Congressional Record — House 18133
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or otherwise made available by this Act in title III under the heading ''PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS'' may be obligated or expended for peacekeeping operations in the Kosovo province of the Federal Republic of Yugo-slavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
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