[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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                     HELMS AMENDMENT NOS. 1344-1346

  Mr. HELMS proposed three amendments to the bills. S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 1344

       On page 179, after line 6, add the following new section:

     SEC. 714. APPOINTMENT AND CONFIRMATION OF DIRECTOR OF THE 
                   OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL.

       (a) Appointment.--(1) On or after October 1, 1994, the 
     President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent 
     of the Senate, the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets 
     Control of the Department of the Treasury. The Director shall 
     be responsible for carrying out those functions of the 
     Department of the Treasury relating to foreign assets control 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.
       (2) Effective October 1, 1994, no funds made available by 
     law may be used to pay the salary of any individual carrying 
     out the functions described in paragraph (1) unless the 
     individual was appointed pursuant to that paragraph.
       (b) * * * Referral of Nominations.--Nonimations to the 
     position described in subsection (a) shall be referred to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
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                           Amendment No. 1345

       On page 74, line 5, strike ``agencies.'' and insert: 
     agencies.

     SEC. 166A. AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT OF UNITED 
                   NATIONS.

       (a) Funds authorized in section 102(a) of this Act for 
     fiscal year 1995 for the assessed contribution of the United 
     States to the United Nations are authorized to be 
     appropriated only upon a certification by the Secretary of 
     State to the appropriate committees of the Congress that the 
     position of Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for 
     Administration and Management is being held by a citizen of 
     the United States as of October 1, 1994.
       (b) Subsection (a) may be waived by the Secretary of State 
     only upon a certification to the appropriate committees of 
     the Congress that--
       (1) such waiver is in the national interest of the United 
     States, including the reason or reasons it is in our 
     interest; and
       (2) the Secretary of State has confidence the individual 
     holding the position of Under Secretary-General of the United 
     Nations for Administration and Management is committed to 
     efficient management practices and restrained budgets for the 
     United Nations.
       (c) If a waiver and certification is made pursuant to 
     subsection (b), such certification shall include a 
     justification why a citizen of the United States does not 
     hold said position, since the United States is the largest 
     single contributor to the United Nations.
       (d) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the position of Under Secretary-General of the United 
     Nations for Administration and Management should be held by a 
     citizen of the United States.
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                           Amendment No. 1346

       On page 82, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 170B. TRANSMITTALS OF UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS.

       (a) Transmittal to Congress of United Nations Resolutions 
     and Reports.--Section 4 of the United Nations Participation 
     Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b), as amended by subsection (a), 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c)(1) Not later than 72 hours after adoption by the 
     Security Council of a resolution authorizing United Nations 
     peacekeeping activities or any other action under the Charter 
     of the United Nations (including any extension, modification, 
     suspension, or termination of any previously authorized 
     United Nations peacekeeping activity or other action) which 
     would involve the use of United States Armed Forces or the 
     expenditure of United States funds, the Permanent 
     Representative shall transmit the text of such resolution and 
     any supporting documentation to the appropriate congressional 
     committees.
       ``(2) The Permanent Representative shall promptly transmit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees any report 
     prepared by the United Nations distributed to the members of 
     Security Council assessments of any proposed, ongoing, or 
     concluded United Nations peacekeeping activity.''.
       (c) Definitions.--The United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:
       ``Sec. 10. For purposes of this Act--
       ``(1) the term `appropriate congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives;
       ``(2) the term `Permanent Representative' means the 
     Permanent Representative of the United States to the United 
     Nations appointed by the President pursuant to section 2 of 
     this Act; and
       ``(3) the term `United Nations peacekeeping activities' 
     means any international peacekeeping, peacemaking, peace-
     enforcing, or similar activity involving the use of national 
     of member countries of the United Nations that is authorized 
     by the Security Council under chapter VI or VII of the United 
     National Charter.''.

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