S. 3841 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3841 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2022Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide for the termination of all contracts between the United Nations Department of Peace Operations and the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Withdrawing Russian Support to Peacekeeping Act of 2022. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Between 2020 and 2021, the United States provided 27.89 percent of funding to the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (referred to in this Act as the DPO). (2) As of 2020, approximately 9,000 police peacekeepers from the Russian Federation were deployed in 16 peacekeeping and special political missions of the United Nations. (3) The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation represents one of the most serious assaults on world peace in recent years. (4) The use of the term peacekeeping by the Russian Federation to justify the incursion into Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukraine, which escalated into a full invasion of Ukraine, flies in the face of real peacekeeping. 3. Termination of peacekeeping contracts with the Russian Federation (a) In general The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to instruct the DPO, not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) to terminate all contracts with individuals of and entities registered in the Russian Federation; and (2) to direct all police, military, and civilian peacekeepers from the Russian Federation to depart from all peacekeeping missions of the United Nations. (b) Compliance (1) In general Not later than 45 days after the date that the instruction described in subsection (a) is given, the Secretary of State shall determine whether the DPO has complied with the instruction. (2) Withholding of funds If the Secretary of State determines under paragraph (1) that the DPO has not complied with the instruction described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall withhold funds from the DPO until the Secretary of State determines that the DPO has complied with the instruction.