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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4797 

To protect America’s citizen soldiers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2006 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To protect America’s citizen soldiers. 

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 ‘‘Citizen Soldier Protec5 tion Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND STATEMENT OF CON7 STITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

9 (1) in some instances members of the Armed 

10 Forces are being compelled, without lawful author11 ity, to wear as part of their military uniform badges, 

12 symbols, helmets, headgear, and other visible indicia 


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1 or insignia of the United Nations and foreign states; 

2 and 

3 (2) in some instances members of the Armed 

4 Forces are being compelled, without lawful author5 ity, to serve under military and other officers of the 

6 United Nations and foreign states. 

7 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

8 (1) to clarify existing law in order to protect 

9 United States citizens serving in the Armed Forces 

10 from involuntary service under military and other of11 ficers of foreign states; and 

12 (2) to restore to Congress its rightful constitu13 tional authority governing the deployment of mem14 bers of the Armed Forces in service alongside and 

15 in conjunction with foreign states with which the 

16 United States from time to time is allied. 

17 (c) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.—The specific con18 stitutional powers authorizing the enactment of this Act 

19 are— 

20 (1) that this Act is necessary to provide for the 

21 common defense and to secure the blessings of lib22 erty to the people of the United States; and 

23 (2) as provided in Article I, sections 8 and 9— 

24 (A) Congress shall have power to raise and 

25 support armies; 


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1 (B) Congress shall provide and maintain a 

2 navy; 

3 (C) Congress shall make rules for the gov4 ernment and regulation of the land and naval 

5 forces; and 

6 (D) Congress shall provide for organizing, 

7 arming, and disciplining the militia, and for 

8 governing such part of them as may be em9 ployed in the service of the United States. 

10 (d) LIMITATION UNDER ARTICLE II.—This Act is 

11 enacted to effect the limits of Article II, section 2, of the 

12 Constitution in which— 

13 (1) the President has the nondelegable power, 

14 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

15 to appoint all executive officers of the United States, 

16 except in the case of inferior executive officers 

17 wherein Congress may vest appointment of such in18 ferior officers, as they think proper, in the President 

19 alone or in the heads of executive departments; and 

20 (2) in no case may the President or Congress 

21 vest any of the executive power of the United States 

22 in officers of a foreign state or delegate to an officer 

23 of a foreign state such executive power, except in 

24 time of military necessity in a lawfully declared state 

25 of war and as authorized by Congress. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF 

2 THE ARMED FORCES TO WEAR UNIFORMS OR 

3 OTHER INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS 

4 AND FOREIGN STATES. 

5 (a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 45 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 778. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign 

9 states: prohibition on requirement of 

10 wearing 

11 ‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to 

12 wear as part of the military uniform any badge, symbol, 

13 headgear, or other visible indicia or insignia of the United 

14 Nations or any foreign state.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘778. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign states: prohibition on requirement of wearing.’’ 

18 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF 

19 THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE UNDER FOR20 EIGN OFFICERS. 

21 (a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 39 of title 10, United 

22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 692. Service under United Nations or other foreign 

2 command: prohibition 

3 ‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to 

4 serve in any capacity under an officer of the United Na5 tions or any foreign state, except as specifically provided 

6 by law and, then, only during time of war declared by Con7 gress in accordance with Article I, section 8, of the Con8 stitution.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘692. Service under United Nations or other foreign command: prohibition.’’. 

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