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Calendar No. 43
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 42
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 16, 1999
Received and ordered placed on the calendar
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Regarding the use of United States Armed Forces as part
of a NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a
Kosovo peace agreement.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Peacekeeping
Operations in Kosovo Resolution’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The conflict in Kosovo has caused great
human suffering and, if permitted to continue, could
threaten the peace of Europe.
(2) The Government of Serbia and representa-
tives of the people of Kosovo may agree in Ram-
bouillet, France, to end the conflict in Kosovo.
(3) Former Senator Robert Dole recently trav-
eled to the region to meet with the Kosovar Alba-
nians and deliver a message from President Clinton
encouraging all parties to reach an agreement to end
the conflict in Kosovo.
(4) Representatives of the Government of Ser-
bia and representatives of the Kosovar Albanians are
scheduled to reconvene in France on March 15,
1999.
(5) President Clinton has promised to deploy
approximately 4,000 United States Armed Forces
personnel to Kosovo as part of a North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping oper-
ation implementing a Kosovo peace agreement.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED
STATES ARMED FORCES TO KOSOVO.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in sub-
section (b) the President is authorized to deploy United
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States Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo as part of a
NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a Kosovo
peace agreement.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The President should,
before ordering the deployment of any United States
Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo do each of the follow-
ing:
(1) Personally and in writing submit to the
Congress—
(A) a detailed statement explaining the na-
tional interest of the United States at risk in
the Kosovo conflict; and
(B) a certification to the Congress that all
United States Armed Forces personnel so de-
ployed pursuant to subsection (a) will be under
the operational control only of United States
Armed Forces military officers.
(2) Submit to the Congress a detailed report
that—
(A) in classified and unclassified form ad-
dresses the amount and nature of the military
resources of the United States, in both person-
nel and equipment, that will be required for
such deployment;
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(B) outlines and explains the military exit
strategy that would control the withdrawal of
United States Armed Forces personnel from
Kosovo;
(C) certifies the chain of command for any
such deployed United States Armed Forces per-
sonnel; and
(D) provides the percentage of United
States Armed Forces participating in any
NATO deployment in the Kosovo peacekeeping
operation, including ground troops, air support,
logistics support, and intelligence support, com-
pared to the other NATO nations participating
in that operation.
(3) Submit to the Congress a detailed report
that—
(A) in classified and unclassified form ad-
dresses the impact on military readiness of such
deployment;
(B) provides the timeframe in which with-
drawal of all United States Armed Forces per-
sonnel from Kosovo could reasonably be ex-
pected;
(C) in classified and unclassified form pro-
vides an unambiguous explanation of the rules
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and Minority Leaders and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate a detailed report that
addresses—
(A) any intelligence sharing arrangement
that has been established as a result of the
Kosovo peace agreement;
(B) the intelligence sharing arrangement
that currently exists within NATO and how
such arrangement would be modified, if at all,
in the Kosovo context; and
(C) whether Russian participation in a
Kosovo 
peacekeeping 
deployment 
alongside
NATO forces will affect, impede, or hinder any
such intelligence sharing arrangement.
(6) Submit to the Congress a detailed report on
the scope of the mission of the United States Armed
Forces personnel.
(7) Submit to the Congress a detailed report
prepared by the Secretary of State that—
(A) outlines and explains the diplomatic
exit strategy that would control the withdrawal
of United States Armed Forces personnel from
Kosovo;
(B) outlines and explains the means and
methodologies by which verification of compli-
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ance with the terms of any Kosovo peace agree-
ment will be determined; and
(C) in classified and unclassified form, ex-
plains the terms and conditions included in any
peace agreement reached with respect to the
Kosovo conflict. Such report should include—
(i) a detailed discussion and expla-
nation of any side agreement, whether or
not all parties to the overall peace agree-
ment are aware of the side agreement;
(ii) a detailed discussion and expla-
nation of any obligations of the United
States arising from the peace agreement,
including any such obligations with respect
to the introduction of weapons into Kosovo
and Serbia;
(iii) a detailed discussion and expla-
nation of any military arrangements, in
addition to the NATO deployment, to
which the United States has agreed to un-
dertake as a result of the Kosovo peace
agreement;
(iv) a detailed discussion and expla-
nation of the funding source for any future
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plebiscite or referendum on independence
for Kosovo; and
(v) a detailed discussion and expla-
nation of any requirement for forces par-
ticipating in the NATO peacekeeping oper-
ation implementing the peace agreement to
enforce any provision of such peace agree-
ment.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION.
The authorization in section 3 is subject to the limita-
tion that the number of United States Armed Forces per-
sonnel participating in a deployment described in that sec-
tion may not exceed 15 percent of the total NATO force
deployed to Kosovo in the peacekeeping operation de-
scribed in that section, except that such percentage may
be exceeded if the President determines that United States
forces or United States citizens are in danger and notifies
Congress of that determination.
Passed the House of Representatives March 11,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 43
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 42
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Regarding the use of United States Armed Forces
as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation im-
plementing a Kosovo peace agreement.
MARCH 16, 1999
Received and ordered placed on the calendar