REPORT ON MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND PEACE ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 1502. REPORT ON MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND PEACE ENFORCEMENT. (a) Report Required.—Not later than April 1, 1994, the President, after seeking the views of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (c) a report on United States policy on multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement. (b) Content of Report.—The report shall contain a comprehensive analysis and discussion of the following matters: (1) Criteria for participation by the United States in multinational missions through the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or other regional alliances and international organizations. (2) Proposals for expanding peacekeeping activities by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, including multinational operations, multinational training, and multinational doctrine development. (3) Proposals for establishing regional entities, on an ad hoc basis or a permanent basis, to conduct peacekeeping or peace enforcement operations under a United Nations mandate 107 STAT. 1837as an alternative to direct United Nations involvement in such operations. (4) A summary of progress made by the United States, in consultation with other nations, to develop doctrine for peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations and plans to conduct exercises with other nations for such purposes. (5) Proposals for criteria for determining whether to commence new peacekeeping missions, including, in the case of any such mission, criteria for determining the threat to international peace to be addressed by the mission, the precise objectives of the mission, the costs of the mission, and the proposed endpoint of the mission. (6) The principles, criteria, or considerations guiding decisions to place United States forces under foreign command or to decline to put United States forces under foreign command. (7) Proposals to establish opportunities within the Armed Forces for voluntary assignment to duty in units designated for assignment to multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions. (8) Proposals to modify the budgetary and financial policies of the United Nations for peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions, including— (A) proposals regarding the structure and control of budgetary procedures; (B) proposals regarding United Nations accounting procedures; and (C) specific proposals— (i) to establish a revolving capital fund to finance the costs of starting new United Nations operations approved by the Security Council; (ii) to establish a requirement that United Nations member nations pay one-third of the anticipated first- year costs of a new operation immediately upon Security Council approval of that operation; (iii) to establish a requirement that United Nations member nations be charged interest penalties on late payment of their assessments for peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions; (iv) regarding possible sources of international revenue for United Nations peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions; (v) regarding the need to lower the United States peacekeeping assessment to the same percentage as the United States assessment to the regular United Nations budget; and (vi) regarding a revision of the current schedule of payments per servicemember assigned to a peacekeeping mission in order to bring payments more in line with costs. (9) Proposals to establish a small United Nations Rapid Deployment Force under the direction of the United Nations Security Council in order to provide for quick intervention in disputes for the purpose of preventing a larger outbreak of hostilities. (10) Proposals for reorganization of the United Nations Secretariat to provide improved management of peacekeeping 107 STAT. 1838operations, including the establishment of a Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the transfer of the Operations Division from Field Operations into such a department. (11) Requirement of congressional approval for participation of United States Armed Forces in multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions, including the applicability of the War Powers Resolution and the United Nations Participation Act. (12) Proposals that the United States and other United Nations member nations negotiate special agreements under article 43 of the United Nations Charter to provide for those states to make armed forces, assistance, and facilities available to the United Nations Security Council for the purposes stated in article 42 of that charter, not only on an ad hoc basis, but also on a permanent on-call basis for rapid deployment under Security Council authorization. (13) A proposal that member nations of the United Nations commit to keep equipment specified by the Secretary General of the United Nations available for immediate sale, loan, or donation to the United Nations when required. (14) A proposal that member nations of the United Nations make airlift and sealift capacity available to the United Nations without charge or at lower than commercial rates. (15) An evaluation of the current capabilities and future needs of the United Nations for improved command, control, communications, and intelligence infrastructure, including facilities, equipment, procedures, training, and personnel, and an analysis of United States capabilities and experience in such matters that could be applied or offered directly to the United Nations. (16) An evaluation of the potential role of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Security Council. (17) Training requirements for foreign military personnel designated to participate in peacekeeping operations, including an assessment of the nation, nations, or organizations that might best provide such training and at what cost. (18) Any other information that may be useful to inform Congress on matters relating to United States policy and proposals on peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions. (c) Committees To Receive Report.—The committees to which the report under this section are to be submitted are— (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.