SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED STATES MILITARY FACILITIES IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES

SEC. 922. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED STATES MILITARY FACILITIES IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES (a) NATO Policy.—It is the sense of Congress that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should adopt as its policy the following views expressed by the North Atlantic Assembly in its 1987 report entitled “NATO in the 1990s”: (1) The member nations of NATO should examine further measures that could be taken to relieve the United States from the burdens of its military presence in Europe. (2) Such nations should consider the provision of base facilities for allied forces and equipment as a part of their national contributions to Western security. (3) Such nations should not expect compensation for providing facilities that the NATO alliance decides are essential to implement NATO security strategy. (4) All wealthier member nations of NATO should assist Portugal, Greece, and Turkey to ensure that NATO remains politically, economically, and militarily strong in its southern region as well as in its central and northern regions. (b) United States Payment for Use of Base Facilities in NATO Countries.—It is further the sense of Congress that the United 103 STAT. 1531States should not provide economic or security assistance to any NATO member nation as compensation or rent for the use of base facilities in that nation.