[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1250

Expressing support for United States forces to remain as a part of the 
                             Kosovo Force.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2026

    Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Self, and Mr. Latimer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for United States forces to remain as a part of the 
                             Kosovo Force.

Whereas the Kosovo Force (KFOR) was deployed to Kosovo following the 1999 Kosovo 
        war to maintain peace and stability in Kosovo and to serve as a 
        deterrent to further aggression by Belgrade;
Whereas KFOR derives its mandate from the June 9, 1999, Kumanovo Military-
        Technical Agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
        (NATO) and the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas the provisions of this agreement were incorporated into United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution 1244;
Whereas there have been several recent instances of increased military tensions 
        between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia since the 1999 
        Kosovo war, including--

    (1) an August 6, 2022, incident on the Kosovo-Serbia border when a 
Kosovo patrol reported being fired upon from across the border;

    (2) the September 24, 2023, Banjska attack when heavily armed Serb 
gunmen ambushed Kosovo Police near the Banjska Monastery in northern 
Kosovo, killing Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku and wounding others; and

    (3) the September 29, 2023, buildup of Serbian tanks, artillery, and 
mechanized infantry on the Republic of Kosovo's border, prompting a warning 
by National Security Council Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby and a 
demand by the United States for Serbia to withdraw;

Whereas, in response to these events and other dangers, KFOR deployed units to 
        northern Kosovo to maintain peace and stability;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 states that KFOR's 
        expressed goal is to deter renewed hostilities, maintain, and where 
        necessary, enforce the cease-fire established under the Kumanovo 
        Agreement;
Whereas, today, KFOR plays a key mission in maintaining the peace and security 
        between Kosovo and Serbia, as well as being a political deterrent to 
        those seeking to stoke ethnic violence;
Whereas there are an estimated 5,000 NATO military personnel assigned to KFOR, 
        of which a small force of up to 600 military personnel are United States 
        military personnel;
Whereas the Iowa National Guard, through the State Partnership Program, offers 
        critical strategic assistance to KFOR and Iowa National Guard units 
        benefit greatly from operational training with KFOR;
Whereas the United States has been instrumental in providing key military 
        capabilities and intelligence to maintain peace and security between 
        Kosovo and Serbia with the small, but crucial American military presence 
        in Kosovo; and
Whereas a reduction of United States military personnel in KFOR would come at 
        the cost of stability and security within the region and benefit of 
        those who seek to upend peace: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that the significant tensions between the 
        Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia are not resolved 
        and these significant tensions remain between the two 
        countries;
            (2) asserts that the continued military presence of NATO's 
        KFOR is vital to help maintain peace and security between 
        Serbia and Kosovo;
            (3) supports the ongoing presence of NATO's KFOR mission in 
        Kosovo to maintain peace and security between Serbia and 
        Kosovo;
            (4) expresses strong support for the deployment of United 
        States military personnel to KFOR;
            (5) recognizes the continued need for United States 
        military capabilities to ensure that KFOR retains a robust 
        operational force; and
            (6) strongly urges that United States military personnel 
        stationed in Kosovo remain there until the mission is complete.
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