text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``United Nations Rapid Deployment Act 
  of 2001''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      The Congress finds the following:
              (1) The December 1999 United Nations ``Report on the 
          Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations 
          During the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda'' indicates that in April 
          1994, the United Nations Security Council failed to deploy 
          5,500 United Nations peacekeepers to Rwanda within two weeks of 
          the initial violence, thereby allowing the conflict to 
          escalate. The six-month estimated cost of the deployment would 
          have been $115,000,000. Instead, the genocide consumed 800,000 
          lives along with $2,000,000,000 in humanitarian aid.
              (2) The April 2000 report of the United Nations Secretary 
          General, ``We the Peoples, The Role of the United Nations in 
          the 21st Century'', states that only member nations of the 
          United Nations can fix the structural weakness of United 
          Nations peace operations. The report compares the current 
          system for launching peacekeeping operations to a volunteer 
          fire department that has to find fire engines and the funds to 
          run them before starting to douse any flames. The present 
          United Nations system relies almost entirely on last minute, ad 
          hoc arrangements that guarantee delay, with respect to the 
          provision of civilian personnel even more so than military 
          personnel. Availability and readiness of forces is very 
          unpredictable and constraints on resources preclude rapid 
          deployment.
              (3) In August 2000, the specially-appointed panel on United 
          Nations Peace Operations issued its findings. Known as the 
          ``Brahimi Report'' (A/55/305; S/2000/809), the report concludes 
          that ``few of the basic building blocks are in place for the 
          United Nations to rapidly acquire and deploy the human and 
          material resources required to mount any complex peace 
          operation in the future''. These building blocks include a 
          standing police corps, a reserve corps of mission leadership, a 
          sufficient stockpile of equipment, and arrangements for 
          recruitment of civilian personnel. Furthermore, the report 
          encourages member nations to enter partnerships with one 
          another in the context of the United Nations Stand-by 
          Arrangements System (UNSAS). These partnerships would form the 
          basis for Rapid Deployment Brigades (RDBs), which would develop 
          the operational capabilities to fully deploy ``traditional'' 
          peacekeeping operations within 30 days of the adoption of an 
          authorizing Security Council resolution and to fully deploy 
          ``complex'' peacekeeping operations within 90 days of the 
          adoption of an authorizing Security Council resolution.
              (4) Former United States Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, 
          speaking before the United Nations Security Council on November 
          15, 2000, stated that ``[u]nless we move decisively on 
          meaningful peacekeeping reform, those that threaten 
          peacekeepers across the globe may draw the conclusion that the 
          UN lacks the will, the cohesion and even the capability to 
          perform its essential peacekeeping function''.
              (5) Both the nations of Europe and the United States have 
          recognized the value and need for rapidly deployable combat 
          units in response to a full spectrum of contingencies, 
          including peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, low-
          intensity conflicts, and full-scale warfare. The European Union 
          has proposed forming a standing police force and rapid 
          deployment brigades as part of the European Defense Force, and 
          in the United States, the Department of Defense is establishing 
          interim brigade combat teams as part of the overall Army 
          transformation strategy.
              (6) The United States' veto power in the United Nations 
          Security Council gives it the capacity to halt the deployment 
          of United Nations forces if the deployment is not in the 
          national interests of the United States.
  
  SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED NATIONS RAPID DEPLOYMENT POLICE AND 
                SECURITY FORCE.
  
      (a) Establishment.--The President shall direct the United States 
  representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and 
  influence of the United States to urge the United Nations--
              (1) to establish a United Nations Rapid Deployment Police 
          and Security Force (UNRDPSF) that--
                      (A) is rapidly deployable under the authority of 
                  the United Nations Security Council;
                      (B) should be able to deploy within 15 days of a 
                  United Nations Security Council resolution to establish 
                  international peace operations;
                      (C) is limited to a maximum deployment of six 
                  months for any given mission;
                      (D) should be deployed only when the United Nations 
                  Security Council determines that violations of human 
                  rights, breaches of the peace, or the failure to 
                  restore the rule of law, requires rapid response to 
                  ensure adherence to negotiated agreements to prevent or 
  end hostilities;
                      (E) should be composed of at least 6,000 volunteers 
                  who train together and are appropriately equipped 
                  expressly for international peace operations, including 
                  civilian policing; and
                      (F) should be given the authority to protect 
                  itself, execute negotiated peace accords, disarm 
                  combatants, protect civilians, detain war criminals, 
                  restore the rule of law, and to carry out other 
                  purposes as detailed in United Nations Security Council 
                  resolutions;
              (2) to recruit personnel to serve in the Force; and
              (3) to provide equitable and reliable funding for the 
          Force.
      (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``international peace 
  operations'' means any operation carried out under a United Nations 
  Security Council resolution.
  
  SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF RAPID DEPLOYMENT BRIGADES.
  
      In order to promote the development of human and material resources 
  for United Nations peacekeeping operations as recommended by the August 
  2000 Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (A/55/305; 
  S/2000/809), commonly known as the ``Brahimi Report'', the President--
              (1) shall direct the Secretary of State and the United 
          States representative to the United Nations to encourage the 
          member nations of the United Nations to enter into partnerships 
          with one another, in the context of the United Nations Stand-by 
          Arrangements System (UNSAS), to form the basis for Rapid 
          Deployment Brigades, which would develop the operational 
          capabilities to fully deploy ``traditional'' peacekeeping 
          operations within 30 days of the adoption of a Security Council 
          resolution and ``complex'' peacekeeping operations within 90 
          days of the adoption of a Security Council resolution; and
              (2) shall direct the Secretary of Defense to undertake a 
          study, not later than six months after the date of the 
          enactment of this Act, to determine the advisability of and the 
          feasibility of using interim combat brigade teams as part of 
          Rapid Deployment Brigades as described in paragraph (1).
  
  SEC. 5. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS RAPID DEPLOYMENT.
  
      Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
  the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report on--
              (1) the status of negotiations to establish a United 
          Nations Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (UNRDPSF) in 
          accordance with section 3;
              (2) the status of United States activities to encourage 
          member nations of the United Nations to establish Rapid 
          Deployment Brigades in accordance with section 4(1); and
              (3) the results of the study conducted under section 4(2).
target: United Nations Rapid Deployment Act of 2001 - Requires the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations (UN) to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the UN to: (1) establish a United Nations Rapid Deployment Police and Security Force (UNRDPSF) that is rapidly deployable under the authority of the UN Security Council, and that meets other specified requirements; (2) recruit UNRDPSF personnel; and (3) provide equitable and reliable funding.Requires the President, in order to promote the development of human and material resources for UN peacekeeping operations as recommended by the August 2000 Report of the Panel on UN Peace Operations (Brahimi Report), to: (1) direct the Secretary of State and the U.S. representative to the UN to encourage UN member nations to enter into partnerships with one another to form Rapid Deployment Brigades which could develop operational capabilities to fully deploy peacekeeping operations within a specified time; and (2) direct the Secretary of Defense to study the advisability of and feasibility of using interim combat brigade teams as part of the Rapid Deployment Brigades.
feat_title: To enhance the capability of the United Nations to rapidly respond to emerging crises.