I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2112
To provide support for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
peacekeeping within Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2003
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 
Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. ACKERMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions 
A BILL 
To provide support for North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) peacekeeping within Iraq.
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 ‘‘NATO Peacekeeping 
in Iraq Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The coalition forces have liberated Iraq 
from the decades-long grip of the terrorist regime of
Saddam Hussein, and the Iraqi people now have the 
opportunity to build a truly representative and 
democratic society, which would stand as a model 
for all the countries of the region to emulate. 
(2) There are terrorist organizations and tyran-
nical regimes that will correctly perceive that such a 
representative and democratic society in the Middle 
East will constitute the gravest threat to their exist-
ence and continued oppression of the peoples of the 
region, and will seek to prevent any truly representa-
tive and democratic government and society from 
arising in Iraq by any means possible. 
(3) There may be political strife in Iraq as the 
people emerge from the domination of Saddam Hus-
sein and the thugs of the Baathist Party, and pro-
longed unrest and civil strife within Iraq would 
present a continuing threat to the stability not just 
of a free Iraq, but of the entire Persian Gulf region. 
(4) There is an immediate need for peace-
keeping and civil police forces throughout Iraq to 
maintain order and prevent interference by terrorists 
and extremists in the affairs of the newly-free Iraqi 
people. 
(5) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) should provide immediate personnel, mate-
rial and other assistance to establish an inter-
national peacekeeping and civil police presence in 
Iraq to assist coalition forces in promoting security, 
civil order, and the growth of democracy. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) should immediately begin 
contributing peacekeeping and civil order personnel to pro-
mote security and stability in Iraq. It is further the sense 
of Congress that the President should use all appropriate 
diplomatic means to persuade NATO and NATO member 
nations to formally undertake a major peacekeeping and 
civil order mission in Iraq. 
SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR NATO ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2003 through 2005 to support any North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping within Iraq. 
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—(1) 
Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the President may 
make available defense articles, defense services, and mili-
tary education and training pursuant to section 506 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support the activities 
in subsection (a).
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
and 2005 to carry out paragraph (1). Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under the preceding sentence shall not be counted against 
any annual funding limitation contained in section 
506(a)(2)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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