[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 62 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4607-S4608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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 DEPLOYMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO THE KOSOVO REGION IN 
                               YUGOSLAVIA

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                        DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 300

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the preamble to the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 20) concerning the 
deployment of the United States Armed Forces to the Kosovo region in 
Yugoslavia; as follows:

       Strike the preamble and insert the following:
       Whereas the United States and its allies in the North 
     Alantic Treaty Organization are conducting large-scale 
     military operations against the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro);
       Whereas the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
     Montenegro) has refused to comply with NATO demands that it 
     withdraw its military, paramilitary and security forces from 
     the province of Kosovo, allow the return of ethnic Albanian 
     refugees to their homes, and permit the establishment of a 
     NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo;

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       Whereas Article 11 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that 
     ``its provisions [shall be] carried out by the Parties in 
     accordance with their respective constitutional processes'';
       Whereas Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution vests in 
     Congress the power to declare war; and
       Whereas, on March 23, 1999, the Senate passed Senate 
     Concurrent Resolution 21, relating to authorizing the 
     President of the United States to conduct military air 
     operations and missile strikes against the Federal Republic 
     of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): Now, therefore, be it
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                        DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 301

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the joint resolution, S.J. Res. 20, as follows:

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT OF SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION 
                   PRIOR TO USE OF UNITED STATES GROUND FORCES 
                   AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA.

       No ground forces of the Armed Forces of the United States 
     may be used to invade the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
     (Serbia and Montenegro) unless specifically authorized by 
     statute.

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