[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 214 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 214

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
 United States share of any reconstruction measures undertaken in the 
     Balkans region of Europe on account of the armed conflict and 
  atrocities that have occurred in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
                         since March 24, 1999.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1999

 Mr. Hefley submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
 United States share of any reconstruction measures undertaken in the 
     Balkans region of Europe on account of the armed conflict and 
  atrocities that have occurred in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
                         since March 24, 1999.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON UNITED STATES SHARE 
              OF RECONSTRUCTION COSTS.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
States share of the total costs of reconstruction measures carried out 
in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or contiguous countries, on 
account of the armed conflict and atrocities that have occurred in the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since March 24, 1999, should not exceed 
the United States percentage share of the common-funded budgets of 
NATO.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this resolution:
            (1) Common-funded budgets of nato.--The term ``common-
        funded budgets of NATO'' means--
                    (A) the Military Budget, the Security Investment 
                Program, and the Civil Budget of NATO; and
                    (B) any successor or additional account or program 
                of NATO.
            (2) Federal republic of yugoslavia.--The term ``Federal 
        Republic of Yugoslavia'' means the Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and includes Kosovo.
            (3) United states percentage share of the common-funded 
        budgets of nato.--The term ``United States percentage share of 
        the common-funded budgets of NATO'' means the percentage that 
        the total of all United States payments during a fiscal year to 
        the common-funded budgets of NATO represent to the total 
        amounts payable by all NATO members to those budgets during 
        that fiscal year.
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