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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2370

To provide procedures for the contribution of volunteer United States military

personnel to international peace operations.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 8, 1994

Mr. SIMON (for himself, Mr. PELL, Mr. REID, Mr. BOREN, Ms. MOSELEYBRAUN, and Mr. JEFFORDS) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide procedures for the contribution of volunteer

United States military personnel to international peace

operations.

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 Peace

5 Operations Support Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress makes the following findings:

8 (1) With the end of the Cold War, the United

9 States is clearly the undisputed world economic and
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1 military leader and as such bears major inter2 national responsibilities.

3 (2) Threats to the long-term security and well4 being of the United States no longer derive primarily

5 from the risk of external military aggression against

6 the United States or its closest treaty allies but in

7 large measure derive from instability from a variety

8 of causes: population movements, ethnic and re9 gional conflicts including genocide against ethnic

10 and religious groups, famine, terrorism, narcotics

11 trafficking, and proliferation of weapons of mass de12 struction.

13 (3) To address such threats, the United States

14 has increasingly turned to the United Nations and

15 other international peace operations, which at times

16 offer the best and most cost-effective way to prevent,

17 contain, and resolve such problems.

18 (4) In numerous crisis situations, most recently

19 the massacres in Rwanda, the United Nations has

20 been unable to respond with peace operations in a

21 swift manner.

22 (5) The Secretary-General of the United Na23 tions has asked member states to identify in advance

24 units which are available for contribution to inter25 national peace operations under the auspices of the
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1 United Nations in order to create a rapid response

2 capability.

3 (6) United States participation and leadership

4 in the initiative of the Secretary-General is critical

5 to leveraging contributions from other nations and,

6 in that way, limiting the United States share of the

7 burden and helping the United Nations to achieve

8 success.

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

10 For purposes of this Act—

11 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional con12 sultation’’ means consultation as described in section

13 3 of the War Powers Resolution; and

14 (2) the term ‘‘international peace operations’’

15 means any such operation carried out under chapter

16 VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter or

17 under the auspices of the Organization of American

18 States.

19 SEC. 4. REPORT ON PLAN TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER

20 UNITS.

21 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

22 of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the Con23 gress setting forth—

24 (1) a plan for—
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1 (A) organizing into units of the Armed

2 Forces a contingency force of up to 3,000 per3 sonnel, comprised of current active-duty mili4 tary personnel, who volunteer additionally and

5 specifically to serve in international peace oper6 ations and who receive added compensation for

7 such service;

8 (B) recruiting personnel to serve in such

9 units; and

10 (C) providing training to such personnel

11 which is appropriate to such operations; and

12 (2) proposed procedures to implement such

13 plan.

14 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon approval by the United Na16 tions Security Council of an international peace operation,

17 the President, after appropriate congressional consulta18 tion, is authorized to make immediately available for such

19 operations those units of the Armed Forces of the United

20 States which are organized under section 4(1)(A).

21 (b) TERMINATION OF USE OF UNITED STATES

22 ARMED FORCES.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the

23 President may terminate United States participation in

24 international peace operations at any time and take what-
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1 ever actions he deems necessary to protect United States

2 forces.

3 (2) Notwithstanding section 5(b) of the War Powers

4 Resolution, not later than 180 days after a Presidential

5 report is submitted or required to be submitted under sec6 tion 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution in connection with

7 the participation of the Armed Forces of the United States

8 in an international peace operation, the President shall

9 terminate any use of the Armed Forces with respect to

10 which such report was submitted or required to be submit11 ted, unless the Congress has extended by law such 180-

12 day period.

13 SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

14 Funds available to the Department of Defense are

15 authorized to be available to carry out section 5(a).

16 SEC. 7. WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.

17 Except as otherwise provided, this Act does not su18 persede the requirements of the War Powers Resolution.

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