107 STAT. 1826 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 (i) by replacing "Diiring fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the Secretary" with "The Secretary*; (ii) by inserting **, after consultation with the Secretary of State," after "Secretary of Defense"; (iii) by deleting "from Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea"; and (iv) by inserting "from any country or regional organization designated for purposes of this section by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State"; and (B) in subsection (f)— (i) by replacing "each quarter of fiscal years 1992 and 1993" with "each fiscal year"; (ii) by replacing "congressional defense committees" with "Congress; (iii) by striking out "Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea" and inserting in lieu thereof "each country and regional organization from which contributions nave been accepted by the Secretary under subsection (a)"; and (iv) by replacing "the preceding quarter" in paragraphs (1) and (2) with "the preceding fiscal year", (b) CLERICAL AMENDMEhrr.— The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2350]. Burden sharing contributions by designated countries and regional organizations.". Subtitle B—North Atlantic Treaty Organization SEC. 1411. FINDINGS, SENSE OF CONGRESS, AND REPORT REQUIRE- MENT CONCERNING NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has successfully met the challenge of helping to maintain the peace, security, and freedom of the United States and its NATO allies for more than 40 years. (2) The national security interests of the United States have been well served by the process of consultation, coordination, and military cooperation in the NATO framework. (3) Recent history has witnessed radical changes in the international security environment, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the imification of Germany, the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. (4) The military threats which NATO was established to deter have greatly diminished with the end of the Cold War. (5) The post-Cold War security situation continues to present a wide array of challenges to United States national interests, many of which interests the United States shares with its allies in Europe and Canada. (6) The international community may prove capable of deterring many threats to the common peace if it can respond decisively to aggression.
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