STUDY AND REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SEC. 2503. STUDY AND REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (a) In General.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of permitting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to utilize, for training and exercise purposes, military installations in the United States being closed by the Department of Defense under other provisions of law. (2) In carrying out such a study, the Secretary shall consider— (A) the exact purposes for which such installations could be appropriately and effectively used by NATO; and (B) the manner in which NATO would pay for the use of such installations. (b) Report.— The Secretary shall transmit, by not later than March 15, 1991, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a), together with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate.