[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2260 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2260

     Calling for reduction in the United States share of assessed 
contributions to international peacekeeping operations, restricting the 
  use of the United States Peacekeeping Emergency Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1993

  Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     Calling for reduction in the United States share of assessed 
contributions to international peacekeeping operations, restricting the 
  use of the United States Peacekeeping Emergency Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Peacekeeping Reform 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) at the beginning of 1993, there were 13 United Nations 
        international peacekeeping operations in existence, 9 of which 
        were established since 1990;
            (2) in 1987 the United Nations spent $233,000,000 on all 
        international peacekeeping operations, compared to 
        $3,800,000,000 budgeted for this function in 1993;
            (3) while the United States is currently assessed 25 
        percent of the regular budget of the United Nations and its 
        specialized agencies, the United States had, until 1993, been 
        assessed 30.4 percent for the United Nations peacekeeping 
        operations;
            (4) by early 1993, the United Nations unilaterally 
        increased the United States assessed level for international 
        peackeeping operations to 31.7 percent to compensate for the 
        breakup of the former Soviet Union;
            (5) the United States' share of the United Nations 
        international peacekeeping assessments is significantly higher 
        than that of any other member state, regardless of economic 
        strength, location, or potential to benefit from specific 
        peacekeeping missions;
            (6) the United States Government faces a protected period 
        of serious fiscal constraint, particularly in its international 
        affairs budget;
            (7) there is growing concern in the Congress over the 
        potential for excessive reliance on United Nations 
        international peacekeeping operations for the resolution of 
        local and regional conflicts, including concern over the 
        continued viability of existing United Nations peacekeeping 
        operations that have become permanent fixtures in local 
        disputes rather than serving to bring such disputes to 
        resolution; and
            (8) for fiscal year 1994, the executive branch has 
        requested the creation of a United States Peackeeping Emergency 
        Fund to increase the ability of the United States to respond 
        quickly to unforseen peacekeeping emergencies.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the United States should not be assessed a greater 
        share for any international peacekeeping operation than the 
        current United States share of the regular assessed budget for 
        the international organization or entity with jurisdiction over 
        that operation;
            (2) all United States military assistance, logistical 
        support and in-kind contributions for an international 
        peacekeeping operation should either be fully counted toward 
        the United States assessment for that operation or should be 
        fully reimbursed; and
            (3) regional countries or groups of countries that would 
        receive disproportionate benefit from the establishment of an 
        international peacekeeping operation should voluntarily provide 
        a higher proportionate share of the costs of that peackeeping 
        operation.

SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF UNDESIGNATED FUNDS IN THE 
              CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
              ACCOUNT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities Account at the Department of State for the United States 
Peacekeeping Emergency Fund or which are otherwise not specifically 
designated for assessed contributions for an existing international 
peacekeeping operation at the time of the appropriation may not be made 
available for any international peacekeeping operation of any 
international organization or entity in which the United States 
assessed share exceeds its assessed share for the regular budget for 
that organization or entity.

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