22 USC 287e-2 - Reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United States to the United Nations

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§ 287e–2.

Reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United States to the United Nations

(a)

Requirement to obtain reimbursement

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the President shall seek and obtain in a timely fashion a commitment from the United Nations to provide reimbursement to the United States from the United Nations whenever the United States Government furnishes assistance pursuant to the provisions of law described in subsection (c)—

(A)

to the United Nations when the assistance is designed to facilitate or assist in carrying out an assessed peacekeeping operation;

(B)

for any United Nations peacekeeping operation that is authorized by the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and paid for by peacekeeping or regular budget assessment of the United Nations members; or

(C)

to any country participating in any operation authorized by the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and paid for by peacekeeping assessments of United Nations members when the assistance is designed to facilitate or assist the participation of that country in the operation.

(2)

Exceptions

(A)

In general

The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply to—

(i)

goods and services provided to the United States Armed Forces;

(ii)

assistance having a value of less than $3,000,000 per fiscal year per operation;

(iii)

assistance furnished before November 29, 1999;

(iv)

salaries and expenses of civilian police and other civilian and military monitors where United Nations policy is to require payment by contributing members for similar assistance to United Nations peacekeeping operations; or

(v)

any assistance commitment made before November 29, 1999.

(B)

Deployments of United States military forces

(3)

Form and amount

(A)

Amount

(B)

Form

(b)

Treatment of reimbursements

(1)

Credit

(2)

Availability

(c)

Covered assistance

Subsection (a) applies to assistance provided under the following provisions of law:

(1)

Sections 287d and 287d–1 of this title.

(2)

Sections 2261, 2318(a)(1), 2321j, 2348a(c), and 2357 of this title.

(3)

Any other provisions of law pursuant to which assistance is provided by the United States to carry out the mandate of an assessed United Nations peacekeeping operation.

(d)

Waiver

(1)

Authority

(A)

In general

(B)

Congressional notification

(2)

Congressional review

(3)

Senate procedures

(e)

Relationship to other reimbursement authority

(f)

Definition

(Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, § 10, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 723], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–463.)

cite as: 22 USC 287e-2