Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 1.djvu/811

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PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 787 capabilities of allied nations to contribute to the successful conduct of the major theater wars as anticipated in the Quadrennial Defense Review of 1997. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report shall set forth the following: (1) The identity, size, structure, and capabilities of the armed forces of the allies expected to participate in the major theater wars anticipated in the Quadrennial Defense Review. (2) The priority accorded in the national military strategies and defense programs of the anticipated allies to contributing forces to United States-led coalitions in such major theater wars. (3) The missions currently being conducted by the armed forces of the anticipated allies and the ability of the allied armed forces to conduct simultaneously their current missions and those anticipated in the event of major theater war. (4) Any Department of Defense assumptions about the ability of allied armed forces to deploy or redeploy from their current missions in the event of a major theater war, including any role United States Armed Forces would play in assisting and sustaining such a deployment or redeployment. (5) Any Department of Defense assumptions about the combat missions to be executed by such allied forces in the event of major theater war. (6) The readiness of allied armed forces to execute any such missions. (7) Any risks to the successful execution of the military missions called for under the National Military Strategy of the United States related to the capabilities of allied armed forces. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— The report shall be submitted Deadline, to Congress not later than June 1, 2000. SEC. 1223. ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 10 USC note SCHOOLS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL OF THE NEW prec. 2161. MEMBER NATIONS OF NATO. (a) FINDING. —Congress finds that it is in the national interest of the United States to fully integrate Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (the new member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) into the NATO alliance as quickly as possible. (b) MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.— The Secretary of each military department shall give due consideration to according a high priority to the attendance of military personnel of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic at professional military education schools and training programs in the United States, including the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the National Defense University, the war colleges of the Armed Forces, the command and general staff officer courses of the Armed Forces, and other schools and training programs of the Armed Forces that admit personnel of foreign armed forces.