§3425 Reports to Congress

Summary

The President must send written reports to the Speaker of the House and to the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The first report was due April 30, 1982 and must cover up to two weeks before that date. After that, the President must send a report by January 15 each year, starting in 1983. Each report covers the previous year’s work with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO). Each report must explain what the MFO did, who made it up, and where each country’s military personnel were deployed and what they were doing. It must list all costs the U.S. government paid for its relationship with the MFO during the prior fiscal year, by category, including pay and benefits, travel, housing, operations, and any property, support, or services the U.S. provided. The report must say how much it would have cost to keep those U.S. units at home, how much the U.S. received back in reimbursements, and which items were provided without payment. It must also report talks with Egypt and Israel about the MFO’s future and any possible reduction or end. Reports must be as detailed and accurate as possible. For non‑reimbursed administrative and technical help under section 3424(a), the report must describe the help and give estimates of total and extra costs.