[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 420 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 420

    To establish limitations on the use of funds for United Nations 
                        peacekeeping activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 15 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish limitations on the use of funds for United Nations 
                        peacekeeping activities.

    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 Policy 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available to the Department of State under the 
account ``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' or 
any other funds made available to the Department of State under any law 
to pay for assessed or voluntary contributions to United Nations 
peacekeeping activities shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure to the United Nations to establish, expand in size, or 
modify in mission a United Nations peacekeeping operation unless, with 
respect to such peacekeeping operation--
            (1) the President submits a certification to the Congress 
        under subsection (b); and
            (2) not less than 15 days before approval of the 
        peacekeeping operation by the United Nations Security Council, 
        the President notifies the Congress, in accordance with 
        procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
        section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
        1956, of the intent to support the establishment of the 
        peacekeeping operation.
    (b) Certification to Congress.--The President shall determine and 
certify to the Congress that the United Nations peacekeeping operation 
meets the following requirements:
            (1) The operation involves an international conflict in 
        which hostilities have ceased and all significant parties to 
        the conflict agree to the imposition of United Nations 
        peacekeeping forces for the purpose of seeking an enduring 
        solution to the conflict.
            (2) With respect to any assessed contribution to a United 
        Nations peacekeeping activity, the percentage of the United 
        States assessed share for the total cost of the operation is no 
        greater than the percentage of the United States assessed share 
        for the regular United Nations budget.
            (3) No United States intelligence information involving 
        sensitive sources and methods of intelligence gathering will be 
        provided to the United Nations to support the operation.
            (4) With respect to the participation in the operation of 
        units of the United States Armed Forces trained to carry out 
        direct combat missions--
                    (A) the operation directly advances United States 
                national security interests,
                    (B) the participation of such units is critical to 
                the success of the operation,
                    (C) such units will be under the operational 
                command and control of the United States Armed Forces, 
                and
                    (D) any member of the United States Armed Forces 
                participating in the operation would have access to the 
                full protection of the Geneva Convention Relative to 
                the Treatment of Prisoners of War (signed at Geneva, 
                August 12, 1949) if captured and held by combatants or 
                other parties to the conflict.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Direct combat.--The term ``direct combat'' means 
        engaging an enemy or hostile force with individual or crew-
        served weapons while being exposed to direct enemy fire, a high 
        probability of direct physical contact with the enemy or 
        hostile force, and a substantial risk of capture.
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