REDUCTION IN THE AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH FOR THE NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN EUROPE

SEC. 406. REDUCTION IN THE AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH FOR THE NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL IN EUROPE (a) Reduction.— Subsection (c)(1) of section 1002 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note), is amended in the first sentence— (1) by striking out “After September 30, 1985, none of the funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization contained in this Act or any other Act enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “No appropriated funds”; and (2) by striking out “326,414” and inserting in lieu thereof “261,855”. (b) Waiver Authority.— Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following: “In any fiscal year for which the permanent ceiling specified in the first sentence of this subsection is 261,855, the President may authorize an end strength level of members of the Armed Forces assigned to permanent duty ashore in European member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at a level not to exceed 311,855 if the President determines that the national security interests of the United States require such authorization. Whenever the President exercises the authority provided under the preceding sentence, the President shall notify Congress of that determination and of the necessity for exceeding such permanent ceiling.”. (c) Conforming Amendment.— Section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1523) is repealed.