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to the foreign military financing program) or under the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.); or
(ii) a foreign country that has agreed to assume, not later
than September 30, 1996, at least 75 percent of the
nonpersonnel costs of United States military installations in
the country.
(d) OBLIGATIONAL LIMITATION.—(1) The total amount appro-
priated to the Department of Defense for Military Personnel, for
Operation and Maintenance, and for military construction (including
construction and improvement of military family housing) that is
obligated to conduct overseas basing activities during fiscal year
1994 may not exceed $16,915,400,000 (such amount being the
amount appropriated for such purposes for fiscal year 1993 reduced
by $3,300,000,000), except to the extent provided by the Secretary
of Defense under paragraph (3).
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘overseas basing
activities’’ means the activities of the Department of Defense for
which funds are provided through appropriations for Military
Personnel, for Operation and Maintenance (including appropriations
for family housing operations), and for military construction (includ-
ing construction and improvement of military family housing) for
the payment of costs for Department of Defense overseas military
units and the costs for all dependents who accompany Department
of Defense personnel outside the United States.
(3) The Secretary of Defense may increase the amount of the
limitation under paragraph (1) by such amount or amounts as
the Secretary determines to be necessary in the national interest,
but not to exceed a total increase of $582,700,000. The Secretary
may not increase the amount of such limitation under the preceding
sentence until the Secretary provides notice to Congress of the
Secretary’s intent to authorize such an increase and a period of
15 days elapses after the day on which such notice is provided.
(e) ALLOCATIONS OF SAVINGS.—Any amounts appropriated to
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1994 for the purposes
covered by subsection (d)(1) that are not available to be used for
those purposes by reason of the limitation in that subsection shall
be allocated by the Secretary of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance and for military construction activities of the Department
of Defense at military installations and facilities located inside
the United States.
SEC. 1402. BURDEN SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DESIGNATED
COUNTRIES AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new section
2350j consisting of—
(1) a heading as follows:
‘‘§ 2350j. Burden sharing contributions by designated coun-
tries and regional organizations’’;
and
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1045 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and
1993 (Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1465), revised—
(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) by replacing ‘‘During fiscal years 1992 and 1993,
the Secretary’’ with ‘‘The Secretary’’;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, after consultation with the Sec-
retary of State,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’;
(iii) by deleting ‘‘from Japan, Kuwait, and the
Republic of Korea’’; and
(iv) by inserting ‘‘from any country or regional
organization designated for purposes of this section
by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State’’; and
(B) in subsection (f)—
(i) by replacing ‘‘each quarter of fiscal years 1992
and 1993’’ with ‘‘each fiscal year’’;
(ii) by replacing ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ with ‘‘Congress’’;
(iii) by striking out ‘‘Japan, Kuwait, and the
Republic of Korea’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘each
country and regional organization from which contribu-
tions have been accepted by the Secretary under sub-
section (a)’’; and
(iv) by replacing ‘‘the preceding quarter’’ in para-
graphs (1) and (2) with ‘‘the preceding fiscal year’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by adding at
the end the following new item:
‘‘2350j. Burden sharing contributions by designated countries and regional organiza-
tions.’’.
Subtitle B—North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
SEC. 1411. FINDINGS, SENSE OF CONGRESS, AND REPORT REQUIRE-
MENT 
CONCERNING 
NORTH 
ATLANTIC 
TREATY
ORGANIZATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has
successfully met the challenge of helping to maintain the peace,
security, and freedom of the United States and its NATO allies
for more than 40 years.
(2) The national security interests of the United States
have been well served by the process of consultation, coordina-
tion, and military cooperation in the NATO framework.
(3) Recent history has witnessed radical changes in the
international security environment, including the fall of the
Berlin Wall, the unification of Germany, the disbanding of
the Warsaw Pact and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
(4) The military threats which NATO was established to
deter have greatly diminished with the end of the Cold War.
(5) The post-Cold War security situation continues to
present a wide array of challenges to United States national
interests, many of which interests the United States shares
with its allies in Europe and Canada.
(6) The international community may prove capable of
deterring many threats to the common peace if it can respond
decisively to aggression.
