[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1228 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1228

   To limit United States assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina until 
    Bosnia and Herzegovina is in compliance with the state borders 
  established by the Conference on Yugoslavia Arbitration Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2015

  Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, 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 limit United States assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina until 
    Bosnia and Herzegovina is in compliance with the state borders 
  established by the Conference on Yugoslavia Arbitration Commission.

    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 ``Montenegro Border Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO BOSNIA AND 
              HERZEGOVINA.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds available to the Department of Defense, the Department of State, 
or any other Federal department or agency for fiscal year 2016 or any 
succeeding fiscal year may be provided to the Government of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has agreed to 
and is in compliance with the state borders established by the 
Conference on Yugoslavia Arbitration Commission on January 11, 1992.
    (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in 
subsection (a) if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
a notification that such is in the national security interest of the 
United States, together with a description of such national security 
interest.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this act, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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