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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 416

Providing limited authorization for the participation of United States Armed

Forces in the multinational force in Haiti and providing for the prompt

withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Haiti.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 28, 1994

Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself and Mr. HAMILTON) introduced the following

joint resolution; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign

Affairs and Rules

JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing limited authorization for the participation of

United States Armed Forces in the multinational force

in Haiti and providing for the prompt withdrawal of

United States Armed Forces from Haiti.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Limited

5 Authorization for the United States-led Force in Haiti

6 Resolution’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:

3 (1) On September 18, 1994, the special delega4 tion to Haiti succeeded in convincing the de facto

5 authorities in Haiti to sign the Port-au-Prince

6 Agreement under which such authorities agreed to

7 leave power.

8 (2) On September 18, 1994, after the Port-au9 Prince Agreement was reached, the President or10 dered the deployment of United States Armed

11 Forces in and around Haiti.

12 (3) On September 21, 1994, the President sub13 mitted a report, consistent with the War Powers

14 Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), on the intro15 duction of United States Armed Forces into Haiti.

16 (4) The Congress fully supports the men and

17 women of the United States Armed Forces who are

18 carrying out their mission in Haiti with professional

19 excellence and dedicated patriotism.

20 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The Congress declares

21 the following:

22 (1) The United States-led force in Haiti should

23 use all necessary means to protect United States

24 citizens, to stabilize the security situation in Haiti so

25 that orderly progress may be made in transferring

26 the functions of government in that country to the
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1 democratically-elected government of Haiti, and to

2 facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance to

3 the people of Haiti.

4 (2) Transfer of operations in Haiti from the

5 United States-led force in Haiti to the United Na6 tions-led force in Haiti should be facilitated and ex7 pedited to the fullest extent possible.

8 (3) United States Armed Forces should be

9 withdrawn from Haiti as soon as possible.

10 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES

11 ARMED FORCES.

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to subsection (b),

13 United States Armed Forces are authorized to participate

14 in the United States-led force in Haiti only—

15 (1) to protect United States citizens;

16 (2) to stabilize the security situation in Haiti so

17 that orderly progress may be made in transferring

18 the functions of government in that country to the

19 democratically-elected government of Haiti; and

20 (3) to facilitate the provision of humanitarian

21 assistance to the people of Haiti.

22 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

23 (1) TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The

24 authorization provided by subsection (a) shall expire

25 on March 1, 1995.
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1 (2) PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN COMMAND.—

2 United States Armed Forces described in subsection

3 (a) shall remain under the command and control of

4 officers of the United States Armed Forces at all

5 times.

6 SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to the

8 Congress reports on—

9 (1) the participation of United States Armed

10 Forces in the United States-led force in Haiti and

11 the United Nations-led force in Haiti, including—

12 (A) the number of members of the United

13 States Armed Forces that are participating in

14 such United States-led force and such United

15 Nations-led force;

16 (B) the functions of such Armed Forces;

17 and

18 (C) the costs of deployment of such Armed

19 Forces; and

20 (2) the efforts to withdraw United States

21 Armed Forces from Haiti, including—

22 (A) for the purpose of achieving a transi23 tion from the United States-led force in Haiti

24 to the United Nations-led force in Haiti, the

25 status of efforts to implement the Port-au-
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1 Prince Agreement and to otherwise carry out

2 the terms of United Nations Security Council

3 Resolutions 917 (May 6, 1994) and 940 (July

4 31, 1994);

5 (B) the status of plans to accomplish such

6 transition to the United Nations-led force in

7 Haiti; and

8 (C) the status of plans to withdraw United

9 States Armed Forces from Haiti.

10 (b) REPORTING DATES.—A report under this section

11 shall be submitted—

12 (1) not later than November 30, 1994, covering

13 the period since September 18, 1994;

14 (2) not later than December 31, 1994, covering

15 the period since the report described in paragraph

16 (1); and

17 (3) not later than February 1, 1995, covering

18 the period since the report described in paragraph

19 (2).

20 (c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REPORTING RE21 QUIREMENTS.—The requirements of this section do not

22 supersede the requirements of the War Powers Resolution

23 (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 5. REASSEMBLY OF CONGRESS.

2 It is the sense of the Congress that the speaker of

3 the House of Representatives and the majority leader of

4 the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the mi5 nority leader of the House of Representatives and the mi6 nority leader of the Senate, respectively, should monitor

7 closely events in Haiti in considering whether to exercise

8 any authority that may be granted to reassemble the Con9 gress after the adjournment of the Congress sine die, if

10 the public interest shall warrant it.

11 SEC. 6. JOINT RESOLUTION PROHIBITING CONTINUED USE

12 OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN HAITI.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—If a joint resolution described in

14 subsection (b) is enacted, the President shall remove

15 United States Armed Forces from Haiti in accordance

16 with such joint resolution.

17 (b) DESCRIPTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For pur18 poses of subsection (a), a joint resolution described in this

19 subsection is a joint resolution the matter after the resolv20 ing clause of which is as follows: ‘‘Pursuant to section 6

21 of the Limited Authorization for the United States-led

22 Force in Haiti Resolution, the Congress hereby directs the

23 President to remove United States Armed Forces from

24 Haiti not later than 30 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this joint resolution, except for a limited number

26 of members of the United States Armed Forces sufficient
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1 to protect United States diplomatic facilities and person2 nel.’’.

3 (c) PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—

4 (1) INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—

5 Paragraph (2) shall only apply to a joint resolution

6 described in subsection (b) and introduced on or

7 after the date on which the President submits, or is

8 required to submit, the report required by section

9 4(b)(3).

10 (2) CONSIDERATION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—

11 Only one joint resolution described in subsection (b)

12 and introduced in accordance with paragraph (1)

13 shall be considered in accordance with the proce14 dures described in section 7 of the War Powers Res15 olution (50 U.S.C. 1546), except that, for purposes

16 of such consideration, the term ‘‘calendar days’’ in

17 such section shall be deemed to mean ‘‘legislative

18 days’’.

19 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

20 For purposes of this joint resolution, the following

21 definitions apply:

22 (1) LEGISLATIVE DAYS.—The term ‘‘legislative

23 days’’ means days in which the House of Represent24 atives is in session.
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1 (2) PORT-AU-PRINCE AGREEMENT.—The term

2 ‘‘Port-au-Prince Agreement’’ means the agreement

3 reached between the United States special delegation

4 and the de facto authorities in Haiti on September

5 18, 1994.

6 (3) UNITED NATIONS-LED FORCE IN HAITI.—

7 The term ‘‘United Nations-led force in Haiti’’ means

8 the United Nations Mission in Haiti (commonly re9 ferred to as ‘‘UNMIH’’) authorized by United Na10 tions Security Council Resolutions 867 (September

11 23, 1993), 905 (March 23, 1994), 933 (June 30,

12 1994), and 940 (July 31, 1994).

13 (4) UNITED STATES-LED FORCE IN HAITI.—

14 The term ‘‘United States-led force in Haiti’’ means

15 the multinational force (commonly referred to as

16 ‘‘MNF’’) authorized by United Nations Security

17 Council Resolution 940 (July 31, 1994).

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