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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, June 14, 1995 (79), Para 79.14 Recorded Vote]
[Page 910]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.79.14  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. SHAYS:

       At the end of title XII (page 409, after line 18), insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC. 1228. REDUCTION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES IN 
                   EUROPE

       (a) End Strength Reductions for Military Personnel in 
     Europe.--Notwithstanding section 1002(c)(1) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note), but 
     subject to subsection (d), for each of fiscal years 1996, 
     1997, 1998, and 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall reduce 
     the end strength level of members of the Armed Forces of the 
     United States assigned to permanent duty ashore in European 
     member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     (NATO) in accordance with subsection (b).
       (b) Reduction Formula.--
       (1) Application of formula.--For each percentage point by 
     which, as of the end of a fiscal year, the allied 
     contribution level determined under paragraph (2) is less 
     than the allied contribution goal specified in subsection 
     (c), the Secretary of Defense shall reduce the end strength 
     level of members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
     assigned to permanent duty ashore in European member nations 
     of NATO by 1,000 for the next fiscal year. The reduction 
     shall be made from the end strength level in effect, pursuant 
     to section 1002(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act, 1985 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note), and subsection (a) of this 
     section (if applicable), for the fiscal year in which the 
     allied contribution level is less than the goal specified in 
     subsection (c).
       (2) Determination of allied contribution level.--To 
     determine the allied contribution level with respect to a 
     fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall calculate the 
     aggregate amount of nonpersonnel costs for United States 
     military installations in European member nations of NATO 
     that are assumed during that fiscal year by such nations, 
     except that the Secretary may consider only those cash and 
     in-kind contributions by such nations that replace 
     expenditures that would otherwise be made by the Secretary 
     using funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
     defense appropriations Acts.
       (c) Annual Allied Contribution Goals.--
       (1) Goals.--In continuing efforts to enter into revised 
     host-nation agreements as described in the provisions of law 
     specified in paragraph (2), the President is urged to seek to 
     have European member nations of NATO assume an increased 
     share of the nonpersonnel costs of United States military 
     installations in those nations in accordance with the 
     following timetable:
       (A) By September 30, 1996, 18.75 percent of such costs 
     should be assumed by those nations.
       (B) By September 30, 1997, 37.5 percent of such costs 
     should be assumed by those nations.
       (C) By September 30, 1998, 56.25 percent of such costs 
     should be assumed by those nations.
       (D) By September 30, 1999, 75 percent of such costs should 
     be assumed by those nations.
       (2) Specified laws.--The provisions of law referred to in 
     paragraph (1) are--
       (A) section 1301(e) of National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2545);
       (B) section 1401(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 
     1824); and
       (C) section 1304 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2890),
       (d) Exceptions.--
       (1) Minimum end strength authority.--Notwithstanding 
     reductions required pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary 
     of Defense may maintain an end strength of at least 25,000 
     members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to 
     permanent duty ashore in European member nations of NATO.
       (2) Waiver authority.--The President may waive operation of 
     this section if the President declares an emergency. The 
     President shall immediately inform Congress of any such 
     waiver and the reasons for the waiver.
       (e) Allocation of Force Reductions.--To the extent that 
     there is a reduction in end strength level for any of the 
     Armed Forces in European member nations of NATO in a fiscal 
     year pursuant to subsection (a)--
       (1) half of the reduction shall be used to make a 
     corresponding reduction in the authorized end strength level 
     for active duty personnel for such Armed Forces for that 
     fiscal year; and
       (2) half of the reduction shall be used to make a 
     corresponding increase in permanent assignments or deployment 
     of forces in the United States or other nations (other than 
     European member nations of NATO) for each such Armed Force 
     for that fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (f) Nonpersonnel Costs Defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``nonpersonnel costs'', with respect to 
     United States military installations in European member 
     nations of NATO, means costs for those installation other 
     than costs paid from military personnel accounts.

It was decided in the

Yeas

273

affirmative

Nays

156
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