To require a report on the costs incurred by the Department of Defense in implementing or supporting resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

SA 1375. Mr. ENSIGN proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 286, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 1073. REPORT ON COSTS TO CARRY OUT UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS.

(a) Assignment Authority of Secretary of Defense.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a quarterly basis, a report to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives that sets forth all costs (including incremental costs) incurred by the Department of Defense during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting any resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council, including any such resolution calling for international sanctions, international peacekeeping operations, or humanitarian missions undertaken by the Department of Defense. Each such quarterly report shall include an aggregate of all such Department of Defense costs by operation or mission.

(b) Costs for Training Foreign Troops.--The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly reports all costs (including incremental costs) incurred in training foreign troops for United Nations peacekeeping duties.

(c) Credit and Compensation.--The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly reports all efforts made to seek credit against past United Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred by the Department of Defense in implementing and supporting United Nations activities.