[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 268 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 268

    Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with the 
  reconstruction, peacekeeping, and United Nations programs in Kosovo.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 1999

Mr. Bereuter (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Cox, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Green of 
 Wisconsin, and Mr. Toomey) submitted the following resolution; which 
        was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Calling for equitable sharing of the costs associated with the 
  reconstruction, peacekeeping, and United Nations programs in Kosovo.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Kosovo Burdensharing 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The military air operation of the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization (NATO) in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 
        which began on March 24, 1999, and was officially terminated on 
        June 20, 1999, consisted of some 37,465 sorties by allied 
        aircraft.
            (2) Of this total number of sorties, 9,500 were sorties 
        flown to strike targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
            (3) The allied air forces totaled approximately 1,051 
        aircraft, of which 724 were United States aircraft.
            (4) United States aircraft flew 53 percent of the strike 
        sorties during the operation and 66 percent of the total number 
        of sorties.
            (5) The United States provided 79 percent of the aircraft 
        utilized for refueling and logistical support and 68 percent of 
        the total number of aircraft involved in the operation.
            (6) The cost to the United States of the operation during 
        its first start-up week alone was approximately $55,700,000.
            (7) The total cost of the operation to the United States 
        and to all allied participants is still being calculated.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
            (1) in view of the disproportionately large share of the 
        costs of the military air operation of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia that were borne by the United States, the United 
        States should not pay more than 18 percent of the aggregate 
        total costs associated with the military air operation, 
        reconstruction in Kosovo, and, when conditions permit, in other 
        parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Kosovo 
        peacekeeping force, and programs of the United Nations and 
        other international organizations in Kosovo;
            (2) in addition to Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania, because 
        of their extraordinary role and acceptance of a large share of 
        the refugee and economic burdens caused by the conflict in 
        Kosovo, should be priority recipients for economic, financial, 
        humanitarian, and other assistance that may be provided to the 
        region by the United States and other donors; and
            (3) assistance described in paragraph (1) should not be 
        provided or otherwise made available to the Government of the 
        Republic of Serbia, the Government of the Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro), or individuals connected 
        with those governments if either of those governments remain 
        under the direction, command, or influence of Slobodan 
        Milosevic, the Socialist Party of Serbia, or any political 
        party that does not undertake effective measures to ensure true 
        democratic government in the Republic of Serbia that will 
        ensure equal rights of all Serbia's citizens, regardless of 
        ethnic background, and reforms intended to create a market-
        based economy.
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