I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizen Soldier Protec-
tion Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND STATEMENT OF CON-
STITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) in some instances members of the Armed 
Forces are being compelled, without lawful author-
ity, to wear as part of their military uniform badges, 
symbols, helmets, headgear, and other visible indicia 
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or insignia of the United Nations and foreign states; 
and 
(2) in some instances members of the Armed 
Forces are being compelled, without lawful author-
ity, to serve under military and other officers of the 
United Nations and foreign states. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to clarify existing law in order to protect 
United States citizens serving in the Armed Forces 
from involuntary service under military and other of-
ficers of foreign states; and 
(2) to restore to Congress its rightful constitu-
tional authority governing the deployment of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces in service alongside and 
in conjunction with foreign states with which the 
United States from time to time is allied. 
(c) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.—The specific con-
stitutional powers authorizing the enactment of this Act 
are— 
(1) that this Act is necessary to provide for the 
common defense and to secure the blessings of lib-
erty to the people of the United States; and 
(2) as provided in Article I, sections 8 and 9— 
(A) Congress shall have power to raise and 
support armies; 
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(B) Congress shall provide and maintain a 
navy; 
(C) Congress shall make rules for the gov-
ernment and regulation of the land and naval 
forces; and 
(D) Congress shall provide for organizing, 
arming, and disciplining the militia, and for 
governing such part of them as may be em-
ployed in the service of the United States. 
(d) LIMITATION UNDER ARTICLE II.—This Act is 
enacted to effect the limits of Article II, section 2, of the 
Constitution in which— 
(1) the President has the nondelegable power, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
to appoint all executive officers of the United States, 
except in the case of inferior executive officers 
wherein Congress may vest appointment of such in-
ferior officers, as they think proper, in the President 
alone or in the heads of executive departments; and 
(2) in no case may the President or Congress 
vest any of the executive power of the United States 
in officers of a foreign state or delegate to an officer 
of a foreign state such executive power, except in 
time of military necessity in a lawfully declared state 
of war and as authorized by Congress. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES TO WEAR UNIFORMS OR 
OTHER INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
AND FOREIGN STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 45 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 778. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign 
states: prohibition on requirement of 
wearing 
‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to 
wear as part of the military uniform any badge, symbol, 
headgear, or other visible indicia or insignia of the United 
Nations or any foreign state.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘778. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign states: prohibition on require-
ment of wearing.’’ 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE UNDER FOR-
EIGN OFFICERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 39 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 692. Service under United Nations or other foreign 
command: prohibition 
‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to 
serve in any capacity under an officer of the United Na-
tions or any foreign state, except as specifically provided 
by law and, then, only during time of war declared by Con-
gress in accordance with Article I, section 8, of the Con-
stitution.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘692. Service under United Nations or other foreign command: prohibition.’’. 
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