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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 5, 1999
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Resolution - Authorizes the President to use U.S. armed forces in conjunction with the military forces of the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to: (1) end the ethnic cleansing and terrorization of the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo by the present regime in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; and (2) establish a practical and enforceable agreement for the return of ethnic Albanian citizens of Kosovo. Requires the President to: (1) ensure that the U.S. contribution to any peacekeeping operation relating to the conflict in Kosovo does not exceed 4,000 ground troops or 14 percent of the total number of ground troops in such peacekeeping operation; (2) ensure that the costs incurred by the United States in connection with such operation shall not exceed the proportional amount contributed by the United States to the NATO Security Investment Program; (3) work to establish an agreement among member nations of NATO under which the costs incurred by each such member nation for such conflict shall be proportional to the amount contributed by each such member nation to the NATO Security Investment Program; and (4 ) ensure that any agreement for cessation of military action relating to such conflict does not exempt from prosecution any individual who has been or who may be indicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
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Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] · R–VA
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