‘‘(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 struc-
ture.
‘‘(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.
‘‘(f) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—A report under
subsection (e) shall be submitted in unclassified form and,
if necessary, in classified form.
‘‘(g) 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 Se-
curity Council under chapter VI or VII of the Char-
ter 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
‘‘(III) to establish criteria gov-
erning the operational employment of
United States forces involved.
‘‘(h) INTERPRETATION.—Except as authorized in
section 7 of this Act, nothing contained in this Act shall
be construed as an authorization to the President by the
Congress to make available to the Security Council United
States Armed Forces, facilities, or assistance.’’.
(b) REPORT RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONALITY.—
No certification may be submitted by the President under
section 6(e)(1) of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945, as amended by subsection (a), until the President
has submitted to the Congress (after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act) a memorandum of legal points and au-
thorities explaining why the placement of elements of
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national acting on behalf of
the United Nations does not violate the Constitution.
(c) EXCEPTION FOR ONGOING OPERATION IN MAC-
EDONIA AND CROATIA.—Section 6 of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as amended by subsection (a),
does not apply in the case of activities of the Armed
Forces as part of the United Nations force designated as
the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) that
are carried out—
(1) in Macedonia pursuant to United Nations
Security Council Resolution 795, adopted December