§3425 Reports to Congress

Summary

The President must send a written report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by April 30, 1982, covering the period up to two weeks before that date. Then, by January 15 each year starting in 1983, the President must send another report that describes the Multinational Force and Observers’ activities over the past year; who is in the force and where each country’s troops are assigned; all U.S. costs tied to the force for the preceding fiscal year (both normal and extra costs), including costs for U.S. units (salaries, allowances, retirement and other benefits, transportation, housing, operations), identifiable costs for U.S. property and services given to the force, what the U.S. would have spent if those units had stayed in the United States, any reimbursements received, the kinds of property/support/services provided (noting which were provided without payment), and the results of talks with Egypt and Israel about the force’s future or possible reduction or end. The reports must be as detailed as possible. Costs that cannot be precisely identified must be estimated with reasonable accuracy. For administrative and technical support given without reimbursement under section 3424(a), the report must say what types of support were provided and estimate both the total cost and the incremental cost to the United States.