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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 420

To establish limitations on the use of funds for United Nations peacekeeping

activities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 15 (legislative day, JANUARY 30), 1995

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To establish limitations on the use of funds for United

Nations peacekeeping activities.

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 ‘‘International Peace5 keeping Policy Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR UNITED NA7 TIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

8 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, none of the funds made available to the De10 partment of State under the account ‘‘Contributions for
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1 International Peacekeeping Activities’’ or any other funds

2 made available to the Department of State under any law

3 to pay for assessed or voluntary contributions to United

4 Nations peacekeeping activities shall be available for obli5 gation or expenditure to the United Nations to establish,

6 expand in size, or modify in mission a United Nations

7 peacekeeping operation unless, with respect to such peace8 keeping operation—

9 (1) the President submits a certification to the

10 Congress under subsection (b); and

11 (2) not less than 15 days before approval of the

12 peacekeeping operation by the United Nations Secu13 rity Council, the President notifies the Congress, in

14 accordance with procedures applicable to

15 reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the

16 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, of

17 the intent to support the establishment of the peace18 keeping operation.

19 (b) CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—The President

20 shall determine and certify to the Congress that the

21 United Nations peacekeeping operation meets the follow22 ing requirements:

23 (1) The operation involves an international con24 flict in which hostilities have ceased and all signifi25 cant parties to the conflict agree to the imposition
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1 of United Nations peacekeeping forces for the pur2 pose of seeking an enduring solution to the conflict.

3 (2) With respect to any assessed contribution to

4 a United Nations peacekeeping activity, the percent5 age of the United States assessed share for the total

6 cost of the operation is no greater than the percent7 age of the United States assessed share for the regu8 lar United Nations budget.

9 (3) No United States intelligence information

10 involving sensitive sources and methods of intel11 ligence gathering will be provided to the United Na12 tions to support the operation.

13 (4) With respect to the participation in the op14 eration of units of the United States Armed Forces

15 trained to carry out direct combat missions—

16 (A) the operation directly advances United

17 States national security interests,

18 (B) the participation of such units is criti19 cal to the success of the operation,

20 (C) such units will be under the oper21 ational command and control of the United

22 States Armed Forces, and

23 (D) any member of the United States

24 Armed Forces participating in the operation

25 would have access to the full protection of the
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1 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment

2 of Prisoners of War (signed at Geneva, August

3 12, 1949) if captured and held by combatants

4 or other parties to the conflict.

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:

6 (1) DIRECT COMBAT.—The term ‘‘direct com7 bat’’ means engaging an enemy or hostile force with

8 individual or crew-served weapons while being ex9 posed to direct enemy fire, a high probability of di10 rect physical contact with the enemy or hostile force,

11 and a substantial risk of capture.

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