Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 3.djvu/320

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112 STAT. 2150 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 follow-on forces used for planned counteroffensives, and similar forces. (2) Additional planned reserve component mobilization, including specific units to be ordered to active duty and required dates for activation of presidential call-up authority. (3) Specific plans and timelines for redeployment of United States forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans region, or supporting forces in the region, to both the first and second major theater war. (4) Preventative actions or deployments involving United States forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans region that would be taken in the event of a single theater war to deter the outbreak of a second theater war. (5) Specific plans and timelines to replace forces deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans region, or the surrounding region to maintain United States military presence. (6) An assessment, undertaken in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the unified combatant commands, of the level of increased risk to successful conduct of the major theater wars and the maintenance of security and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans region, by the requirement to redeploy forces from Bosnia and the Balkans in the event of a major theater war. SEC. 1205. DEFINITIONS. As used in this subtitle: (1) DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS. — The term "Dayton Peace Accords" means the (General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, initialed by the parties in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris on December 14, 1995. (2) STABILIZATION FORCE.— The term "Stabilization Force" means the NATO-led force in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries in the region (referred to as "SFOR"), authorized under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1088 (December 12, 1996). (3) NATO.— The term "NATO" means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Contingency Operations SEC. 1211. REPORT ON INVOLVEMENT OF ARMED FORCES IN CONTIN- GENCY AND ONGOING OPERATIONS. Deadline. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— Not later than January 31, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report on the involvement of the Armed Forces in major contingency operations and major ongoing operations since the end of the Persian Gulf War. The report shall include the following: (1) A discussion of the effects of the involvement of the Armed Forces in those operations on retention of personnel