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(7) The United States must share the responsibilities and
the burdens of pursuing international security and stability
with other nations.
(8) Several of the newly democratic nations of Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have
expressed interest in seeking membership in NATO.
(9) Many of the security challenges facing the post-Cold
War world would be best handled through coherent multilateral
responses.
(10) The United States should never send its military forces
into combat unless they are provided with the best opportunity
to accomplish their objectives with as little risk as possible.
(11) Military interventions against antagonistic armed
forces cannot be conducted safely or effectively on a multilateral
basis unless such operations are jointly planned in advance
and are executed by units which have trained together and
are familiar with each others’ operational procedures.
(12) NATO is currently the only organization with the
experience, trained staff, and infrastructure necessary to sup-
port military cooperation with the major military allies of the
United States.
(13) The NATO allies already have volunteered to consider
requests from the United Nations and the Conference on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe for assistance in maintaining
the peace.
(14) Justification of the relevance of NATO in the post-
Cold War world will depend largely upon the alliance’s ability
to adapt its mission, area of responsibility, and procedures
to the new security environment.
(15) Justification of future United States support for the
alliance and for a United States military presence in Europe
will depend upon NATO’s ability to address those security
interests which the United States shares with its allies in
Europe and Canada.
(16) The meeting of the NATO heads of state scheduled
for January 1994, presents an excellent opportunity for the
President to articulate a new, broader security mission for
the alliance in the post-Cold War world, one which will enable
it to address a wider array of threats to its members’ interests
and which will help to share more effectively the burden of
international security requirements.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) old threats to the security of the United States and
its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization having
greatly diminished, and new, more diverse challenges having
arisen (including ethno-religious conflict in Central and Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union and the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction in regions proximate to alliance
territory), NATO’s mission must be redefined so that it may
respond to such challenges to its members’ security even when
those challenges emanate from beyond the geographic bound-
aries of its members’ territories;
(2) NATO should review its consultative mechanisms in
order to maximize its ability to marshal political, diplomatic,
social, and economic solidarity, buttressed by credible military
capability, and to bring the full weight and scope of its coopera-
tive efforts to bear in addressing the new challenges; and
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(3) future United States military involvement in, and con-
tributions to, NATO should be determined in relation to the
alliance’s success or failure in adapting itself to confronting
the challenges of the post-Cold War world.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit a report to
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives. The report shall contain recommendations on the following:
(1) The manner in which NATO can formulate and imple-
ment a strategy to address the new, more disparate threats
to the security of its members.
(2) The manner in which NATO should continue to adapt
its consultative process, including efforts to extend that process
to the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union, so as to enhance its political, diplo-
matic, social, economic, and military efforts to project stability
eastward and maximize its capabilities in crisis prevention
and crisis management.
(3) The feasibility of having NATO conduct security oper-
ations beyond the geographic boundaries of the alliance.
(4) The manner in which NATO should restructure its
forces, training and equipment for the new security environ-
ment, including with regard to multinational peacekeeping
activities.
(5) The desirability of expanding the alliance to include
traditionally neutral nations or the new democratic nations
of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
that wish to join NATO.
(6) The proper size and composition of United States forces
to be deployed in Europe to assist in the implementation of
NATO’s new mandate and possible reduction in United States
military deployments in Europe in the event of the alliance’s
failure to adopt a new mandate.
(7) The structure and organization of NATO headquarters,
with particular attention to the need to reinvigorate the NATO
Military Committee.
(8) The extent to which NATO liaison teams should be
assigned to the United Nations and the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe so as to facilitate better coordination
among these organizations, especially in regard to crisis preven-
tion and crisis management.
(9) The desirability of having additional NATO forces train
in North America in a manner supportive of NATO’s proposed
new strategy.
(10) The structure of NATO’s military command, with
particular attention to the need to make NATO’s Rapid Reaction
Force a credible deterrent to regional aggression.
(11) The levels of United States, European, and Canadian
defense budgets and their ability to finance forces consistent
with the implementation of NATO’s new mandate.
SEC. 1412. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) BIENNIAL NATO REPORT.—Section 1002(d) of the Depart-
ment of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98–525; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note), is amended—
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