§287e–2 Reimbursement for Goods and Services Provided by the United States to the United Nations

Summary

The President must get a promise from the United Nations to pay back the United States when the U.S. provides help under certain laws to support assessed UN peacekeeping efforts. That includes help given to the UN to run an assessed peacekeeping mission, help for any UN peacekeeping mission authorized under Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the UN Charter and paid from UN assessments, and help given to a country to enable its participation in such missions. The UN will repay at the usual UN rate. Repayment can be applied as credits against U.S. peacekeeping assessments if the U.S. agencies that spent the money are paid back first. This rule applies to help given under specified U.S. laws (including sections 287d, 287d–1, 2261, 2318(a)(1), 2321j, 2348a(c), and 2357) and any law used to carry out an assessed UN peacekeeping operation. Exceptions: no repayment requirement for aid to U.S. Armed Forces; aid worth less than $3,000,000 per fiscal year per operation; aid or commitments made before November 29, 1999; and salary/expense payments for civilian police or monitors when UN policy says contributing members must pay. Deployments of U.S. forces can also be excluded when the President finds them important to U.S. security and reports their costs under section 2348d. The President may waive the repayment rule for national security reasons if he notifies Congress as required. Congress can block that waiver by passing a joint resolution within 15 calendar days after receiving the notice. Any money repaid by the UN goes back to the same U.S. agency account that paid for the help and can be used for the same purposes and under the same rules as the original funds. The President can also seek other types of repayment beyond what is described here. "Assistance" means personnel, services, supplies, equipment, facilities, and other help provided by the Department of Defense or any other U.S. agency.