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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 268
Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with the reconstruction,
peacekeeping, and United Nations programs in Kosovo.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. COX, Mr. EWING, Mr. GREEN
of Wisconsin, and Mr. TOOMEY) submitted the following resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with
the reconstruction, peacekeeping, and United Nations
programs in Kosovo.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Kosovo
Burdensharing Resolution’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The military air operation of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, which began on March 24,
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1999, and was officially terminated on June 20,
1999, consisted of some 37,465 sorties by allied air-
craft.
(2) Of this total number of sorties, 9,500 were
sorties flown to strike targets in the Federal Repub-
lic of Yugoslavia.
(3) The allied air forces totaled approximately
1,051 aircraft, of which 724 were United States air-
craft.
(4) United States aircraft flew 53 percent of
the strike sorties during the operation and 66 per-
cent of the total number of sorties.
(5) The United States provided 79 percent of
the aircraft utilized for refueling and logistical sup-
port and 68 percent of the total number of aircraft
involved in the operation.
(6) The cost to the United States of the oper-
ation during its first start-up week alone was ap-
proximately $55,700,000.
(7) The total cost of the operation to the
United States and to all allied participants is still
being calculated.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that—
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(1) in view of the disproportionately large share
of the costs of the military air operation of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that were borne by
the United States, the United States should not pay
more than 18 percent of the aggregate total costs
associated with the military air operation, recon-
struction in Kosovo, and, when conditions permit, in
other parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
the Kosovo peacekeeping force, and programs of the
United Nations and other international organiza-
tions in Kosovo;
(2) in addition to Kosovo, Macedonia and Alba-
nia, because of their extraordinary role and accept-
ance of a large share of the refugee and economic
burdens caused by the conflict in Kosovo, should be
priority recipients for economic, financial, humani-
tarian, and other assistance that may be provided to
the region by the United States and other donors;
and
(3) assistance described in paragraph (1)
should not be provided or otherwise made available
to the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(other than Montenegro), or individuals connected
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with those governments if either of those govern-
ments remain under the direction, command, or in-
fluence of Slobodan Milosevic, the Socialist Party of
Serbia, or any political party that does not under-
take effective measures to ensure true democratic
government in the Republic of Serbia that will en-
sure equal rights of all Serbia’s citizens, regardless
of ethnic background, and reforms intended to cre-
ate a market-based economy.
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