[House Report 104-774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-774
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                  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
 
      H.R. 3308, THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PROTECTION ACT

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 September 4, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Solomon, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 517]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 517, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3308, 
the ``United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996'' under 
a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate 
divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on National Security.
    The rule provides that after general debate the bill shall 
be considered as read, shall be considered for amendment under 
the 5-minute rule and makes in order only those amendments 
printed in this report.
    The rule further provides that amendments may be considered 
only in the order specified, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally 
divided between the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question.
    The rule permits the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes on any amendment and to reduce to 5 minutes 
the time for voting after the first of a series of votes 
provided that the first vote is not less than 15 minutes.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.

            summary of amendments made in order by the rule

                      (In the Order To Be Offered)

    1. Spence (SC)--Clarifying and technical corrections. (10 
minutes)
    2. Bartlett/Chenoweth/Traficant--Strikes the section of the 
bill that requires the President to certify the extent to which 
U.S. troops would be required to wear any visible insignia of 
the United Nations and replace it with a prohibition on members 
of the U.S. Armed Forces from wearing any such insignia unless 
specifically authorized by Congress. (40 minutes)
    3. Schroeder--Amends the final reporting requirement to ask 
the percentage of the total cost the U.S. would bear. (20 
minutes)

                the amendments made in order by the rule

    1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spence of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 3, after line 18, insert the following new paragraph 
(and redesignate the succeeding paragraphs accordingly):
          (1) the President should fully comply with all 
        applicable provisions of law governing the deployment 
        of the Armed Forces of the United States to United 
        Nations peacekeeping operations;
    Page 10, line 19, strike out ``and''.
    Page 10, line 22, strike out the period, close quotation 
marks, and period at the end and insert in lieu thereof ``; 
or''.
    Page 10, after line 22, insert the following:
          ``(3) as superseding, negating, or otherwise 
        affecting the requirements of section 6 of the United 
        Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287d).''.
    Page 11, beginning on line 4, strike out ``as part of the 
United Nations force designated as the United Nations 
Protection Force (UNPROFOR)''.
    Page 11, line 8, insert after ``Macedonia'' the following: 
``as part of the United Nations force designated as the United 
Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP)''.
    Page 11, line 10, insert after ``1992,'' the following: 
``and Resolution 983, adopted March 31, 1995,''.
    Page 11, line 12, insert after ``Croatia'' the following: 
``as part of the United Nations force designated as the United 
Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, 
Baranja, and Western Sirmium (UNTAES)''.
    Page 11, beginning on line 13, strike out ``Resolution 743, 
adopted February 21, 1992,'' and insert in lieu thereof 
``Resolution 1037, adopted January 15, 1996,''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bartlett of Maryland or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes

    At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
                    WEAR UNIFORM ITEMS OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``Sec. 777. Insignia of United Nations: prohibition on requirement for 
                    wearing

    ``No member of the armed forces may be required to wear as 
part of the uniform any badge, symbol, helmet, headgear, or 
other visible indicia or insignia which indicates (or tends to 
indicate) any allegiance or affiliation to or with the United 
Nations except in a case in which the wearing of such badge, 
symbol, helmet, headgear, indicia, or insignia is specifically 
authorized by law with respect to a particular United Nations 
operation.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``777. Insignia of United Nations: prohibition on requirement for 
          wearing.''.

    Page 9, strike out lines 11 through 16.
    Page 9, line 17, strike out ``(K)'' and insert in lieu 
thereof ``(J)''.
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 3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schroeder of Colorado 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

    On page 9, line 21, insert before the period the following: 
``and the percentage that such cost represents of the total 
anticipated monthly incremental costs of all nations expected 
to participate in such operation''.

                                
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