SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE TRANSFER TO EUROPE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD THEN BE DESTROYED OR REMOVED AS A RESULT OF AN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT

SEC. 357. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE TRANSFER TO EUROPE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD THEN BE DESTROYED OR REMOVED AS A RESULT OF AN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT (a) Findings.— Congress finds the following: (1) The Secretary of Defense has announced commencement of substantial withdrawals of United States military personnel from Europe in anticipation of concluding an agreement that will reduce conventional forces in Europe and in recognition of the reduced threat in Europe. (2) The anticipated arms control agreement on conventional forces in Europe will require destruction or demilitarization of certain military equipment in excess of limits specified in the agreement. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that— (1) funds appropriated for the Department of Defense should not be used to transfer to Europe any military equipment that would have to be destroyed as a result of the anticipated arms control agreement on conventional forces in Europe; and (2) the Department of Defense should make every effort to avoid transferring to Europe any military equipment that would, after only a short period of time in Europe, have to be returned to the United States as a result of further withdrawals of United States military personnel from Europe.