‘‘(B) the commander of any unit of the
armed forces proposed for placement under
United Nations command or control will at all
times retain the right—
‘‘(i) to report independently to supe-
rior United States military authorities; and
‘‘(ii) to decline to comply with orders
judged by the commander to be illegal,
militarily imprudent, or beyond the man-
date of the mission to which the United
States agreed with the United Nations,
until such time as that commander receives
direction from superior United States mili-
tary authorities with respect to the orders
that the commander has declined to com-
ply with;
‘‘(C) any element of the armed forces pro-
posed for placement under United Nations com-
mand or control will at all times remain under
United States administrative command for such
purposes as discipline and evaluation; and
‘‘(D) the United States will retain the au-
thority to withdraw any element of the armed
forces from the proposed operation at any time
and to take any action it considers necessary to
protect those forces if they are engaged.
‘‘(2) A report setting forth the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the national security
interests that require the placement of United
States forces under United Nations command
or control.
‘‘(B) The mission of the United States
forces involved.
‘‘(C) The expected size and composition of
the United States forces involved.
‘‘(D) The incremental cost to the United
States of participation in the United Nations
operation by the United States forces which are
proposed to be placed under United Nations
command or control.
‘‘(E) The precise command and control re-
lationship between the United States forces in-
volved and the United Nations command
structure.
‘‘(F) The precise command and control re-
lationship between the United States forces in-
volved and the commander of the United States
unified command for the region in which those
United States forces are to operate.
‘‘(G) The extent to which the United
States forces involved will rely on non-United
States forces for security and self-defense and
an assessment on the ability of those non-
United States forces to provide adequate secu-
rity to the United States forces involved.
‘‘(H) The timetable for complete with-
drawal of the United States forces involved.
‘‘(e) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—A report under
subsection (d) shall be submitted in unclassified form and,
if necessary, in classified form.
‘‘(f) UNITED NATIONS COMMAND OR CONTROL.—
For purposes of this section, an element of the armed
forces shall be considered to be placed under United Na-
tions command or control if—
‘‘(1) that element is under the command or
operational control of an individual acting on behalf
of the United Nations for the purpose of inter-
national peacekeeping, peacemaking, peace-enforc-
ing, or similar activity that is authorized by the
Security Council under chapter VI or VII of the
Charter of the United Nations; and
‘‘(2) the senior military commander of the
United Nations force or operation—
‘‘(A) is a foreign national or is a citizen of
the United States who is not a United States
military officer serving on active duty; or
‘‘(B) is a United States military officer
serving on active duty but—
‘‘(i) that element of the armed forces
is under the command or operational con-
trol of subordinate commander who is a
foreign national or a citizen of the United
States who is not a United States military
officer serving on active duty; and
‘‘(ii) that senior military commander
does not have the authority—
‘‘(I) to dismiss any subordinate
officer in the chain of command who
is exercising command or operational
control over United States forces and
who is a foreign national or a citizen
of the United States who is not a
United States military officer serving
on active duty;
‘‘(II) to establish rules of engage-
ment for United States forces in-
volved; and