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108 STAT. 2908 PUBLIC LAW 103-337 —OCT. 5, 1994 TITLE XIV—PEACE OPERATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ACTIVI- TIES Subtitle A—Peace Operations SEC. 1401. REPORTS ON REFORMING UNITED NATIONS PEACE OPER- ATIONS. (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress two reports on proposals by the United States for improving management by the United Nations of peace operations. The Secretary shall submit the first report not later than December 1, 1994, and the second not later than Jiine 1, 1995. (b) STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED STATES PROPOS- ALS. —Each report shall contain— (1) a discussion of the status of implementation of proposals by the United States contained in section IV (relating to strengthening the United Nations) of the document entitled "The Clinton Administration's Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations" that was issued by the Executive Office of the President in May 1994; and (2) an analysis of the results of such implementation. (c) SUBJECTS TO BE COVERED. — Each report shall cover, at a minimum, the following matters: (1) The reconfiguration and expansion of the staff for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. (2) The reasons for lengthy, potentially disastrous delays after a peace operation has been authorized and steps by the United Nations to reduce those delays. (3) The establishment by the United Nations of a professional peace operations training program for commanders gmd other military and civilian personnel. (4) Assistance by the United States to facilitate improvements by the United Nations in the matters described in paragraphs (1) and (3) and the terms under which such assistance has been or is being provided. (d) PEACE OPERATION DEFINED. —In this section, the term "peace operation" means an operation to maintain or restore international peace and security under chapter VI or chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. SEC. 1402. REPORT ON MILITARY READINESS IMPLICATIONS OF BOSNIA PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT. (a) REPORT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the implications for United States military readiness of the participation of United States ground combat forces in peacekeeping operations within Bosnia-Hercegovina. (2) The report shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or 30 days following the deployment of United States ground forces to Bosnia-Hercegovina, whichever occurs sooner. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: