S.2042 - A bill to remove the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Passed the Senate May 12 (legislative day, May 2), 1994.
103rd Congress (1993-1994)
[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[S. 2042 Referred in House (RFH)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2042
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 7, 1994
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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AN ACT
To remove the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNITED STATES ARMS EMBARGO OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA.
(a) Prohibition.--Neither the President nor any other member of the
Executive Branch of the United States Government shall interfere with
the transfer of arms to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Termination.--The President shall terminate the United States
arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt
from that government of a request for assistance in exercising its
right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``United States
arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' means the
application to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina of--
(1) the policy adopted July 10, 1991, and published in the
Federal Register of July 19, 1991 (58 Fed. Reg. 33322), under
the heading ``Suspension of Munitions Export Licenses to
Yugoslavia''; and
(2) any similar policy being applied by the United States
Government as of the date of receipt of the request described
in subsection (a) pursuant to which approval is routinely
denied for transfers of defense articles and defense services
to the former Yugoslavia.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as authorization
for deployment of United States forces in the territory of Bosnia and
Herzegovina for any purpose, including training, support or delivery of
military equipment.
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES ARMS EMBARGO OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA.
(a) Prohibition.--Neither the President nor any other member of the
Executive Branch of the United States Government shall interfere with
the transfer of conventional arms appropriate to the self-defense needs
of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Termination.--The President shall terminate the United States
arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt
from that government of a request for assistance in exercising its
right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``United States
arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' means the
application to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina of--
(1) the policy adopted July 10, 1991, and published in the
Federal Register of July 19, 1991 (58 Fed Reg. 33322) under the
heading ``Suspension of Munitions Export Licenses to
Yugoslavia''; and
(2) any similar policy being applied by the United States
Government as of the date of receipt of the request described
in subsection (a) pursuant to which approval is routinely
denied for transfers of defense articles and defense services
to the former Yugoslavia.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as authorization
for deployment of United States forces in the territory of Bosnia and
Herzegovina for any purpose, including training, support or delivery of
military equipment.
SEC. 3. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE USE OF UNITED STATES AIRPOWER TO
IMPLEMENT NATO EXCLUSION ZONES.
(a) Purpose.--To approve and authorize the use of United States
airpower to implement the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
exclusion zones around United Nations designated safe areas in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and to protect United Nations forces.
(b) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) the war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced more than two
million citizens;
(2) the Senate supports as a policy objective a peace
settlement that provides for an economically, politically and
militarily viable Bosnian state, capable of exercising its
rights under the United Nations Charter;
(3) United Nations Security Council Resolutions 836 and 844
call on member states, acting nationally or through regional
organizations, to take all necessary measures to deter attacks
against safe areas identified in Security Council resolution
824.
(4) On February 9, 1994 the North Atlantic Council
authorized the use of air strikes to end the siege of Sarajevo
and on April 22, 1994 to end the siege of Gorazde and to
respond to attacks on the safe areas of Bihac, Srebrenica,
Tuzla or Zepa or to the threatening presence of heavy weapons
within a radius of 20 kilometers of those areas (within Bosnia
and Herzegovina);
(5) The Congress in the fiscal year 1994 State Department
authorization bill expressed its sense that the President
should terminate the United States arms embargo on the
Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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