Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3422 Participation of United States personnel in the Multinational Force and Observers

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 49— - SUPPORT OF PEACE TREATY BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS PARTICIPATION › § 3422

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If other parts of this law allow it, the President can send U.S. military members to join the Multinational Force and Observers and can send U.S. civilians to work as observers, under terms he decides. Before U.S. troops go, the President must tell Congress which other countries will send forces, how many from each, and what those forces will do. If a country leaves and fewer than four foreign countries remain, the United States must try quickly to find a replacement. U.S. military and civilian personnel may only carry out the duties the Peace Treaty and its Protocol allow for United Nations forces and observers. At no time may more than 1,200 U.S. service members be assigned. The legal status of these U.S. personnel is as given in section 2389.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3422

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(a)(1)Subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, the President is authorized to assign, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, members of the United States Armed Forces to participate in the Multinational Force and Observers.

(2)The Congress declares that the participation of the military personnel of other countries in the Multinational Force and Observers is essential to maintain the international character of the peacekeeping function in the Sinai. Accordingly—

(A)before the President assigns or details members of the United States Armed Forces to the Multinational Force and Observers, he shall notify the Congress of the names of the other countries that have agreed to provide military personnel for the Multinational Force and Observers, the number of military personnel to be provided by each country, and the functions to be performed by such personnel; and

(B)if a country withdraws from the Multinational Force and Observers with the result that the military personnel of less than four foreign countries remain, every possible effort must be made by the United States to find promptly a country to replace that country.

(3)Members of the United States Armed Forces, and United States civilian personnel, who are assigned, detailed, or otherwise provided to the Multinational Force and Observers may perform only those functions or responsibilities which are specified for United Nations Forces and Observers in the Treaty of Peace and in accordance with the Protocol.

(4)The number of members of the United States Armed Forces who are assigned or detailed by the United States Government to the Multinational Force and Observers may not exceed one thousand two hundred at any one time.

(b)Subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, the President is authorized to provide, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, United States civilian personnel to participate as observers in the Multinational Force and Observers.

(c)The status of United States Government personnel assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers under subsection (a)(1) or (b) of this section shall be as provided in section 2389 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 3422

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73