PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1931 (b) COVERED UNITED STATES FORCES. —For purposes of this section, covered United States forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina are United States ground forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina that are assigned to the multinational peacekeeping force known as the Stabilization Force (SFOR) or any other multinational peacekeeping force that is the successor to the SFOR. (c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection (a), for each activity identified under that subsection, the following: (1) The number of United States military personnel involved in the performance of that activity. (2) Whether forces assigned to the SFOR (or successor multinational peacekeeping force) from other nations also participated in that activity. (3) The justification for using military forces rather than civilian organizations to perform that activity. (4) In the case of activities that (as determined by the Secretary) are considered to be supporting tasks, as that term is used in paragraph 3 of Article VI of Annex 1-A to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the justification for using military forces. (5) The likelihood that each such activity will have to be carried out by United States military forces after June 30, 1998. SEC. 1205. PRESroENTIAL REPORT ON SITUATION IN REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than February 1, 1998, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the political and military conditions in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report under subsection (a) shall include a discussion of the following: (1) An assessment of the progress made in implementing the civil, economic, and political aspects of the Da)^on Peace Agreement. (2) An identification of the specific steps taken to tremsfer the United States portion of the peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to forces of the memberstates of the Western European Union or to a NATO-led force without the participation of United States ground combat forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (3) A detailed discussion of the proposed role and involvement of the United States in supporting peacekeeping activities in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the withdrawal of United States ground combat forces from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (4) A detailed explsmation and timetable for carrying out the commitment to withdraw all United States ground forces from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina by June 30, 1998, including the planned date of commencement and completion of the withdrawal. (5) The military and political considerations that will affect the decision to carry out such a transition. (6) Any plan to maintain or expand other Bosnia-related operations (such as the operations designated as Operation
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