Burdensharing Resolution’’.

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

6 The Congress finds the following:

7 (1) The military air operation of the North At8 lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Federal

9 Republic of Yugoslavia, which began on March 24,
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1 1999, and was officially terminated on June 20,

2 1999, consisted of some 37,465 sorties by allied air3 craft.

4 (2) Of this total number of sorties, 9,500 were

5 sorties flown to strike targets in the Federal Repub6 lic of Yugoslavia.

7 (3) The allied air forces totaled approximately

8 1,051 aircraft, of which 724 were United States air9 craft.

10 (4) United States aircraft flew 53 percent of

11 the strike sorties during the operation and 66 per12 cent of the total number of sorties.

13 (5) The United States provided 79 percent of

14 the aircraft utilized for refueling and logistical sup15 port and 68 percent of the total number of aircraft

16 involved in the operation.

17 (6) The cost to the United States of the oper18 ation during its first start-up week alone was ap19 proximately $55,700,000.

20 (7) The total cost of the operation to the

21 United States and to all allied participants is still

22 being calculated.

23 SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

24 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that—
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1 (1) in view of the disproportionately large share

2 of the costs of the military air operation of the

3 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the

4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that were borne by

5 the United States, the United States should not pay

6 more than 18 percent of the aggregate total costs

7 associated with the military air operation, recon8 struction in Kosovo, and, when conditions permit, in

9 other parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,

10 the Kosovo peacekeeping force, and programs of the

11 United Nations and other international organiza12 tions in Kosovo;

13 (2) in addition to Kosovo, Macedonia and Alba14 nia, because of their extraordinary role and accept15 ance of a large share of the refugee and economic

16 burdens caused by the conflict in Kosovo, should be

17 priority recipients for economic, financial, humani18 tarian, and other assistance that may be provided to

19 the region by the United States and other donors;

20 and

21 (3) assistance described in paragraph (1)

22 should not be provided or otherwise made available

23 to the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the

24 Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

25 (other than Montenegro), or individuals connected
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1 with those governments if either of those govern2 ments remain under the direction, command, or in3 fluence of Slobodan Milosevic, the Socialist Party of

4 Serbia, or any political party that does not under5 take effective measures to ensure true democratic

6 government in the Republic of Serbia that will en7 sure equal rights of all Serbia’s citizens, regardless

8 of ethnic background, and reforms intended to cre9 ate a market-based economy.

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