---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 3422"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "3422"
heading: "Participation of United States personnel in the Multinational Force and Observers"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/3422"
units:
  - "Chapter 49 — Support of Peace Treaty Between Egypt and Israel"
  - "Subchapter II — Multinational Force and Observers Participation"
---

# §3422. Participation of United States personnel in the Multinational Force and Observers

- (a) **Participation by United States Armed Forces; maximum limit on the number of members—**
  - (1) Subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, the President is authorized to assign, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, members of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Armed Forces to participate in the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1).
  - (2) The Congress declares that the participation of the military personnel of other countries in the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1) is essential to maintain the international character of the peacekeeping function in the Sinai. Accordingly—
    - (A) before the President assigns or details members of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Armed Forces to the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1), he shall notify the Congress of the names of the other countries that have agreed to provide military personnel for the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1), the number of military personnel to be provided by each country, and the functions to be performed by such personnel; and
    - (B) if a country withdraws from the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1) with the result that the military personnel of less than four [foreign countries](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) remain, every possible effort must be made by the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) to find promptly a country to replace that country.
  - (3) Members of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Armed Forces, and [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) civilian personnel, who are assigned, detailed, or otherwise provided to the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1) may perform only those functions or responsibilities which are specified for United Nations Forces and Observers in the [Treaty of Peace](/usc/22/3427.md?p=2) and in accordance with the Protocol.
  - (4) The number of members of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Armed Forces who are assigned or detailed by the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Government to the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1) may not exceed one thousand two hundred at any one time.
- (b) **Participation by civilian personnel—** Subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, the President is authorized to provide, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) civilian personnel to participate as observers in the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1).
- (c) **Status of United States personnel—** The status of [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Government personnel assigned to the [Multinational Force and Observers](/usc/22/3427.md?p=1) under subsection [(a)(1)](#a-1) or [(b)](#b) of this section shall be as provided in [section 2389 of this title](/usc/22/2389.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–132, § 3, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1693.)