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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2260

Calling for reduction in the United States share of assessed contributions

to international peacekeeping operations, restricting the use of the United

States Peacekeeping Emergency Fund, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25, 1993

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

Calling for reduction in the United States share of assessed

contributions to international peacekeeping operations,

restricting the use of the United States Peacekeeping

Emergency Fund, and for other purposes.

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 Reform Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) at the beginning of 1993, there were 13

2 United Nations international peacekeeping oper3 ations in existence, 9 of which were established since

4 1990;

5 (2) in 1987 the United Nations spent

6 $233,000,000 on all international peacekeeping op7 erations, compared to $3,800,000,000 budgeted for

8 this function in 1993;

9 (3) while the United States is currently as10 sessed 25 percent of the regular budget of the Unit11 ed Nations and its specialized agencies, the United

12 States had, until 1993, been assessed 30.4 percent

13 for the United Nations peacekeeping operations;

14 (4) by early 1993, the United Nations unilater15 ally increased the United States assessed level for

16 international peackeeping operations to 31.7 percent

17 to compensate for the breakup of the former Soviet

18 Union;

19 (5) the United States’ share of the United Na20 tions international peacekeeping assessments is sig21 nificantly higher than that of any other member

22 state, regardless of economic strength, location, or

23 potential to benefit from specific peacekeeping

24 missions;
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1 (6) the United States Government faces a pro2 tected period of serious fiscal constraint, particularly

3 in its international affairs budget;

4 (7) there is growing concern in the Congress

5 over the potential for excessive reliance on United

6 Nations international peacekeeping operations for

7 the resolution of local and regional conflicts, includ8 ing concern over the continued viability of existing

9 United Nations peacekeeping operations that have

10 become permanent fixtures in local disputes rather

11 than serving to bring such disputes to resolution;

12 and

13 (8) for fiscal year 1994, the executive branch

14 has requested the creation of a United States

15 Peackeeping Emergency Fund to increase the ability

16 of the United States to respond quickly to unforseen

17 peacekeeping emergencies.

18 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

19 It is the sense of the Congress that—

20 (1) the United States should not be assessed a

21 greater share for any international peacekeeping op22 eration than the current United States share of the

23 regular assessed budget for the international organi24 zation or entity with jurisdiction over that operation;
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1 (2) all United States military assistance,

2 logistical support and in-kind contributions for an

3 international peacekeeping operation should either

4 be fully counted toward the United States assess5 ment for that operation or should be fully reim6 bursed; and

7 (3) regional countries or groups of countries

8 that would receive disproportionate benefit from the

9 establishment of an international peacekeeping

10 operation should voluntarily provide a higher

11 proportionate share of the costs of that peackeeping

12 operation.

13 SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF UNDESIGNATED

14 FUNDS IN THE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTER15 NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES AC16 COUNT.

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds

18 authorized to be appropriated to the Contributions for

19 International Peacekeeping Activities Account at the De20 partment of State for the United States Peacekeeping

21 Emergency Fund or which are otherwise not specifically

22 designated for assessed contributions for an existing inter23 national peacekeeping operation at the time of the appro24 priation may not be made available for any international

25 peacekeeping operation of any international organization
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1 or entity in which the United States assessed share ex2 ceeds its assessed share for the regular budget for that

3 organization or entity.

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