[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1563 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1563

To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
  from being used for the deployment of ground elements of the United 
 States Armed Forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless that 
             deployment is specifically authorized by law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 1999

 Mrs. Fowler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
  from being used for the deployment of ground elements of the United 
 States Armed Forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless that 
             deployment is specifically authorized by law.

    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 ``Military Operations in the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia Limitation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS FOR 
              DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES GROUND FORCES TO THE FEDERAL 
              REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION BY 
              LAW.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
available to the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 
the deployment of ground elements of the United States Armed Forces in 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless such deployment is 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this 
Act.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall 
not apply with respect to the authority of the President under the 
Constitution to initiate missions specifically limited to rescuing 
United States military personnel or citizens in the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia.
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