Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 3.djvu/902

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108 STAT. 2654 PUBLIC LAW 103-335—SEPT. 30, 1994 military personnel, except for the protection of United States personnel, after September 30, 1994. SEC. 8136. SENATE ADVICE AND CONSENT TO CHANGES IN OBLIGA- TIONS UNDER THE CFE TREATY. (a) FINDINGS. — (1) On November 25, 1991, the Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification of the CFE Treaty. (2) The President would need to seek the Senate's advice and consent to any change in obligation of the States parties under the CFE Treaty, unless such change were a minor matter of an administrative or technical nature. (3) A change in the allowed holdings of treaty limited equipment in the area of application or any geographic subzono of the area of application would constitute a change in obligation for which the Senate's advice and consent would be required. (b) REAFFIRMATION OF SENATE'S TREATY-MAKING POWERS.— The President shall submit for the Senate's advice and consent any change in the obligations of any State party under the CFE Treaty, unless such change is a minor matter of an administrative or technical nature. (c) CFE TREATY DEFINED. —For the purpose of this section, the CFE Treaty means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed in Paris on November 19, 1990, and associated protocols. 10 USC 113 note. SEC. 8137. (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan for establishing and implementing a requirement for disbursing officials of the Department of Defense to match disbursements to particular obligations before making the disbursements. The Secretary shall transmit the plan to Congress not later than March 1, 1995. (2) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall review the plan and submit the Inspector General's independent assessment of the plan to the congressional defense committees. (b)(1) Not later than July 1, 1995, the Secretary of Defense shall require that each disbursement by the Department of Defense in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 be matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made. (2) Not later than October 1, 1995, the Secretary of Defense shall require that each disbursement by the Department of Defense in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 be matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is made. (c) The Secretary shall ensure that a disbursement in excess of the threshold amount applicable under subsection (b) is not divided into multiple disbursements of less than that amount for the purpose of avoiding the applicability of such subsection to that disbursement. (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive a requirement for advance matching of a disbursement of the Department of Defense with a particular obligation in the case of (1) a disbursement involving deployed forces, (2) a disbursement for an operation in a war declared by Congress or a national emergency declared by the President or Congress, or (3) a disbursement under any other circumstances for which the waiver is necessary in the national security interests of the United States, as determined by the Sec-