To prohibit the United States representative to the United Nations from voting to approve, expand, or extend any United Nations peacekeeping, peacemaking, or peace-enforcing operation unless the President notifies the Congress before that vote.
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 19, 1993
Prohibits the U.S. representative to the United Nations (UN) from voting to approve, expand, or extend any UN peacekeeping, peacemaking, or peace-enforcing operation unless, at least 15 days before such vote, the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees of: (1) the total estimated cost of the operation; (2) the source of funding for the U.S. contribution to the operation and whether the funding will require a budget request or an amendment to an existing one, a reprogramming of existing funds, or a request for supplemental appropriations; (3) the anticipated duration, scope, and termination date of the operation; (4) the operation's goals; and (5) the U.S. interests that will be served by such operation.
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