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           TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS                            


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           Subtitle C--Other Matters                                               

          SEC. 1221. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING.                                       

     (a) Efforts To Increase Allied Burdensharing.--The President shall   
  seek to have each nation that has cooperative military relations with   
  the United States (including security agreements, basing arrangements,  
  or mutual participation in multinational military organizations or      
  operations) take one or more of the following actions:                  

       (1) For any nation in which United States military personnel are    
   assigned to permanent duty ashore, increase its financial contributions 
   to the payment of the nonpersonnel costs incurred by the United States  
   Government for stationing United States military personnel in that      
   nation, with a goal of achieving by September 30, 2000, 75 percent of   
   such costs. An increase in financial contributions by any nation under  
   this paragraph may include the elimination of taxes, fees, or other     
   charges levied on United States military personnel, equipment, or       
   facilities stationed in that nation.                                    

       (2) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for national defense as a 
   percentage of its gross domestic product by 10 percent or at least to a 
   level commensurate that of the United States by September 30, 1998.     

       (3) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for foreign assistance (to
   promote democratization, economic stabilization, transparency           
   arrangements, defense economic conversion, respect for the rule of law, 
   and internationally recognized human rights) by 10 percent or at least  
   to a level commensurate to that of the United States by September 30,   
   1998.                                                                   

       (4) Increase the amount of military assets (including personnel,    
   equipment, logistics, support and other resources) that it contributes, 
   or would be prepared to contribute, to multinational military activities
   worldwide.                                                              

     (b) Authorities To Encourage Actions by United States Allies.--In    
  seeking the actions described in subsection (a) with respect to any     
  nation, or in response to a failure by any nation to undertake one or   
  more of such actions, the President may take any of the following       
  measures to the extent otherwise authorized by law:                     

       (1) Reduce the end strength level of members of the Armed Forces    
   assigned to permanent duty ashore in that nation.                       

       (2) Impose on that nation fees or other charges similar to those    
   that such nation imposes on United States forces stationed in that      
   nation.                                                                 

       (3) Reduce (through rescission, impoundment, or other appropriate   
   procedures as authorized by law) the amount the United States           
   contributes to the NATO Civil Budget, Military Budget, or Security      
   Investment Program.                                                     

       (4) Suspend, modify, or terminate any bilateral security agreement  
   the United States has with that nation, consistent with the terms of    
   such agreement.                                                         

       (5) Reduce (through rescission, impoundment or other appropriate    
   procedures as authorized by law) any United States bilateral assistance 
   appropriated for that nation.                                           

       (6) Take any other action the President determines to be appropriate
   as authorized by law.                                                   

     (c) Report on Progress in Increasing Allied Burdensharing.--Not later
  than March 1, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
  report on--                                                             

       (1) steps taken by other nations to complete the actions described  
   in subsection (a);                                                      

       (2) all measures taken by the President, including those authorized 
   in subsection (b), to achieve the actions described in subsection (a);  

       (3) the difference between the amount allocated by other nations for
   each of the actions described in subsection (a) during the period       
   beginning on March 1, 1996, and ending on February 28, 1997, and during 
   the period beginning on March 1, 1997, and ending on February 28, 1998; and        

       (4) the budgetary savings to the United States that are expected to 
   accrue as a result of the steps described under paragraph (1).          

     (d) Report on National Security Bases for Forward Deployment and     
  Burdensharing Relationships.--(1) In order to ensure the best allocation
  of budgetary resources, the President shall undertake a review of the   
  status of elements of the United States Armed Forces that are           
  permanently stationed outside the United States. The review shall       
  include an assessment of the following:                                 

       (A) The alliance requirements that are to be found in agreements    
   between the United States and other countries.                          

       (B) The national security interests that support permanently        
   stationing elements of the United States Armed Forces outside the United
   States.                                                                 

       (C) The stationing costs associated with the forward deployment of  
   elements of the United States Armed Forces.                             

       (D) The alternatives available to forward deployment (such as       
   material prepositioning, enhanced airlift and sealift, or joint training
   operations) to meet such alliance requirements or national security     
   interests, with such alternatives identified and described in detail.   

       (E) The costs and force structure configurations associated with    
   such alternatives to forward deployment.                                

       (F) The financial contributions that allies of the United States    
   make to common defense efforts (to promote democratization, economic    
   stabilization, transparency arrangements, defense economic conversion,  
   respect for the rule of law, and internationally recognized human       
   rights).                                                                

       (G) The contributions that allies of the United States make to      
   meeting the stationing costs associated with the forward deployment of  
   elements of the United States Armed Forces.                             

       (H) The annual expenditures of the United States and its allies on  
   national defense, and the relative percentages of each nation's gross   
   domestic product constituted by those expenditures.                     

