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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3334

To impose limitations on the placing of United States Armed Forces under

the operational control of a foreign national acting on behalf of the

United Nations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 21, 1993

Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. KYL, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BARTON of Texas,

Mr. EWING, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. STUMP, Mr. INHOFE, and

Mr. FIELDS of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred

jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services

A BILL

To impose limitations on the placing of United States Armed

Forces under the operational control of a foreign national

acting on behalf of the United Nations.

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

3 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON PLACING UNITED STATES

4 FORCES UNDER OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF

5 A FOREIGN NATIONAL ACTING ON BEHALF

6 OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

7 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection

8 (b), funds appropriated or otherwise made available for
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1 the Department of Defense may not be obligated or ex2 pended for activities of any element of the Armed Forces

3 that after the date of the enactment of this Act is placed

4 under the operational control of a foreign national acting

5 on behalf of the United Nations.

6 (b) CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply

7 in the case of any proposed placement of United States

8 Armed Forces under such operational control if, before

9 such operational control is to become effective, the Presi10 dent certifies to Congress that such operational control is

11 necessary to protect vital national security interests of the

12 United States.

13 (c) REPORT.—Within 10 days after a certification is

14 made under subsection (b), the President shall submit to

15 the Congress a report setting forth the following:

16 (1) A description of the vital national security

17 interest that requires the placement of United States

18 Armed Forces under the operational control of a for19 eign national acting on behalf of the United Nations

20 (2) The mission and objectives of the United

21 States Armed Forces involved, and an estimate of

22 the duration of the period during which the United

23 States Armed Forces involved will serve under such

24 foreign operational control.
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1 (3) The expected size and composition of the

2 United States Armed Forces involved.

3 (4) The incremental cost to the United States

4 associated with the proposed operation.

5 (5) The precise command and control relation6 ship between the United States Armed Forces in7 volved and the United Nations.

8 (6) The precise command and control relation9 ship between the United States Armed Forces in10 volved and the commander of the United States uni11 fied command for the region in which the operation

12 is proposed.

13 (7) The extent to which the United States

14 Armed Forces involved will rely on non-United

15 States military forces for security and self-defense

16 and an assessment on the ability of those forces to

17 provide adequate security to the United States

18 Armed Forces involved.

19 (d) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—A report under

20 subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form and,

21 if necessary, in classified form.

22 (e) EXCEPTION FOR SMALL FORCES.—This section

23 does not apply in the case of elements of the Armed Forces

24 involving fewer than 100 members of the Armed Forces

25 in any one country.
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1 (f) EXCEPTION FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS.—(1)

2 This section does to apply in the case of activities of the

3 Armed Forces in Somalia pursuant to United Nations Se4 curity Council Resolution 814, adopted March 26, 1993

5 (or any Security Council resolution that is adopted as a

6 successor to that resolution), as part of the United Na7 tions operation designed as the United Nations Peacekeep8 ing Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II).

9 (2) This section does not apply in the case of activi10 ties of the Armed Forces I Macedonia pursuant to United

11 Nations Security Council Resolutions 795, adopted De12 cember 11, 1992, and 842, adopted June 18, 1993, as

13 part of the United Nations force designated as the United

14 Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).

15 (g) INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in this section may

16 be construed as authority for the President to use United

17 States Armed Forces in any operation.

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