106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 42

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Regarding the use of United States Armed Forces

plementing a Kosovo peace agreement.as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation im-
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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 42

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring),

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Peacekeeping

5 Operations in Kosovo Resolution’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 The Congress makes the following findings:

3 (1) The conflict in Kosovo has caused great

4 human suffering and, if permitted to continue, could

5 threaten the peace of Europe.

6 (2) The Government of Serbia and representa7 tives of the people of Kosovo may agree in Ram8 bouillet, France, to end the conflict in Kosovo.

9 (3) Former Senator Robert Dole recently trav10 eled to the region to meet with the Kosovar Alba11 nians and deliver a message from President Clinton

12 encouraging all parties to reach an agreement to end

13 the conflict in Kosovo.

14 (4) Representatives of the Government of Ser15 bia and representatives of the Kosovar Albanians are

16 scheduled to reconvene in France on March 15,

17 1999.

18 (5) President Clinton has promised to deploy

19 approximately 4,000 United States Armed Forces

20 personnel to Kosovo as part of a North Atlantic

21 Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping oper22 ation implementing a Kosovo peace agreement.

23 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED

24 STATES ARMED FORCES TO KOSOVO.

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in sub26 section (b) the President is authorized to deploy United
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1 States Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo as part of a

2 NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a Kosovo

3 peace agreement.

4 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The President should,

5 before ordering the deployment of any United States

6 Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo do each of the follow7 ing:

8 (1) Personally and in writing submit to the

9 Congress—

10 (A) a detailed statement explaining the na11 tional interest of the United States at risk in

12 the Kosovo conflict; and

13 (B) a certification to the Congress that all

14 United States Armed Forces personnel so de15 ployed pursuant to subsection (a) will be under

16 the operational control only of United States

17 Armed Forces military officers.

18 (2) Submit to the Congress a detailed report

19 that—

20 (A) in classified and unclassified form ad21 dresses the amount and nature of the military

22 resources of the United States, in both person23 nel and equipment, that will be required for

24 such deployment;
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1 (B) outlines and explains the military exit

2 strategy that would control the withdrawal of

3 United States Armed Forces personnel from

4 Kosovo;

5 (C) certifies the chain of command for any

6 such deployed United States Armed Forces per7 sonnel; and

8 (D) provides the percentage of United

9 States Armed Forces participating in any

10 NATO deployment in the Kosovo peacekeeping

11 operation, including ground troops, air support,

12 logistics support, and intelligence support, com13 pared to the other NATO nations participating

14 in that operation.

15 (3) Submit to the Congress a detailed report

16 that—

17 (A) in classified and unclassified form ad18 dresses the impact on military readiness of such

19 deployment;

20 (B) provides the timeframe in which with21 drawal of all United States Armed Forces per22 sonnel from Kosovo could reasonably be ex23 pected;

24 (C) in classified and unclassified form pro25 vides an unambiguous explanation of the rules
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1 of engagement under which all United States

2 Armed Forces personnel participating in the

3 Kosovo NATO peacekeeping operation shall op4 erate; and

5 (D) in classified and unclassified form pro6 vides the budgetary impact for fiscal year 1999

7 and each fiscal year thereafter for the next five

8 fiscal years on the Department of Defense, and

9 each of the military services in particular; on

10 the Intelligence Community; and on the Depart11 ment of State as a result of any such deploy12 ment.

13 (4) Submit in classified form, to the Speaker,

14 the Minority Leader, the Permanent Select Commit15 tee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Armed

16 Services of the House of Representatives; and the

17 Majority and Minority Leaders, the Select Commit18 tee on Intelligence, and the Armed Services Commit19 tee of the Senate, a detailed report that addresses

20 the threats attendant to any such deployment and

21 the nature and level of force protection required for

22 such deployment.

23 (5) Submit to the Speaker, Minority Leader,

24 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

25 of the House of Representatives; and the Majority
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1 and Minority Leaders and the Select Committee on

2 Intelligence of the Senate a detailed report that

3 addresses—

4 (A) any intelligence sharing arrangement

5 that has been established as a result of the

6 Kosovo peace agreement;

7 (B) the intelligence sharing arrangement

8 that currently exists within NATO and how

9 such arrangement would be modified, if at all,

10 in the Kosovo context; and

11 (C) whether Russian participation in a

12 Kosovo peacekeeping deployment alongside

13 NATO forces will affect, impede, or hinder any

14 such intelligence sharing arrangement.

15 (6) Submit to the Congress a detailed report on

16 the scope of the mission of the United States Armed

17 Forces personnel.

18 (7) Submit to the Congress a detailed report

19 prepared by the Secretary of State that—

20 (A) outlines and explains the diplomatic

21 exit strategy that would control the withdrawal

22 of United States Armed Forces personnel from

23 Kosovo;

24 (B) outlines and explains the means and

25 methodologies by which verification of compli-
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1 ance with the terms of any Kosovo peace agree2 ment will be determined; and

3 (C) in classified and unclassified form, ex4 plains the terms and conditions included in any

5 peace agreement reached with respect to the

6 Kosovo conflict. Such report should include—

7 (i) a detailed discussion and expla8 nation of any side agreement, whether or

9 not all parties to the overall peace agree10 ment are aware of the side agreement;

11 (ii) a detailed discussion and expla12 nation of any obligations of the United

13 States arising from the peace agreement,

14 including any such obligations with respect

15 to the introduction of weapons into Kosovo

16 and Serbia;

17 (iii) a detailed discussion and expla18 nation of any military arrangements, in

19 addition to the NATO deployment, to

20 which the United States has agreed to un21 dertake as a result of the Kosovo peace

22 agreement;

23 (iv) a detailed discussion and expla24 nation of the funding source for any future
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1 plebiscite or referendum on independence

2 for Kosovo; and

3 (v) a detailed discussion and expla4 nation of any requirement for forces par5 ticipating in the NATO peacekeeping oper6 ation implementing the peace agreement to

7 enforce any provision of such peace agree8 ment.

9 SEC. 4. LIMITATION.

10 The authorization in section 3 is subject to the limita11 tion that the number of United States Armed Forces per12 sonnel participating in a deployment described in that sec13 tion may not exceed 15 percent of the total NATO force

14 deployed to Kosovo in the peacekeeping operation de15 scribed in that section, except that such percentage may

16 be exceeded if the President determines that United States

17 forces or United States citizens are in danger and notifies

18 Congress of that determination.

Passed the House of Representatives March 11,

1999.

Attest:

Clerk.