     (2) The President shall submit to Congress a report on the review    
  under paragraph (1). The report shall be submitted not later than March 
  1, 1998, in classified and unclassified form.       


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                    SEC. 1223. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORTS REGARDING FINANCIAL  
          COSTS OF ENLARGEMENT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.         

    (a)  Findings.--Congress finds the following:                         

       (1) In a report to Congress in February 1997 on the rationale,      
   benefits, costs, and implications of North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
   enlargement the Secretary of Defense estimated that the financial cost  
   to the United States of such enlargement will be modest, totaling       
   between $2,000,000,000 and $2,600,000,000 for the period from 1997      
   through 2009.                                                           

       (2) A study by the RAND Corporation published in 1996 calculated    
   that the total financial cost to the United States of such enlargement  
   will be between $5,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 over the same period. 

       (3) A March 1996 report by the Congressional Budget Office on the   
   financial costs of enlarging the North Atlantic Treaty Organization     
   alliance estimated the United States share of alliance enlargement costs
   to be between $4,800,000,000 and $18,900,000,000 through 2010, depending    
   upon political developments in Europe.                                  

       (4) An August 1997 report by the General Accounting Office reviewing
   the financial cost estimates of the Secretary of Defense concluded that 
   North Atlantic Treaty Organization enlargement could entail additional  
   costs beyond those included in the Secretary's estimate and questioned  
   the validity of the Secretary's estimate due to the lack of supporting  
   cost documentation and the inclusion of cost elements not related to    
   NATO enlargement.                                                       

       (5) The North Atlantic Alliance is scheduled to complete its        
   analysis of the military requirements for the integration of Poland, the
   Czech Republic, and Hungary into the Alliance in December 1997.         

       (6) The North Atlantic Alliance is also scheduled to complete in    
   December 1997 its financial cost estimate of the military requirements  
   related to the integration of those nations.                            

     (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the analysis
  of the North Atlantic Alliance of the military requirements relating to 
  NATO enlargement and of the financial costs to the Alliance of NATO     
  enlargement will be one of the major factors in the consideration by the
  Senate of the ratification of instruments to approve the admission of   
  new member nations to the Alliance and by Congress for the authorization
  and appropriation of the funding for the costs associated with such     
  enlargement.                                                            

     (c) Report Assessing NATO Cost Analysis.--Not later than March 31,   
  1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report        
  providing--                                                             

       (1) an assessment of the analysis by the North Atlantic Alliance of 
   the military requirements related to NATO enlargement and of the        
   estimate of the financial costs to the NATO Alliance for the integration
   of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary into the Alliance;           

       (2) a description of the analytical means used to determine such    
   requirements and costs; and                                             

       (3) a general assessment of the additional military requirements and
   costs that would result from a significantly increased threat.          

     (b) Report on Department of Defense Costs.--(1) The Secretary of     
  Defense shall submit to Congress, in conjunction with the submission of 
  the President's budget for fiscal year 1999, a report on Department of  
  Defense costs for NATO enlargement. The report shall include a detailed 
  estimate of such costs for fiscal year 1998 that identifies all         
  appropriations, by budget activity, for the military departments and    
  other elements of the Department of Defense to support NATO enlargement.

     (2) The Secretary of Defense shall include in the budget             
  justification materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary in       
  support of the budget of Department of Defense for fiscal year 1999     
  complete and detailed descriptions and estimates of the amounts provided
  in that budget for the costs of NATO enlargement.                       


                    SEC. 1224. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENLARGEMENT OF THE     
          NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.                                     

    (a)  Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:                

       (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met on July 8 and 
   9, 1997, in Madrid, Spain, and issued invitations to the Czech Republic,
   Hungary, and Poland to begin accession talks to join NATO.              

       (2) Congress has expressed its support for the process of NATO      
   enlargement by approving the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996  
   (title VI of the matter enacted in section 101(c) of division A of      
   Public Law 104 208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note).                               

       (3) The United States has supported the position that the process of
   enlarging NATO will continue after the first round of invitations in    
   July 1997.                                                              

       (4) Romania and Slovenia are to be commended for their progress     
   toward political and economic reform and appear to be striving to meet
   the guidelines for prospective  membership in NATO.                                                     

       (5) In furthering the purpose and objective of NATO in promoting    
   stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area, NATO should invite 
   Romania and Slovenia to accession negotiations to become NATO members as
   expeditiously as possible upon the satisfaction of all relevant         
   membership criteria and consistent with NATO security objectives.       

     (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that North       
   Atlantic Treaty Organization should be commended--                      

       (1) for having committed to review the process of enlarging the     
   Organization in 1999; and                                               

       (2) for singling out the positive developments toward democracy and 
   rule of law in Romania and Slovenia.