SUPPORT FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 1342. SUPPORT FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES. (a) Findings.—The Congress makes the following findings: (1) International peacekeeping activities contribute to the national interests of the United States in maintaining global stability and order. (2) International peacekeeping activities take many forms and include observer missions, ceasefire monitoring, human rights monitoring, refugee and humanitarian assistance, monitoring and conducting elections, monitoring of police in the demobilization of former combatants, and reforming judicial and other civil and administrative systems of government. 106 STAT. 2557 (3) International peacekeeping activities traditionally involve the presence of military troops, police forces, and, in recent years, civilian experts in transportation, logistics, medicine, electoral systems, human rights, land tenure, other economic and social issues, and other areas of expertise. (4) International peacekeeping activities serve both the foreign policy interests and defense policy interests of the United States. (5) The normal budget process of authorizing and appropriating funds a year in advance and reprogramming such funds is insufficient to satisfy the need for funds for peacekeeping efforts arising from an unanticipated crisis. (6) Greater flexibility is needed to ensure the timely availability of funding to provide for peacekeeping activities. (b) Authorized Support for Fiscal Year 1993.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may provide assistance for international peacekeeping activities during fiscal year 1993 in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 in accordance with section 403 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (c). Notwithstanding subsection (b) of that section, the assistance so provided may be derived from funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1993 for operation and maintenance or from balances in working capital accounts. (2) No amount may be obligated pursuant to paragraph (1) unless the expenditure of such amount has been determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to be counted against the defense category of the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1993 (as defined in section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) for purposes of part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (c) Authorization.—(1) Chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 403. International peacekeeping activities “(a) Authority.—To the extent provided in defense authorization Acts and appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Defense may furnish assistance in support of international peacekeeping activities of the United Nations or any regional organization of which the United States is a member. “(b) Forms of Assistance.—Assistance provided under subsection (a) may include funds, supplies, services, and equipment. Any funds so provided shall be derived from amounts available to the Department of Defense for the fiscal year for which the assistance is provided. “(c) Limitations Related to Availability of State Department Funds.—Funds may be provided as assistance pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year— “(1) only if funds available to the Department of State for that fiscal year for contributions for international peacekeeping activities are insufficient or otherwise unavailable to meet the United States’ fair share of costs for international peacekeeping activities, as determined by the President; and “(2) only to the extent that such funds are required to meet unexpected and urgent requirements; and “(3) only to the extent that the United States’ fair share of such costs exceeds the amount that the President requests 106 STAT. 2558Congress to appropriate for the Department of State for such fiscal year for international peacekeeping activities. “(d) Consultation.—The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of State before furnishing any assistance pursuant to subsection (a). “(e) Determinations Required.—No assistance may be furnished pursuant to subsection (a) unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that the provision of such assistance will not adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States. “(f) Advance Notice to Congress.—Not less than 30 days before obligating any funds for purposes of subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress a report on the proposed obligation. The report shall— “(1) specify the account, budget activity, and particular program or programs from which the funds proposed to be obligated are to be derived and the amount of the proposed obligation; “(2) specify the activities and forms of assistance for which the Secretary of Defense plans to obligate such funds; and “(3) include the certification required by subsection (e). “(g) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘defense authorization Act’ means an Act that authorizes appropriations for one or more fiscal years for military activities of the Department of Defense, including the activities described in paragraph (7) of section 114(a) of this title. “(h) Termination.—The authority of the Secretary of Defense to furnish assistance under subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 1993.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “403. International peacekeeping activities.”.