Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 4.djvu/259

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PUBLIC LAW 103-337 —OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2893 reimbursement is in the national security interest of the United States. (2) Costs for which reimbursement is waived pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be paid from appropriations available for the Center. SEC. 1307. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN ALLIED DEFENSE COOPERATION. It is the sense of the Senate that the President should use existing authorities to the greatest extent possible to authorize the provision of the following types of assistance and cooperation to countries that are participating in the Partnership for Peace and are making significant progress in working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: (1) Defense articles and services, as defined in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act. (2) Loan of materials, supplies, and equipment for research and development purposes. (3) Leases and loans of major defense equipment and other defense articles. (4) Cooperative military airlift agreements. (5) The procurement of communications support and related supplies and services. (6) Actions to standardize equipment with North Atlantic " Treaty Organization members. Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Several Countries SEC. 1311. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS BASING ACTIVITIES. (a) LIMITATION.— The total amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 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 1995 may not exceed $8,181,000,000, except to the extent provided by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (b). (b) EXCEPTION.— The Secretary of Defense may increase the amount of the limitation under subsection (a) by such amount as the Secretary determines to be necessary in the national interest, except that such increase may not exceed $400,000,000. The Secretary may not make any such increase until the Secretary notifies the Congress of the Secretary's intent to make such an increase and a period of 15 days elapses after the day on which the notification is received by the Congress. (c) ALLOCATIONS OF SAVINGS. —Any amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1995 for the purposes covered by subsection (a) 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 maintenance and for military construction activities of the Department of Defense at military installations and facilities located inside the United States. (d) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term "overseas basing activities" has the meaning given such term in section 1401(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994