[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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             INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT ACT OF 1994

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, yesterday I introduced S. 2370. I 
request that S. 2370 be printed in full in the Congressional Record on 
August 9, 1994.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2370

       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 ``International Peacekeeping 
     Support Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) With the end of the Cold War, the United States is 
     clearly the undisputed world economic and military leader and 
     as such bears major international responsibilities.
       (2) Threats to the long-term security and well-being of the 
     United States no longer derive primarily from the risk of 
     external military aggression against the United States or its 
     closest treaty allies but in large measure derive from 
     instability from a variety of causes: population movements, 
     ethnic and regional conflicts including genocide against 
     ethnic and religious groups, famine, terrorism, narcotics 
     trafficking, and proliferation of weapons of mass 
     destruction.
       (3) To address such threats, the United States has 
     increasingly turned to the United Nations and other 
     international peace operations, which at times offer the best 
     and most cost-effective way to prevent, contain, and resolve 
     such problems.
       (4) In numerous crisis situations, most recently the 
     massacres in Rwanda, the United Nations has been unable to 
     respond with peace operations in a swift manner.
       (5) The Secretary-General of the United Nations has asked 
     member states to identify in advance units which are 
     available for contribution to international peace operations 
     under the auspices of the United Nations in order to create a 
     rapid response capability.
       (6) United States participation and leadership in the 
     initiative of the Secretary-General is critical to leveraging 
     contributions from other nations and, in that way, limiting 
     the United States share of the burden and helping the United 
     Nations to achieve success.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of this Act--
       (1) the term ``appropriate congressional consultation'' 
     means consultation as described in section 3 of the War 
     Powers Resolution; and
       (2) the term ``international peace operations'' means any 
     such operation carried out under chapter VI or chapter VII of 
     the United Nations Charter or under the auspices of the 
     Organization of American States.

     SEC. 4. REPORT ON PLAN TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER UNITS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the President shall submit a report to the Congress 
     setting forth--
       (1) a plan for--
       (A) organizing into units of the Armed Forces a contingency 
     force of up to 3,000 personnel, comprised of current active-
     duty military personnel, who volunteer additionally and 
     specifically to serve in international peace operations and 
     who receive added compensation for such service;
       (B) recruiting personnel to serve in such units; and
       (C) providing training to such personnel which is 
     appropriate to such operations; and
       (2) proposed procedures to implement such plan.

     SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Upon approval by the United Nations 
     Security Council of an international peace operation, the 
     President, after appropriate congressional consultation, is 
     authorized to make immediately available for such operations 
     those units of the Armed Forces of the United States which 
     are organized under section 4(1)(A).
       (c) Termination of Use of United States Armed Forces.--(1) 
     Subject to paragraph (2), the President may terminate United 
     States participation in international peace operations at any 
     time and take whatever actions he deems necessary to protect 
     United States forces.
       (2) Notwithstanding section 5(b) of the War Powers 
     Resolution, not later than 180 days after a Presidential 
     report is submitted or required to be submitted under section 
     4(a) of the War Powers Resolution in connection with the 
     participation of the Armed Forces of the United States in an 
     international peace operation, the President shall terminate 
     any use of the Armed Forces with respect to which such report 
     was submitted or required to be submitted, unless the 
     Congress has extended by law such 180-day period.

     SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

       Funds available to the Department of Defense are authorized 
     to be available to carry out section 5(a).

     SEC. 7. WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.

       Except as otherwise provided, this Act does not supersede 
     the requirements of the War Powers Resolution.

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