[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 117 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 117

Expressing the sense of the Senate 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 1999

Mr. Campbell submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate 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 SENATE ON UNITED STATES SHARE OF RECONSTRUCTION 
              COSTS.

    It is the sense of the Senate 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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