22 U.S.C. § 287b — Reports to Congress by President

(a) Periodic reports. From time to time, but at least once a year, the President must report to Congress on the United Nations' activities and on U.S. participation in the UN. (b) Annual report on financial contributions. By July 1 each year, the Secretary of State must send Congress's designated committees a report on the extent and disposition of every financial contribution the U.S. made, during the previous year, to international organizations the U.S. belongs to. (c) Annual report. Along with the President's yearly budget request, the President must also send Congress's designated committees a report covering: (1) Costs of peacekeeping operations. (A) A description of all U.S. assistance to the UN supporting peacekeeping operations — given during the previous fiscal year, expected during the current fiscal year, or included in the coming year's budget request. (B) For UN peacekeeping operations: the combined cost of all of them last fiscal year; the cost of each one; and how much the U.S. contributed to each, both assessed and voluntary, on an operation-by-operation basis. (C) The same three things — combined cost, per-operation cost, and U.S. contributions — for other international peacekeeping operations the U.S. takes part in. (D) For any assessed or voluntary contribution over $100,000 in value, including in-kind contributions: the total or estimated value of all such contributions to the UN and to each of its affiliated agencies and bodies; the nature and estimated value of in-kind support for peacekeeping, such as logistics, airlift, arms and materiel, non-military technology and equipment, personnel, and training; roughly what percentage those contributions make up of all contributions to the UN and to each agency or body from any source; and for each U.S. government contribution, its amount or value, a description of it (including whether assessed or voluntary), its purpose, which U.S. department or agency gave it, and which UN or UN-affiliated body received it. (E) This report must be submitted unclassified, though it may include a classified annex. (2) Other peacekeeping matters. (A) An assessment of how effective ongoing international peacekeeping operations are, how relevant they are to U.S. national interests, UN and other organizations' efforts to resolve the underlying conflicts, and each operation's projected end date. (B) The dollar value and percentage of total peacekeeping contracts awarded to U.S. contractors during the previous year. (3) United Nations reform. (A)(i) A description of progress establishing and running an independent UN Inspector General's office. (ii) If that office exists, whether the Inspector General is keeping the Secretary-General and General Assembly members fully informed about problems, deficiencies, needed corrective action, and its progress — "office of the Inspector General" here means an independent UN office that audits, inspects, and investigates UN programs and operations. (B) A description of progress reducing the U.S. peacekeeping assessment rate. (C) A description of progress on other U.S. efforts toward financial and management reform at the UN. (4) Military personnel in multinational forces. A description of: (A) the status under international law of members of multinational forces, including their legal status if captured, missing, or detained; (B) how much risk U.S. troops face if captured while serving in multinational forces whose captors don't follow the Geneva Conventions and similar agreements protecting prisoners of war; and (C) the specific steps taken to protect U.S. troops in multinational forces, plus any recommended legislation. (5) Human rights and UN peacekeeping forces. A description of UN peacekeeping forces' efforts to promote and protect internationally recognized human rights, including the status of investigations into any alleged human-rights violations by peacekeeping personnel during the past year, and any action taken in those cases. (d) Consultations and reports on UN peacekeeping operations. (1) Consultations. Each month, the President must consult with Congress on the status of UN peacekeeping operations. (2) Information to be provided. Each month, the designated congressional committees must receive: (A) For ongoing operations: a list of Security Council resolutions expected that month that would extend or change any peacekeeping mandate; the changes in duration, mandate, or command structure expected from each resolution; an estimate of each operation's total UN cost for the period covered, and the U.S. share of it; and any expected significant changes in U.S. participation or support (such as facilities, training, transportation, communication, and logistics, but not reportable intelligence activities), and their estimated cost. (B) For each new UN peacekeeping operation expected to be authorized that month: its expected duration, mandate, command structure, exit strategy, and the vital U.S. interest it serves; an estimate of its total UN cost and the U.S. share; the functions any participating U.S. Armed Forces would perform, an estimate of how many troops, and the estimated cost; a description of other U.S. assistance or support (again excluding reportable intelligence activities) and its estimated cost; and a report, following the reprogramming procedures in section 2706, describing where the funds for the new operation will come from — also sent to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. (3) Form and timing. (A) The President must submit the information required by clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(A) in writing. (B) For ongoing operations, that month's information is due by the 10th day of the month. For new operations, the information must be submitted in writing at least 15 days before the expected vote on the resolution — unless the President decides exceptional circumstances make that impossible, in which case it must go out as far in advance as practical. (4) "New" UN peacekeeping operation. This term also covers an existing or ongoing operation whose authorized troop strength is expanding, that is now authorized to operate in a new country, or whose mandate is changing to cover significant new or different functions. (5) Notification and quarterly reports on U.S. assistance. (A) The President must notify the designated committees at least 15 days before the U.S. provides any assistance to the UN supporting peacekeeping operations — except this doesn't apply to non-reimbursable assistance worth less than $3,000,000, reimbursable assistance worth less than $14,000,000, or assistance given under certain emergency drawdown authorities. (B) The President must also submit an annual report to the designated committees on all such U.S. assistance given during the past calendar year, describing it by operation and category. (e) Designated congressional committees. In this section, this means the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations, and the House Committees on International Relations and Appropriations. (f) Relationship to other notification requirements. Nothing in this section changes or replaces any other law's peacekeeping notification requirements.