[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4669 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4669

                 To protect America's citizen soldiers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2000

Mrs. Chenoweth-Hage (for herself, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Traficant, 
 Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Bartlett of Maryland) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
                 To protect America's citizen soldiers.

    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 ``Citizen Soldier Protection Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND STATEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) in some instances members of the Armed Forces are being 
        compelled, without lawful authority, to wear as part of their 
        military uniform badges, symbols, helmets, headgear, and other 
        visible indicia or insignia of the United Nations and foreign 
        states; and
            (2) in some instances members of the Armed Forces are being 
        compelled, without lawful authority, to serve under military 
        and other officers of the United Nations and foreign states.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to clarify existing law in order to protect United 
        States citizens serving in the Armed Forces from involuntary 
        service under military and other officers of foreign states; 
        and
            (2) to restore to Congress its rightful constitutional 
        authority governing the deployment of members of the Armed 
        Forces in service alongside and in conjunction with foreign 
        states with which the United States from time to time is 
        allied.
    (c) Constitutional Authority.--The specific constitutional powers 
authorizing the enactment of this Act are--
            (1) that this Act is necessary to provide for the common 
        defense and to secure the blessings of liberty to the people of 
        the United States; and
            (2) as provided in Article I, sections 8 and 9--
                    (A) Congress shall have power to raise and support 
                armies;
                    (B) Congress shall provide and maintain a navy;
                    (C) Congress shall make rules for the government 
                and regulation of the land and naval forces; and
                    (D) Congress shall provide for organizing, arming, 
                and disciplining the militia, and for governing such 
                part of them as may be employed in the service of the 
                United States.
    (d) Limitation Under Article II.--This Act is enacted to effect the 
limits of Article II, section 2, of the Constitution in which--
            (1) the President has the nondelegable power, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint all executive 
        officers of the United States, except in the case of inferior 
        executive officers wherein Congress may vest appointment of 
        such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President 
        alone or in the heads of executive departments; and
            (2) in no case may the President or Congress vest any of 
        the executive power of the United States in officers of a 
        foreign state or delegate to an officer of a foreign state such 
        executive power, except in time of military necessity in a 
        lawfully declared state of war and as authorized by Congress.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
              WEAR UNIFORMS OR OTHER INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND 
              FOREIGN STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 45 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 777. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign states: 
              prohibition on requirement of wearing
    ``No member of the armed forces may be required to wear as part of 
the military uniform any badge, symbol, headgear, or other visible 
indicia or insignia of the United Nations or any foreign state.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``777. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign states: prohibition 
                            on requirement of wearing.''

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
              SERVE UNDER FOREIGN OFFICERS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 692. Service under United Nations or other foreign command: 
              prohibition
    ``No member of the armed forces may be required to serve in any 
capacity under an officer of the United Nations or any foreign state, 
except as specifically provided by law and, then, only during time of 
war declared by Congress in accordance with Article I, section 8, of 
the Constitution.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``692. Service under United Nations or other foreign command: 
                            prohibition.''.
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