[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1425 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1425

 To authorize security assistance for the Kosova Liberation Army to be 
used for training and support for their established self-defense forces 
   in order to defend and protect the civilian population of Kosova 
                       against armed aggression.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 1999

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize security assistance for the Kosova Liberation Army to be 
used for training and support for their established self-defense forces 
   in order to defend and protect the civilian population of Kosova 
                       against armed aggression.

    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 ``Kosovar Independence and Justice Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. POLICY.

    It shall be the policy of the United States--
            (1) to provide the Kosova Liberation Army with the 
        capability to defend and protect the civilian population of 
        Kosova against armed aggression;
            (2) to publicly declare that the Albanians of Kosova have a 
        legal right to self-determination and that independence is the 
        only political solution acceptable to Kosovars;
            (3) to work in conjunction with United Nations, the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other multilateral 
        organizations to facilitate an orderly transition to 
        independence for the Albanians of Kosova; and
            (4) to work in conjunction with the United Nations and 
        other appropriate multilateral organizations to have Yugoslav 
        President Slobodan Milosevic indicted and tried by the 
        international war crimes tribunal for crimes against humanity.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE KOSOVA LIBERATION 
              ARMY.

    (a) Authorization of Assistance.--In addition to funds otherwise 
available to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2763), there are authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for fiscal year 2000 to carry out the provisions of such section, 
$25,000,000, which amount shall be made available only for grants to 
the Kosova Liberation Army to be used for training and support for 
their established self-defense forces to carry out the policy of 
section 2(1).
    (b) Relation to Existing Authorities.--Assistance provided under 
subsection (a) may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law.
    (c) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until expended.
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