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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2112

To provide support for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 

peacekeeping within Iraq. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2003

Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. ACKERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

A BILL

To provide support for North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

(NATO) peacekeeping within Iraq.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Peacekeeping 

5 in Iraq Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The coalition forces have liberated Iraq 

9 from the decades-long grip of the terrorist regime of 
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1 Saddam Hussein, and the Iraqi people now have the 

2 opportunity to build a truly representative and 

3 democratic society, which would stand as a model 

4 for all the countries of the region to emulate. 

5 (2) There are terrorist organizations and tyran6 nical regimes that will correctly perceive that such a 

7 representative and democratic society in the Middle 

8 East will constitute the gravest threat to their exist9 ence and continued oppression of the peoples of the 

10 region, and will seek to prevent any truly representa11 tive and democratic government and society from 

12 arising in Iraq by any means possible. 

13 (3) There may be political strife in Iraq as the 

14 people emerge from the domination of Saddam Hus15 sein and the thugs of the Baathist Party, and pro16 longed unrest and civil strife within Iraq would 

17 present a continuing threat to the stability not just 

18 of a free Iraq, but of the entire Persian Gulf region. 

19 (4) There is an immediate need for peace20 keeping and civil police forces throughout Iraq to 

21 maintain order and prevent interference by terrorists 

22 and extremists in the affairs of the newly-free Iraqi 

23 people. 

24 (5) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

25 (NATO) should provide immediate personnel, mate-
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1 rial and other assistance to establish an inter2 national peacekeeping and civil police presence in 

3 Iraq to assist coalition forces in promoting security, 

4 civil order, and the growth of democracy. 

5 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that the North Atlantic 

7 Treaty Organization (NATO) should immediately begin 

8 contributing peacekeeping and civil order personnel to pro9 mote security and stability in Iraq. It is further the sense 

10 of Congress that the President should use all appropriate 

11 diplomatic means to persuade NATO and NATO member 

12 nations to formally undertake a major peacekeeping and 

13 civil order mission in Iraq. 

14 SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR NATO ACTIVITIES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 

17 Secretary of State $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

18 years 2003 through 2005 to support any North Atlantic 

19 Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping within Iraq. 

20 (b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—(1) Notwith21 standing any other provision of law, the President may 

22 make available defense articles, defense services, and mili23 tary education and training pursuant to section 506 of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support the activities 

25 in subsection (a). 
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1 (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

2 President $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 

3 and 2005 to carry out paragraph (1). Amounts appro4 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

5 under the preceding sentence shall not be counted against 

6 any annual funding limitation contained in section 

7 506(a)(2)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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